Archive for April, 2010
NHL 2010 Playoffs Bracket: Second Round Brackets & Predictions
Posted: 29th April 2010 by Anjul Virk in NHL
The first round of the NHL playoffs this season was nothing short of phenomenal. There was a little bit of everything: overtime games, new playoff heroes, goaltending clinics, and upsets galore.
Can the second round bring the same type of drama as the first few weeks of the postseason? A few series definitely have the potential to do just that.
The Western Conference still has the top three seeds competing, while in ...
Under Pressure: 10 NFL Coaches Who Absolutely Must Perform
Posted: 29th April 2010 by Reid Brooks in NFL
For NFL fans, the anticipation months are approaching.
Most find themselves trying to pass the time with new hobbies and work, masking a slow build-up of excitement until August arrives and familiar Monday Night Football jingles begin to stream forth from the air waves.
But for coaches, this is the most active time of year.
Now that the 2010 NFL draft has come and gone, and teams have a pretty concrete idea on ...
Being the first #1 seed to blow a 3-1 series lead to a #8 seed is unacceptable. Hell, it is downright embarrassing.
Bruce Boudreau, Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green, Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom, Tomas Fleischmann, Jose Theodore, Semyon Varlamov and the rest of the gang are all to blame.
The talking heads on ESPN are all going to talk about how this proves Crosby is the superior player to Ovechkin. Great. Right now ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: Predicting and M*A*S*H-Ing Up The Second Round
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Bryan Thiel in NHL
Yet again, I'm going up against a fictional character(s) in playoff predictions.
Yet again, I'm losing.
Somehow, the folks from M*A*S*H picked five first-round series correctly.
I only picked four.
Maybe you can call it beginner's luck. Maybe they're that darn good.
Hawkeye: I have a question: If we win, do we get out of this horrid place?
BT: No. I don't have that kind of power.
Hawkeye: Can you at least make the food ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: 25 Bold Predictions Accuracy Review Post-Round One
Posted: 28th April 2010 by TAB BAMFORD in NHL
On April 13, I posted "2010 NHL Playoffs: 25 Bold Predictions for the Playoffs" to look into my crystal ball and see how the 2010 NHL playoffs might progress.
I'm not above being held accountable for my predictions, as bold or wild as they might be. So in an effort to see how close to reality/full of it I am, let's take a look back at my 25 Bold Predictions, more ...
Robinson Cano still is on fire and is having his best season to date. Cano connected on his sixth home run of the season and is currently batting .390.
Of course he can’t continue at this pace, especially on the batting average front, but Cano has hit well over .300 multiple times in his career, so this is not coming out of nowhere. He might not quite reach the 25 home ...
NHL Playoff Predictions: No. 2 Chicago Blackhawks vs. No. 3 Vancouver Canucks
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Benjamin Benya in NHL
For the Sharks/Wings series, click here .
Storyline: Déjà vu all over again as the young stars of Chicago head into another titanic clash with the silently pesky Vancouver Canucks. Will it be an encore performance for the Blackhawks, or can the Canucks finally make a breakthrough? Offense: No surprises out of the first round for the Blackhawks, who scored just about as consistently as they were expected ...
NHL Playoff Predictions: No. 1 San Jose Sharks vs. No. 5 Detroit Red Wings
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Benjamin Benya in NHL
With one round down, the Western Conference provided its fair share of thrills and chills en route to proving who truly is the best. Cinderella dreams were shattered as the league’s most consistent and best franchises stepped their games up to the next level. Now, familiar foes meet in an attempt to vanquish one another, continuing the quest for Lord Stanley’s Cup.
For the Hawks/Nucks series, click here . ...
2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs Bracket: Five Players Who Need to Step Up
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Blake Benzel in NHL
Every season sees new heroes emerge from the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Whether it’s a backup goaltender being catapulted into the starting role, or a young player realizing his talent at the right time, these are the stories that make the playoffs great.
But for every player that shows up to play there are as many, if not more, that fail to reach their level of talent, or even show up at all.
The ...
Coach Ken Whisenhunt’s Arizona Cardinals Definitely Not the Same Old Cardinals
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Jess Root in NFL
On an abysmal Tuesday of drubbings in the Phoenix sports world (12-1 loss by the Diamondbacks and 6-1 elimination of the Coyotes from the playoffs), the Arizona Cardinals quietly staged a minor coup d'etat, brightening my day.
They signed veteran offensive lineman Alan Faneca to a one-year, $2.5 million contract.
This was the sort of thing that I never experienced growing up a Cardinals fan. No good AND still productive player ever ...