It has finally come! The 2012 NHL playoffs! The most exciting (yes I’m probably quite bias) games in major league sports. The season was full of surprises, let downs, and everything in between. We had teams make it to the playoffs that “shouldn’t have”, and teams that “should have” missed the mark entirely.
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Category Archives: Hockey
Bloom’s Blog: News From Around the League
Sidney Crosby’s return has apparently been worth the wait. Crosby has 25 points in 15 games, a point-per-game ratio of 1.666, his best ratio in his career. But why has Crosby’s return been so successful? Continue reading
Peyton Manning – Out Of Another Club
Peyton Manning was released from the Indianapolis Colts this week. He was the first pick overall in the 1998 draft and had been their starting quarterback ever since. The Colts were the only club that he ever knew. However when he signs with a new organization, he will leave another exclusive club; players that were drafted by one organization and played for that team their entire career (and a minimum of 14 years). Continue reading
Bloom’s Blog: Trade Deadline Moves
Here are a few expected moves for some teams around the NHL.
Philadelphia needed to pick up a defenseman for the playoffs. I expect with the trades they made to pick up Niklas Grossman and Pavel Kubina from the Stars and Bolts respectively, they’re pretty much done with their moves this season.
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Bullpen Banter: Sports Movies
Russ and I move our discussion to Hollywood. See how our discussion of baseball movies moved to Andre the Giant.
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The Exodus of the Enforcer
“You’re f***ing irrelevant out here.”
When historians look back on the slow, plodding demise of the hockey goon, they will reference those words as the opening salvo.
According to Mike Rupp, captured on HBO cameras in the fantastic 24/7, Jody Shelley was irrelevant. Continue reading
Bloom’s Blog: Top 5 Fantasy Hockey Players All-Time
Fantasy sports, a new-age instrument designed to give the responsibilities of managing a professional sports team to any man, woman, or child with internet access. The very interesting thing I have always thought about fantasy sports is the question, “what if we could somehow draft players from different era’s to see how they could play together?”. Well lucky for the more hockey-minded reader, I have compiled a short list of the all-time best fantasy players.
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Bloom’s Blog: Every Team In A Nutshell
As we come up on the halfway point of the season, the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins are leading the league in their respective conferences.
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Bloom’s Blog: Changes in the NHL
When the Winnipeg Jets joined the NHL from Atlanta, everyone knew this would bring about some sort of divisional or conference change in the league.
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Bloom’s Blog: Week 2 Thoughts
What a great season we have so far. Partly because my favorite team is 7-0-0. But mostly because there have been so many amazing surprises of teams and players. Phil Kessel is leading the league in points and goals. James Neal is also on a hot streak with 8 goals and is single-handedly keeping the Penguins afloat. Continue reading