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Why Not Canada?

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

One of the more interesting things to circulate both TSN and The Globe and Mail last week was the six-part, multi-platform story where they investigated the possibility of Canada adding a seventh NHL team, title Why Not Canada?. They looked at four potential locations for franchises including Winnipeg, Hamilton, Quebec City, and a second team in the Greater Toronto Area.

If you did not get a chance to either watch it on Sports Centre, or read it, I highly suggest that you do it now. It was a very interesting and intelligent look at the different locations and went beyond the “We Want a Team Here” and looked at the building, corporate support, legal issues, and regional demographics.

After it was all said and done, they seemed to be high on the possibility of a team in either Winnipeg or Quebec, and not so much on adding a third team to Ontario. As much as I would love a team in Southwestern Ontario, or in Toronto, I think that I understand the situation now.

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G20: I Still Don’t Get It

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Now it’s been a few weeks since the G20 Summit and Protests in Toronto, but I’m still at a loss for explanations. Normally I can understand things that I don’t agree with, but this certainly is not one of those times.

When the G20 was announced in Toronto, I didn’t understand. They started moving the G8 Summits to small towns, like Huntsville, to stop disrupting local economies, and ensure easier security. So why did they put this giant summit in the biggest city in the country?

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Looking to 2014

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Pardon me for not making any more Olympic posts a few weeks ago.  After predicting that Canada would beat the US in the round-robin, I felt anything that I would say would jinx the luck of our boys.  And in the aftermath, I really didn’t feel like I had all that much to say.  It was amazing.  It really, really was.

When thinking about the Olympic Games, there are a few things that I need to say:

1)  Yes, I watched the game, even if it started at 4am here.  I wrote a post about the experience over at Lost Lao Wai.  I hope you’ll enjoy it.

2)  Yes, I organized a pool for the Olympics.  And yes, I won on the tie-breaker.  First time I’ve ever won a big pool!

3)  Yes, I think that the NHL players will be in Russia in 2014.  There’s no reason for them not to be.  It’s THE biggest way for the game to grow, and they need all the great publicity that they can get.

4)  Yes, I still think that Canada will win Gold.  The US team will be very good, and the Russian team will be motivated, but our team will still be the favourite.

Speaking of the 2014 team, allow me to make my first of several cracks at guessing the roster…

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Quick Predictions for the Rest of the Olympics

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Alright, so I thought about doing this for the whole tournament, but my computer broke and I was in Malaysia, and yadd-yadda-yadda.  Anyway, I know few of you will believe me, but I thought that Slovakia would make some noise.  I certainly didn’t see them outlasting Russia in a shootout, but I thought that they would do better than projected.

Tonight for all of you in North America, or tomorrow for me, is the real start of the tournament.  The three marquee matches are underway, followed by the qualifying round, and then it gets really interesting.  Everyone is trying to make some predictions, so here are mine…

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Glen and Troy’s NOlympic Showdown

Monday, February 1st, 2010

After 46 rounds of sheer awesomeness it is time for things to get real.  With the help of my favourite website in the history of the universe (for this week), WhatIfSports.com it is time for a showdown.

For those of you unfamiliar with this site let me fill you in on a few things.  First off, it is AWESOME.  Secondly, it is a fantasy sports simulator where you can choose any two sports teams of all time and have them have a showdown.  Naturally, I spent a lot of time simulating various hockey games (note: the ‘76 Habs win the most).  Thirdly, you can draft your own dream team, which naturally we did to simulate our NOlympic teams.  Fourthly, this site is AWESOME.

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Glen and Troy’s NOlympic Team – Part 3

Friday, January 15th, 2010

…and so it ends.

Today we will compelte the final 8 rounds of the NOlympic draft, as well as state our line combinations to compete for NOlympic Glory.

Just to recap from last time, our picks were:

Trontario: F – Stamkos, LeCavalier, St. Louis, Penner, Doan, Smyth, Cammalleri, J. Staal, Lucic, Tanguay, D – Campbell, Regher, Beauchemin,  G – Price, Turco

Glenitoba: F – Carter, B. Richards, Savard, Fisher, Weiss, Sharp, Horton, Neal,  Roy, D – Bouwmeester, Phaneuf, Green, Robidas, Hamhuis, G – Ward

Again, Troy definitely has the advantage in offense, and made some gains in goaltending.  But he is still lagging in defense, both from his back end but also from his forwards.

Which brings us to…

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Glen and Troy’s NOlympic Team – Part 2

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Welcome back one and all to Glen and Troy’s NOlympic Team. Today we are going to have more drafts and analysis to round out our squad’s.

In case you forgot from last time, here are our teams after the first five rounds

Trontario: F – Stamkos, LeCavalier, St. Louis, Penner, Doan

Glenitoba: F – Carter, D – Bouwmeester, Phaneuf, Green G – Ward

So Troy still has to take 8 forward, 7 defensemen, and 3 goalies while Glen needs to nab 12 forward, 4 D, and 2 goalies.

That brings us to the start of round 6 with…

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Glen and Troy’s NOlympic Teams – Part 1

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Steve Yzerman gave me the best birthday present I could have ever asked for.  A chance to talk about hockey!!!  The team was named back on December 30th, and since then a great deal of debate has started, and as usual it has been focused on who is not playing as opposed to the great picks that were made. With a host of names ranging from Green, Doan, Fisher, Ward, and pretty much anyone good who plays for Tampa or Calgary.

Instead of giving a position by position break down like I was intending, I decided to start my Olympic analysis a little differently.  My hockey-hetero-life-mate Troy and I have decided to play scavenger and each take our own teams full of players that have been left over.  This is going to be a series of posts, starting with today, as we both make our initial 5 picks today.

Just out of interest, we are starting with the team that was named.  Any replacements made due to injury are going to be ignored, because, really, that would be a little too difficult.

In debating over this we argued about who should make the first pick and decided to have an MSN rock-paper-scissors war.  It lasted forever as we both insisted on taking rock every time.  Finally in the 127th round a victor was declared as Troy took…a bigger rock.

He used his first pick to take:

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Journey to Gold – Edition III

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

They have finally named a day.  On the last day of 2009, Team Canada will be officially revealed.  There has been a lot of speculation, and there will continue to be a lot more as time goes on.   Now that the season is 15 or so games in, there has been some movement up and down on the depth charts.  Especialyl as foremer locks like Getzlaf and LeCavalier have struggled, while former long shots like Marleau and Stamkos have excelled.   As I have a few times already, I’m going to try and break down the potential team and give my thoughts on who should wear the red and white come February.

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Olympic Camp Breakdown

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

As I type right now some of the best players in the world are in Calgary trying their heart out to represent Canada next February. Any of the 46 players at the camp would make great members of an All-Star team like this. However, once it is all said and done only 23 players (plus maybe a few alternates) will be playing. I have broken down my thoughts for most likely team that I see happening.

Of course, this is all based on speculation at this point, and making the best possible “paper team” that is available. Also, Yzerman has been clear to point out that the camp selections may not be limited to players who are attending the camp. However, I would be shocked if anyone not on this list becomes a member of the team.

Next to each player is a blurb about why I think that they will/won’t make the team, also a number between 1 and 10 for how likely I think that they are to make the team.

So without further ado…

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