Feb 18: NHL Playoff PREDICTIONS. I'm Serious.

Just a quick dabble because I am bored. Just looking at the NHL standings before Saturday's games (Feb 18) and I was thinking into the future of where I believe the teams will fall at the end of the regular season.

Western Conference
Today                                      Projected Final Standings
1. DET 82                               1. DET 115
2. VAN 78                              2. VAN 110
3. SJS 69                                 3. SJS 96
4. STL 77                                4. STL 106
5. NSH 72                               5. NSH 98
6. CHI 67                                6. CHI 96
7. PHX 65                               7. CGY 90
8. LA 65                                  8. LA   89
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9. CGY 63                              9. PHX 88
10. COL 62                             10. ANA 88
11. DAL 61                             11. COL 87
12. MIN 59                             12. DAL 84
13. ANA 58                            13. MIN 83
14. EDM 50                            14. EDM 69
15. CBJ 40                              15. CBJ 56

Eastern Conference
Today                                      Projected Final Standings
1. NYR 79                              1. NYR 112
2. BOS 72                               2. BOS 105
3. FLA 65                               3. WAS 94
4. PHI 71                                4. PIT 100
5. NJD 70                                5. PHI 99
6. PIT 69                                 6. NJD 98
7. OTT 68                                7. FLA 93
8. TOR 64                               8. OTT 91
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9. WAS 63                              9. TOR 87
10. WPG 62                            10. WPG 85
11. MTL 58                             11. BUF 82
12. TAM 56                            12. CAR 81
13. NYI 56                              13. MTL 80
14. CAR 55                             14. NYI 78
15. BUF 55                             15. TAM 75

Newfs only: NHL Scoring Race - All Star Break

As a tribute to my fellow Newfoundlanders, I will be updating the NHL scoring race amongst the guys from The Rock!

 As of Jan 25th games:

POINTS:
1. Michael Ryder - Dal - 32
2. Teddy Purcell - TB - 27
3. Colin Greening - Ott - 26
4. Ryane Clowe - SJ - 26
5. Dan Cleary - Det - 21
6. Luke Adam - Buf - 20
7. Adam Pardy - Dal - 1

GOALS:
1. Michael Ryder - Dal - 17
2. Teddy Purcell - TB - 12
3. Colin Greening - Ott - 11
4. Luke Adam - Buf - 10
5. Dan Cleary - Det - 8
6. Ryane Clowe - SJ - 9
7. Adam Pardy - Dal - 0

Braves Baseball Cards: Dale Murphy Dual Jersey - Favorites From My Collection

I was thinking of finding a good way to post some of my favorite Braves cards from my collection of over 20,000 different cards depicting any player who has played at least one inning with the Atlanta/Milwaukee/Boston Braves. So, I decided to post a different card at least a few times a week. You will see autographs, jerseys, patches, hats, pants, shoes, gloves, bats and other multi-swatch cards.

Today, I chose a triple jersey card from 2005 Donruss Diamond Kings. Love the powder blue 80's swatch. One of my favorite Braves, and one of the classiest athletes to ever play any sport. Glad I was able to see him play live in 1988. 

Habs Hit Leaders - After 40 Games (15-18-7)

A major stat when building and evaluating a team, in my opinion, is the number of hits that your team throws. Below is the "Hit Race" for both forwards and defensemen - total hits (games played)

Before game on January 7, 2012 - 40 games (9-9-3)

Forwards

Cole 89 (40)
Moen 61 (38)
Darche 48 (40)
Kostitsyn 46 (30)
Pacioretty 43 (37)
Blunden 39 (17)
Plekanec 36 (40)
Eller 33 (37) 
Gionta 32 (29)
Nokelainen 26 (33)
Desharnais 17 (40)
Leblanc 17 (14)
Palushaj 11 (13)
Cammalleri 7 (35)
Engqvist 5 (8)
Gomez 3 (13)

Defensemen

Emelin 108 (29)

Gorges 60 (40)
Subban 49 (39)
Gill 30 (35)
Diaz 23 (38)
Weber 21 (34)
Campoli 4 (8)
Kaberle 2 (11)
St. Denis 1 (8)