Archive for July, 2010
I won't pretend I have no biases.
I'm a Ryan Carter fan.
The guy was extremely underrated and in typical Randy Carlyle fashion, underused and unappreciated.
I'm not going to pretend that he was the guy to make or break a team, and by no means would he score 30, 20, even 10 goals in a season, but he was more than that.
Starting off the 2009-2010 season, he was by ...
Oilers Strike Gold: Selecting Taylor Hall No.1 Overall in the NHL Draft
Posted: 8th July 2010 by Thomas Conroy in NHL
After winning the lottery for the No. 1 pick in this year’s NHL Draft, Edmonton Oilers GM Steve Tambellini’s mood went from rejoice to deep thought. He became firmly entrenched in the Taylor Hall vs. Tyler Sequin dilemma, as he had to choose between the two talented players.
What a tough decision, both are projected to become franchise players and their impact in hockey should be felt for ...
Over and Out: L.A. Kings Out of Ilya Kovalchuk SweepstakesàAgain!
Posted: 8th July 2010 by Mark Ritter in NHL
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Los Angeles Kings are now officially out of the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes.
The Kings are said to have sat down with Kovalchuk on Wednesday in hopes of revisiting contract talks and coming to some sort of deal.
Unfortunately, it appears as if Kovalchuk’s demands are just too high, which has resulted in King’s general manager Dean Lombardi pulling the plug on a deal.
The reality ...
Everybody's waiting for him to sign.
It's assumed that Ilya Kovalchuk could very well become the biggest acquisition ever made by any team in free agency.
Then again, we hear that every year. We also see huge shockers and enormous busts around this time of year. Every so often there's also a good contract mixed in as well.
So, while Kovalchuk stands to be the biggest price of this year's free agency ...
Toronto Maple Leafs Perfect Fit for Kris Versteeg and Colby Armstrong
Posted: 8th July 2010 by Lukas in NHL
The Maple Leafs shocked hockey fans the day before free agency began by taking a different route to improving their team.
Rather than signing a big name free agent, they completed a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks that saw Kris Versteeg and prospect Bill Sweatt come to Toronto in exchange for Swedish winger Viktor Stalberg (as well as prospects Chris DiDomenico and Philippe Paradis).
Versteeg, who is coming off of a 20 goal season, ...
As over 30 young prospects came to Philadelphia Flyers’ Prospect Camp at the Flyers Skate Zone on Wednesday, careers were started and paths to the NHL were cleared.
Those paths may be long and winding, but each of these players has a unique opportunity to one day play for a major league team in the best league in the world.
"It's an education for these kids," said Chris Pryor, director of ...
A Look At the Green Bay Packers’ Tight Ends After Drafting Andrew Quarless
Posted: 8th July 2010 by Ryne Eberle in NFL
If there's any position that you don't need three or four quality players, it could arguably be the tight end spot.
That's the exact predicament that the Packers are in after drafting Andrew Quarless out of Penn State in this year's draft.
Quarless joins the tight end group that includes Jermichael Finley and Donald Lee. Both are good players in two different places in their respective careers.
Lee is the eight-year vet who ...
The New England Patriots are on of the few teams in the NFL that have multiple, top fantasy players on their roster.
First, let's start with the obvious: QB Tom Brady.
Tom Brady is one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL and should be snagged in the first round of most drafts. Brady, along with Drew Brees and Peyton Manning, is prone to put up major passing numbers year in and ...
Linemen. Large, jolly yet fierce creatures that dwell between the trenches on the football field, selflessly throwing themselves at charging opponents in hopes that their smaller, more elusive teammates can find a crack of daylight and light up the scoreboard. Unappreciated and almost always lost within the hustle and bustle of the gridiron, linemen have managed to find their niche within the fanbase as the like-able, levelheaded ...
Oakland Raiders Versus Denver Broncos Has Yo-Yo Results Since 2007
Posted: 7th July 2010 by Damali Binta Yael in NFL
When you study calculus and learn about a limit, you realize that if the function is oscillating near a given value on the x axis, then the limit does not exist.
A conclusion cannot be drawn when we look at the data for the Oakland Raiders and the Denver Broncos.
Since this data shows an oscillating pattern, I, personally, do not want to hear commentators talking about the Broncos being consistently better ...