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Rangers drop a brutal one to the Oilers
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Memories light the corners of my mind
Going in to last night, there was good news and bad news. The bad news: the Rangers returned late last night with barely any time to rest up and prepare for their 6pm start. The good news: the 6pm start was against the Edmonton Oilers, known for not playing up to their talent level. Nothing like a quick victory to forget about a pretty awful game Saturday, right?
Well, it would have been right, except that the Rangers played at least 50 minutes of brutally bad hockey last night. Like, embarrassingly bad hockey. Even Ulf Samuelsson had a whole lot to say about it. I’m no Ulfie, but I did have some feels (mostly of the crabby variety) about this game, and, per usual, I threw them into rambling bullet form. Read More→
Playoff Predictions 2015: Who will be back?
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Is it hockey season yet?
Throughout the course of a season, a team will play 82 games in the hopes of playing just four more rounds for the chance to hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup. These 82 games are no walk in the park. They consist of grueling hits, tough goals and workouts that most of us would pass out or throw up halfway through. These athletes do it because they want to know the glory of being the very best, having their names etched in glory forever on the greatest trophy in all sports.
Of the 30 teams in the NHL, 16 make it to the first round of the playoffs. For certain teams, making the playoffs is a distant dream. For others, missing them is beyond unacceptable. Below is the breakout of the first round from April 2014:
s/t CBS Sports
So which of these teams will most likely make it again?
The Hiring of #fancystats
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In the summer of 2006, I had the pleasure of experiencing my first ankle surgery shortly after Independence Day. To me, it was a waste of a summer: I couldn’t make much money as a waitress before I’d head back to college, and if you’d ever tried going to the beach on crutches, you’re brave/insane/all of the above. Above that, my room was downstairs at my parents’ place, making me a refugee on the couch for the six weeks it would take my ankle to heal.
My mother is an avid baseball fan and, as such, my new bedroom had access to a package through cable showing every baseball game for the 2006 season. In case you forgot, that’s a TON of baseball. We’re talking 162 games played by every team. I picked up an affinity for the Oakland Athletics, mostly for Rich Harden (I’ve had a thing for foxy Canadians since I was 19, apparently) and Dan Haren (my steady fantasy baseball late round pick, he never let me down). When people think A’s, they think moneyball – and this is where hockey comes in to this long narrative about my boring life nearly ten years ago.