NHL: Picking games on Tuesday NHL slate
It's just the third Tuesday of the NHL season and I've already slipped below the .500 mark with my weekly prognostications. After splitting two games ...
View ArticleNHL: Picking Ottawa Senators vs. Toronto Maple Leafs and other Tuesday games
Damn those Ducks! If they would have played to form down in Dallas last Tuesday, I would've had a perfect 6-0 week. Instead, they rose up for just the...
View ArticleNHL: Picking Washington Capitals at New York Rangers and other Tuesday games
I just want to thank Raffi Torres. Last Tuesday, the Vancouver forward rolled a late backhand past Edmonton goalie Nikolai Khabibulin that lifted the ...
View ArticleNHL: The Chicago Blackhawks are sliding, while Steven Stamkos and the Anaheim...
After watching the Toronto Maple Leafs drop a 4-1 decision to the Florida Panthers in South Florida on Wednesday night, I started thinking about the B...
View ArticleNHL: Alex Ovechkin and Washington Capitals will get a measure of revenge...
Before I make my Tuesday night picks, I have to offer my congratulations to veteran Detroit Red Wings stopper Chris Osgood, who became just the 10th g...
View ArticleNHL: Dallas Stars F Loui Eriksson heads list of 10 underappreciated players
I have to start with a quick shout-out to all the crew members who helped produce the Colgate-Princeton game for ESPNU on Sunday afternoon. They did a...
View ArticleNHL: Picking Ottawa Senators at Boston Bruins and other Tuesday night games
I rang in 2011 with my second perfect week of the season. Of course, that means only one thing: trouble tonight! With 10 games on the schedule, it wou...
View ArticleNHL: Why the Boston Bruins' Tim Thomas can win the Vezina trophy, and other...
After watching an absolutely dreadful performance by the Toronto Maple Leafs (an embarrassing 7-0 loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garde...
View ArticleNHL: Gary Bettman chats on Winter Classic, other topics prior to All-Star...
With the All-Star Weekend upon us, I figured it was a good time to catch up with Gary Bettman. The NHL commissioner will soon be celebrating his 18th ...
View ArticleNHL: Why the Phoenix Coyotes will beat the San Jose Sharks and other Tuesday...
With the All-Star Weekend in the rearview mirror, I'm faced with my biggest challenge of the season: a 12-game return to action. That's a whole lot of...
View ArticleNHL: Mailbag on the Phoenix Coyotes' playoff chances and Peter Forsberg's future
Did you know that since 1945 only two NHL players have scored six goals in a single game? And, believe it or not, their names weren't Wayne Gretzky an...
View ArticleNHL: After Brent Johnson's knockout of Rick DiPietro, a ranking of the best...
For whatever reason (it has to be the equipment, right?), fights between opposing goaltenders get a lot of attention. The Wednesday night bout between...
View ArticleNHL: Why the Philadelphia Flyers will beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, and other...
With the playoff races in both conferences so tight, the games are growing tougher and tougher to pick. That's why I was fairly content with splitting...
View ArticleNHL: Analyzing the Pittsburgh Penguins-Dallas Stars trade and Tuesday night...
Before I get to my regularly scheduled Tuesday NHL picks, I thought I'd weigh in on yesterday's Dallas Stars-Pittsburgh Penguins deal and pass along a...
View ArticleNHL: Alex Goligoski gets his time to shine for Dallas Stars, Jarome Iginla...
Recently acquired Stars defenseman Alex Goligoski didn't arrive a minute too soon for Dallas head coach Marc Crawford. The Stars' bench boss hasn't he...
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