Time to look at the second round of the NHL playoffs.
Eastern Conference
(1) Montreal Canadians vs. (6) Philadelphia Flyers
(2) Pittsburg Penguins vs. (5) New York Rangers
Western Conference
(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Colorado Avalanche
(2) San Jose Sharks vs. (5) Dallas Stars
MON vs. PHI
Prediction: MON in 6
Prognosis: The Canadians swept their season series with the Flyers 4-0. The Canadians have more speed than the Flyers, something that could be the decider of the series. The Flyers on the other hand are riding off of their youth, and should be tough competition for the Canadians. Carey Price, in my opinion, is better than Martin Biron, a factor that will likely decide this series.
PIT vs. NYR
Prediction: PIT in 6
Prognosis: The Penguins are maturing at just the right time. The Rangers have a lot of talent, and a superpest in Sean Avery, that will be a pain in the backside to the Penguins. The Penguins have too much talent to not make it to atleast the Eastern Conference final.
DET vs. COL
Prediction: COL in 7
Prognosis: One of the most underrated rivalries in all of sports will be resurected. I don't think that the Claude Lemiuex and Patrick Roy days will come back, but there will more than likely be some sparks. Chris Osgood and Peter Forsberg, a pair of players from the old days will be expected a lot of. Osgood was named Detroit's number one goalie, and Forsberg will be counted on heavily to produce. It will be a hardnosed grinding series, but I think that Colorado can pull of the upset. Jose Theodore is proving himself at just the right time, and I think that that will make the difference.
SJ vs. DAL
Prediction: Sharks in 7
Prognosis: This may be the toughest series to win out of all of them. It will not be a goalfest with two of the league's top goaltenders in Evgeni Nabokav and Marty Turco going to battle. The Sharks need production from their top players, not just Jeremy Roenick. I think that Patrick Marleau breaks out a little bit, and carries the sharks a little bit further in to the playoffs.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
News and Notes and Maybe Some Ranting
I'm going to let you know now that I can go off on rants, and although they may be unexpected, I will do the best that I can to warn you before I engage in any. Alright.
The Brewers signed Jeff Weaver. Does anyone care? I don't. He'll spend a while at AAA, June 1st he can become a free agent, and then maybe get a call up. Yovani Gallardo, who I would like healthy for my baseball pools, gets healthy, the Brew Crew would already have a six man deep staff. Making it a seventh makes sense, especially if the Brewers sink and trade Ben Sheets, who is a potential FA, or others get hurt, pitch poorly, you know the deal. Having six starters and some guy doesn't make sesnse. Throw the million that Weaver will cost at someone like Prince Fielder, A GUY THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE, and he has. Weaver was terrible with the Mariners last season. Yeah, he had a couple good outings, not much sarcasm there, but I can't look past a 6.20 ERA in 27 starts. In about 24 of those starts he did bad. Let's think here. He won seven games, that's fine. But in the 13 losses, if the Mariners replaced him with me, then the M's probably would only have 11-12 losses on their hands. The other teams would be laughing at me pitching, not that I suck, I'm actually pretty good, against like non-major leaguers, that I'd be able to sneak in a few outs here and there and get s win. Time for Jeff to screw up another year of an organization's time. Scotty Boras is now the most smartest person in the world for being able to sell Weaver's 2006 season to the Mariners for the same $8.35M he earned with the Angels and Cardinals in 2006. Weaver catches on somewhere else because of Boras' hypnotic power to get people to do what he wants.
Ken Griffey Jr. hit home run number 595 yesterday off of the Cubs' Ryan Dempster. Dempster was the 379th pitcher that Kenny has hit a homerun off of in his Cooperstown career. Of course he was wearing number 42 yesterday in honour of Jackie Robinson. Griffey is sixth on the all time list, and is fourteen homers behind Sammy Sosa for fifth on the all time homerun list. Ken is the guy that pretty much everybody would rather have had chasing Hank Aaron's 755 instead of Barry Bonds*. If Griffey hadn't gotten injured on so many freak plays during his Seattle days, then maybe he would be around 750 by now. Maybe I'll try and figure out where he might be someday.
The Pittsburg Penguins swept the Ottawa Senators out of the NHL playoffs, 4-0. The NHL got what they wanted, their Golden Boy Sidney Crosby in the second round of the playoffs. Jarkko Ruutu, who is known league wide for the Chris Simon stomp, more then his goal scoring ability, or lack there of, broke the 1-1 tie, and won the game for the Pens. 1992 was the last time that the Penguins swept a team in the playoffs, when they swept the Chicago Blackhawks.
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The Brewers signed Jeff Weaver. Does anyone care? I don't. He'll spend a while at AAA, June 1st he can become a free agent, and then maybe get a call up. Yovani Gallardo, who I would like healthy for my baseball pools, gets healthy, the Brew Crew would already have a six man deep staff. Making it a seventh makes sense, especially if the Brewers sink and trade Ben Sheets, who is a potential FA, or others get hurt, pitch poorly, you know the deal. Having six starters and some guy doesn't make sesnse. Throw the million that Weaver will cost at someone like Prince Fielder, A GUY THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE, and he has. Weaver was terrible with the Mariners last season. Yeah, he had a couple good outings, not much sarcasm there, but I can't look past a 6.20 ERA in 27 starts. In about 24 of those starts he did bad. Let's think here. He won seven games, that's fine. But in the 13 losses, if the Mariners replaced him with me, then the M's probably would only have 11-12 losses on their hands. The other teams would be laughing at me pitching, not that I suck, I'm actually pretty good, against like non-major leaguers, that I'd be able to sneak in a few outs here and there and get s win. Time for Jeff to screw up another year of an organization's time. Scotty Boras is now the most smartest person in the world for being able to sell Weaver's 2006 season to the Mariners for the same $8.35M he earned with the Angels and Cardinals in 2006. Weaver catches on somewhere else because of Boras' hypnotic power to get people to do what he wants.
Ken Griffey Jr. hit home run number 595 yesterday off of the Cubs' Ryan Dempster. Dempster was the 379th pitcher that Kenny has hit a homerun off of in his Cooperstown career. Of course he was wearing number 42 yesterday in honour of Jackie Robinson. Griffey is sixth on the all time list, and is fourteen homers behind Sammy Sosa for fifth on the all time homerun list. Ken is the guy that pretty much everybody would rather have had chasing Hank Aaron's 755 instead of Barry Bonds*. If Griffey hadn't gotten injured on so many freak plays during his Seattle days, then maybe he would be around 750 by now. Maybe I'll try and figure out where he might be someday.
The Pittsburg Penguins swept the Ottawa Senators out of the NHL playoffs, 4-0. The NHL got what they wanted, their Golden Boy Sidney Crosby in the second round of the playoffs. Jarkko Ruutu, who is known league wide for the Chris Simon stomp, more then his goal scoring ability, or lack there of, broke the 1-1 tie, and won the game for the Pens. 1992 was the last time that the Penguins swept a team in the playoffs, when they swept the Chicago Blackhawks.
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