NHL Stanley Cup Finals: East vs… East?
The asterisks keep on coming, apparently. Even as things transition back to normal in 2021, the seasons of the NBA and NHL were compromised by the outbreak, and the Stanley Cup Finals seem to be…
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Sky High: Lightning, Stars Battle for Stanley Cup
It’s September 19, so you know what that means, of course: the Stanley Cup Finals are underway! Yep, that’s 2020 in a nutshell for you. Seven months ago, when suffice it to say our lives…
Welcome Back, Live Sports…?
If I’ve trailed off, I apologize. Like many Americans, I’m at a loss for words to describe much of anything in 2020, especially the year 2020 itself. It’s been awful, sad, infuriating, terrifying, puzzling, just…
Is it Weird That I Don’t Really Miss Sports?
Do you miss sports? (That was a rhetorical question.) Of course we do! Who wouldn’t? Even a casual fan would give their left arm to throw back a few beers at a baseball game right…
Stanley Cup Preview: Lucky 13 For Beantown?
And so it is – another DraftAmerica prediction comes to fruition! Well, I suppose that’s not entirely true, because the Stanley Cup has yet to be played, but we have the matchup I expected. No,…
NHL Conference Finals: Familiar Cities to Clash in Stanley Cup?
Okay, my apologies for being a couple days late here. To make up for it, I will take what now represents a bigger leap of faith on one of my picks. After all, I have…
NHL Second Round: Surprised? Not Me
I recently had a friend who isn’t a big sports fan tell me something about sports that stuck in my mind: “Beware the narrative.” I pondered that for a moment. Actually, quite a few moments,…
Keep Your Bracket Fever – It’s NHL Playoffs Time!
Just when you thought March Madness — er, April Madness, really — was behind us, it’s time for another two months of (slowly) busted brackets. That’s right, the NHL playoffs are here, which means two…
Stanley Cup Prediction: Caps Overcome Another Nemesis
I’m usually good at picking championship series/games, as you know by now. I’ve hit my last three World Series picks, last two Stanley Cup predictions, and last year’s NBA Finals. I missed narrowly with the…
NHL Second Round Picks: Eastern Conference = AFC
My apologies for being a day late. Don’t let that fool you into thinking I would have picked the Capitals to break through against the Penguins. The mental roadblock that will never clear is going…