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Parise Picks Avs in Cup Pursuit

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Take a screenshot. The present-day equivalent to save a press clipping. We start there and The Athletics Michael Russo with Minnesota play-by-play voice Anthony LaPanta’s podcast “Worst Seats in the House” podcast aptly titled January, 23 rd episode “Press Clippings” and news that UFA Zac Parise, recovered from injury, would sign with Colorado. Friday, that week, the move is officially announced by the Avs on an 825K cap hit bonus free 1-yr deal. Parise, 39, off back-to-back 30+ PT campaigns with the Isles; including 21Gs a year ago. His anticipated debut as a likely bottom-6 player will begin against a familiar rival Monday as Colorado plays the Rangers in MSG, prior to meeting NJ on Tuesday, where Parise plays against the team that drafted him in 17 th overall in 2003. The last year NJ won the Stanley Cup. Parise’s 18-year NHL career includes one SC Final appearance in 2012. The Devils lost to LA in 6. 8G 15PTS in 24GP in the playoffs that year that production wise was 2 nd ...
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The Western Conference Wild Card Clusterfuck

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By the 27GP mark; a third of the NHL szn schedule; it looked like you could Western Conference lock in the division top three for both the Central and Pacific division. On the podcast – I began calling them the Elite 6. Vegas, Los Angeles, Colorado, Dallas – early Cup prediction darlings were included. Two Canadian surprises Vancouver and Winnipeg by that point proved their starts would look sustainable. After was a drop off into a large middle clusterfuck of a group - that could at best nab one of the two of the wild card spots. At inception; based on most pundit predictions if you were to flip Edmonton with Vancouver and Minnesota with Winnipeg; it would have been an exactly what everyone expected model. In the Pacific, after the 18GP pothole Edmonton drilled. It was under a new coach Kris Knoblauch; the oil turned it around as they spill onto a current 16-game win streak. However; its LA, who we should not forget had an NHL record road win streak to start went cold over the last...
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It matters how you tear it down in an NHL rebuild

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Might as well let your girlfriend steal that rock concert t-shirt – instead of losing it on an NHL sports gambling site. The Sharp Shooter audio podcast is on pause and it may or may not return. It is to say finding balanced betting coverage other than the homer takes is next to impossible. Fans of teams do only care about the home team. That content exists in over abundance. Personally; the context of a grouping of team’s comparative to each other is the rare complex I have. Somehow, I desire for what is not out there. Counter-culture NHL coverage that has big picture accuracy and still attentive to the local team market details fused into one. This blog spot is where I plan to share my thoughts for the time being now. It will be mostly NHL Western Conference team’s information and opinion. It will especially gear to the Central Division teams I watch* most.  Please note terms and conditions do apply*: The preceding statement excludes the 2023-24 Chicago Black Hawks; espec...
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All At Twenty - Comparing the division teams if they arrived at the benchmark at the same time.

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Thanksgiving eve – the first pair of Central Division teams arrived at the 20GP mark. Dallas and Nashville; and while all the teams did not arrive at the benchmark; at an equal moment – let’s essentially in this blog piece act as if the teams all did and look at a top to bottom division look from that equal GP mark to draw comparisons on. After Thanksgiving; Friday; saw St. Louis, Minnesota and Chicago join the teams to reach to 20GP mark. Sunday; Arizona and Winnipeg arrived at the benchmark game total leaving only Colorado to do so. Had Colorado not had their Nashville game postponed they would have on the same weekend Saturday night. Instead; the 20GP mark came Tuesday in a loss in Winnipeg on November 29 th . What you do see is how close the division title is 20 games in; that Dallas and playing more games in first is a lot closer to Winnipeg and Colorado than it appears. 2 points separated the top trio; likewise, the middle group St. Louis, Nashville and Minnesota were all 500...
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Jost dessert

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Friday, Minnesota placed forward Tyson Jost on waivers for the purposes of being sent to the AHL Iowa Wild. He was in Jordan Greenway's absence to injury afforded an opportunity to slot up the lineup - but it didn't go to plan. After starting his NHL time in Colorado to have that organization feel a change of scenery for player and team was in the best interest of both - the "fresh start" for Jost hasn't jump started it as Minnesota or Jost had hoped. Does he clear waivers, at 2M against the cap salary, he probably does, because of his inability to be a consistently impactful top9 player, and Jost hardly has the attributes to be playing fourth line in the NHL.  Remember there was a time in Colorado where the theory was. "if only" Jost was playing with the top6 players narrative. Thing is, it seems as his time in Minnesota confirms, regardless of whom Jost is playing with, slotted alongside - he doesn't seem to add value to the players around him. By ...
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Remember the Sports section?

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Let's begin with a little unknown fact about the audio Central Division Hockey - The Podcasts. They are scripted. One thing maddening about it was the free transcription the podcast host site I was using, well, let's say it was so bad, I simply figured out how to turn it off. This blogger page was to be used as a complimentary piece to the podcast and I also didn't want it to be the audio podcast transcriptions posted either. It's funny you know how counter to the local media based or the big corporate network coverage all in all that you want to have something counter to it - but let's be clear - I believe it still needs that paid journalistic approach to it.  While we can lament for example, hockey's most read blog: Eliotte Friedman's 32 Thoughts becoming - well less thoughts - our smart phones and sites full of fancy stats at our fingertips - you forgot how you use to have to read the sports section to keep up on your favorite team. Even as I complete a p...
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