Archive for March, 2010
Playoff Goaltending May Be a Problem for Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks
Posted: 26th March 2010 by Matthew Hogan in NHL
It’s been said that a great goalie can win his team the Stanley Cup. Well there are a lot of playoff teams questioning their goaltender situations with the postseason just a couple of weeks away.
A lot of the problems can be found in the Eastern Conference. Let’s start with Washington Capitals.
Now, the Caps have more of a good problem than anything else—a dilemma, if you will. At the beginning of ...
Like the American League East, I expect the West to be much of a three-horse race.
You've got three clubs that could all win the division and would all be decent playoff teams if they did so, because everything would have come together.
Unlike the East though, the West may only have one representative in the playoffs, which makes this division race all the more interesting. Los Angeles, Seattle, and Texas all ...
Fantasy Baseball 2010: Buster Posey Tops Sleeper and Value Catchers List
Posted: 26th March 2010 by Ryan Lester in MLB
BUSTER POSEY, SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Posey has the tools, but it’s a matter of opportunity.
He did struggle with his brief taste of the bigs last year going 2-for-17 (.118). He did however, go a combined 137-for-422 (.325) for A+ San Jose and Triple-A Fresno last year.
He added 84 runs, 18 HRs, 80 RBI, and 6 SBs.
Bengie Molina has a hold on the starting catcher gig, but he turns 36 in June, ...
With so much attention being paid to the free agent class of 2010, some teams are bound to miss out on landing their guy. Teams like the New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, and Chicago Bulls have depleted their rosters to clear up cap space for marquee players like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh.
The problem is that there are simply not enough of those big names to go ...
Since the talks of Donovan McNabb-to-St. Louis have been shot down, more crazy rumors are now beginning to make their way around the blogosphere regarding McNabb's future with the Eagles. And apparently, the Raiders are the likeliest team to land McNabb—if you listen to the crazy rantings of the same people who believed McNabb was on his way to St. Louis . As if their credibility wasn't hurt enough, ...
2010 NFL Mock Draft: What if All Draft-Eligible Players Declared?
Posted: 26th March 2010 by Robert Wayerski in NFL
This year 53 draft eligible underclassmen declared for the draft. What if the rest, led by Jake Locker also declared? How would that change the face of the 2010 draft. This first round mock assumes that all of the prospects that could come out did. The number of players who stayed in college is a little bit smaller this year than normal because of the uncertainty of the CBA in ...
Taylor Mays or Anthony Davis: Who Should the Packers Take on Draft Day?
Posted: 26th March 2010 by Ryan Cook in NFL
It's almost odd thinking back to this time last year and realising that all Packer fans were looking at their potential team as "could be's" rather than "should be's," but boy, how things have changed.
From 6-10 in 2008, to 11-5 in 2009, analysts and so-called experts have put forward the simple yet promising statement that the Green Bay Packers of today are possibly a mere draft pick away from Super ...
Portland Trail Blazers One Superstar Away from a Title
Posted: 26th March 2010 by Taylor Sheldon in NBA
As a solid Portland Trail Blazer fan, I can't help but reminisce about the "What Ifs" with the draft classes over the past few years. Starting with of course the infamous Sam Bowie. The 1984 draft where the Blazers selected him over future ultra-star Michael Jordan. Some people start to question if the Blazer organization did the very same thing when they selected injury-prone Oden over blossoming superstar ...
2010 NFL Draft: Ryan Wolfe of UNLV Hurt as Buffalo Bills Attend Pro Day
Posted: 26th March 2010 by GB Bongiovanni in NFL
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, and unfortunately that might be true for NFL hopeful Ryan Wolfe.
The Buffalo Bills traveled down to a unusually windy Las Vegas to attend the UNLV pro day.
One of the most exciting and top prospects out of UNLV is WR Ryan Wolfe.
Wolfe is the first two-time, first team all-conference receiver in school history.
He's a strong, tough, durable and savvy receiver who is an excellent ...
San Francisco Giants Must Change To Turn Spring Dreams into Summer Miracles
Posted: 26th March 2010 by Ted Sillanpaa in MLB
There was something to be said for growing up in the 1960s and only being able to hear San Francisco Giants exhibition games on my transistor radio.
I felt all the hope of spring without actually seeing Jim Ray Hart butchering ground balls at third base or the parade of inadequate starting pitchers behind Juan Marichal.
When Street and Smith's baseball annual had the Giants picked to win the National League, I ...