Archive | April, 2011
Finding a Way to Elevate: Steve Downie
Every year there are players who breakout in the playoffs and then follow that up with strong regular seasons. This season we watched players like Andrew Ladd, Dustin Byfuglien, Joe Pavelski, Ville Leino amongst others elevate their game. This daily snippet will point out that player in an attempt to find some sleepers for next [...]
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Looking at the Beasts of the East
28. April 2011
The Eastern Conference, much like the Western Conference, displayed a few entertaining battles. Unlike the wild wild west, three of the four series went to seven games with only my hometown New York Rangers taking a bow in less. Last night we saw both the Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins eliminated even though they were [...]
Continue reading...Stanley Cup Playoffs: First Round Recap
28. April 2011
The first round of the NHL playoffs have finally drawn to a close, but what an incredible two weeks of action it was. Man, do I love playoff hockey. We experienced the roller coaster of perennial playoff chokers Vancouver advancing past the Hawks on Alex Burrows’ overtime goal, only after the defending Stanley Cup Champs [...]
Continue reading...Welcome to the Wild Wild West
28. April 2011
The first round of the playoffs out west was full of teams overcoming great obstacles in dramatic fashion. Each series was fast, hard hitting and just downright entertaining. I hope that you guys have enjoyed the first round as much as I have, capping it off with a series for the history books with Vancouver [...]
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Finding a Way to Elevate: Briere / Burrows
27. April 2011
Every year there are players who breakout in the playoffs and then follow that up with strong regular seasons. This season we watched players like Andrew Ladd, Dustin Byfuglien, Joe Pavelski, Ville Leino amongst others elevate their game. This daily snippet will point out that player in an attempt to find some sleepers for next [...]
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30. April 2011
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