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Glen and Troy’s All-Star Draft – Part III

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

Well a solid two weeks after the real draft, here we are again with the finale of our fantasy draft.  After 22 picks our teams looked like this:

Troy:

F – Crosby, D. Sedin, E. Staal, Perry, Duchene, Sharp

D – Lidstrom, Green, Weber

G- Price, Ward

Glen:

F – Stamkos, Ovechkin, H. Sedin, St. Louis, B. Richards, Kesler

D – Byfuglien, Letang, Enstrom, Boyle,

G – Thomas

Apologies for the delay, but I was in holidays in Bali and Troy was moving to Afghanistan. Yeah you read that right.

…and with Pick number 23 Troy takes…

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Glen and Troy’s All-Star Draft – Part II

Friday, January 28th, 2011

With the real draft coming in a few hours it’s time for Troy and I to continue our All-Star Fantasy Draft.  For the record, we are sticking with the original rosters, and not taking any of the injury replacements into account.

Where we left off last time the teams looked like this:

Troy:

F – Crosby, D. Sedin, E. Staal

D – Lidstrom

G- Price

Glen:

F – Stamkos, Ovechkin, H. Sedin

D – Byfuglien

G – Thomas

And now stepping up to the podium for Pick #11 is Troy…

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Glen And Troy’s All-Star Draft – Part I

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

It’s January, so that must mean that it’s time for another Hockey Draft between me and my hetero-life-mate Troy.  With the change in the format for the All-Star Game, we thought we would have a little fun and make some picks, since you know everyone else is doing it.

Our format will be similar to the one done on TSN.  It is independent of the captains and alternates that will be named before the draft takes place.  As a result, we will need to have the goalies drafted by Round 13 (Pick 26) as opposed to Round 10, and D-men taken by Round 18 (Pick 36) as opposed to Round 15.  This will be posted in installments, and well here are the first ten picks…

Since I’m such a gracious host on the internet, I’ve given the first pick to Troy, and if you need to wonder who it will be you should probably buy this book.

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Predicting 2011

Monday, January 10th, 2011

This year is a mere 10 days old, but already a great deal has happened, from the Collapse of the Canadian Juniors, a Wild Wildcard Weekend, fears of an election in Canada, a referendum to change the map, and of course an assassination attempt.

What else will this year bring? Well allow me to check my Crystal Ball…

Artists Rendering

Artists Rendering

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Looking Back at My Crystal Ball

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Way back in January, I have made the habit of trying to make a few predictions for the year.  In the past three years of blogging I have finished 9-2-2, 9-4-1, and 7-4-1, giving me a guide respectable 25-10-4 record.  Did I build on it this year or has my Nostroglenus effect worn off?

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Six and a Half Events at the Guangzhou Asian Games – Part II

Monday, December 6th, 2010

After the blast that was sepatakraw and field hockey, I knew that I needed more.  The games were only around for two weeks, and when else would I get the chance? I mean, I don’t exactly have plans to move to London for 2012, or Rio for 2016.  So I set out for more tickets, unavailability be damned!

November 20 – Football (aka Soccer)

After trips all over the metropolis, I decided to settle close to home.  I knew that there was a football match at the Tianhe Sports Centre, a short walk away from my house. I had heard that most soccer tickets were pretty easy to get, unless China was playing of course. Just to prepare myself for the game, and to decide on a teach to cheer for, I checked out who was playing.

It was the Women’s Semi-final. Korea vs. Korea.

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Six and a Half Events at the Guangzhou Asian Games: Part I

Friday, November 26th, 2010

Asian Games: Coming to a Super Nova Near You!

Note: I know things have been quiet/boring on this front…my apologies as usual.  Here is a post from Lost Laowai that I just made about my trip to the Guangzhou Asian Games…enjoy!!!!

The 16th Asiad is winding down here in Guangzhou. I’ll be honest, first I was excited about the event, then angry at all the construction, then angrier that I couldn’t get tickets, then excited again, then confused, then hungry, and finally back to excited. Now I find myself sad that they will be ending soon, and plotting my trip to Korea for the 2014 version of the event!  I was lucky enough to take in six and a half events over the past two weeks,.

For all the issues they had planning, and running this event. I can say from my own experiences as a spectator, it was fantastic, and the city and country should be pretty darned proud.

What experiences you ask? Well just read on to find out!

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Some Possible Changes to the All-Star Game

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

The big news in the hockey world this week has most certainly been the changes made to the NHL All-Star game.  They have done away with the old East vs. West format, or the failed North America vs. The World experiment, and instead gone to a much different idea.

Today, I’m going to look at this propsed change, but also a few other ideas that could work to make the mid-season shinny game a bit more exciting.

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2010-11 Predictacular: Western Conference

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Well it’s time to go to the left side, where things are always interesting.  Last year this team had the two biggest surprises (Colorado and Phoenix), the biggest bust (Calgary), the biggest playoff collapse (San Jose, but really, what else is new?), and the Stanley Cup Champion.  Now this year, the champs have been retooled, last years surprises look to prove themselves, and of course the Red Wings look to reclaim their spot as top dog.  Add in the fact that the San Jose Sharks are sure to collapse in a new and exciting way, and we’ve got ourselves a very interesting few months ahead in the West.

And it should go something like this…

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2010-11 Predictactular: The Eastern Conference

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Well it’s that time of the year again for the bold and daring hockey predictions for things to come! I continue today by looking at the Right Coast.  This conference tends to be a bit more conservative and easier to predict that the West.  However, last season they ended up with a 7-8 matchup in the Conference Finals.  Also some teams like the Lightning and Leafs had some pretty big roster overhauls.  So there are certain to be some surprises coming out this year.  But I think that it’ll shake out like this…

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