No Grey Cup fever

I don’t know why, but I’ve never been able to get into the CFL.
And with it being Grey Cup weekend, it’s even worse than normal.
I’ve tried watching CFL games, both on television and in person. But it’s just not that exciting to me.
All week, all I’ve seen and heard about in the sports world is [...]

NFL Thursday picks, week 12

Today is Thanksgiving in the U.S., so that means lots of football.
Even though I’m not American, a few years ago I booked the day off work so I could stay home to watch all the games. I can’t remember who played, but they were all blowouts. There’s nothing worse than watching a full day of [...]

Keeper pool update

So about two months, I blogged about entering my first ever keeper hockey pool league, and my draft results.
Later, I wrote about a major trade that happened that I was involved in. I thought it would be fun to revisit those picks and see how I’m faring so far, about a quarter-way into the season.
Round [...]

Latendresse will blossom elsewhere

Yesterday, Montreal said good-bye that only a couple of years ago was going to be a building block of the team for many years to come.
Guillaume Latendresse was traded to the Minnesota Wild for Benoit Pouliot.
Latendresse was a guy with so much potential. Some of his career highlights:
• Drafted second overall in the QMJHL draft in [...]

Ten reasons Daniel Alfredsson will not make the hall of fame

So I was driving home from work last week, and I heard this on the radio.
“Daniel Alfredsson is a shoo-in for the hall of fame.”
After the tow-truck pulled my car out of the ditch, I took some time to ponder this statement.
And the more I thought, the more I realized I was right.
Daniel Alfredsson does [...]

NFL week 11 picks

There’s at one point every year when making football picks becomes more and more difficult.
Teams are injured or tired. Other teams figure out their opponent’s weaknesses. The weather starts becoming more of a factor. The great teams start getting unbelievably high spreads.
It makes for lower scoring and much closer games.
Overall, it makes it that much [...]

Miami at Carolina pick

So with the NFL deciding to hold some games on Thursday night now (didn’t they use to wait until Thanksgiving before doing that), I figured I should start posting my Thursday night pick on Thursday.
Tonight’s game is probably not the marquee matchup the NFL was thinking about when they scheduled the game. Last year, the [...]

When goal celebrations go bad

A good hockey celebration can go down in history.
Alexander Ovechkin is well-known for his. Tiger Williams did his “riding a horse” type celebration. And the most famous probably has to do with Theo Fleury, sliding down the ice on his knees after scoring an overtime playoff goal.
But nothing beats Henrik Andersen of the Swedish team, Leksand. [...]

Week 10 NFL picks

It’s going to be an ugly week.
It’s not too often that I don’t feel that confident about my picks, but this is one of them. The spreads are just too high.
Out of 15 games, there are five that have spreads of 8 1/2 or more. An additional three have spreads of 6 1/2. So pretty [...]

Your chance to own a piece of hockey history

If you’re worried about eBay, or any other places where you can buy hockey history, you need not worry any more.
As long as you have a few thousands dollars.
There’s a web site called Classic Auctions, and they sell hockey memorabilia. Not just normal stuff, such as pictures of Carey Price or a puck signed by [...]