 Jim Turner
turnersportsdesk.com
March 4, 2010
The Washington Capitals were the #1 team in the NHL going into the trade deadline yesterday. The Caps believe they are talented enough to win the cup. The bigger question is are they tough and deep enough to win the cup? General Manager George McPhee made moves to answer both of those questions.
Caps acquire Eric Belanger from Columbus – The Caps nee...
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So the thought was the Michael Jordan would take over the Bobcats, kind of stay behind the scenes, and let the basketball folks run the show. And who exactly believed this? Yeah, outside of your buddy who just bought that gym that hooks onto your door, not to many folks. MJ's first move as owner was to head down to the court, play and lose two games of HORSE with Gerald Henderson. Ouch...
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Outside of about a three week period following the release of the Mighty Ducks movie, I have really never been able to get interested in the sport of hockey. Now I really tried to get into soccer on ice. I tried to watch games, I bought rollerblades, and even snagged a Wayne Gretzky poster one year at the book fair at school. But just like so many other forgien things, Indian food, tig...
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 Everyday there is someone talking about the Washington Capitals lack of defense. Some argue that the Caps need to bring in a big bopper on the blue line but they forget the Red Wings won multiple Cups without a killer defenseman. The Red Wings proved that team emphasis on defensive positioning and discipline is more effective than one guy trying to lay everyone out. The Caps are clearly the ...
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There’s no doubt in my mind that Martin Brodeur is the greatest NHL goalie of all time. His numbers are impeccable, and he’s brought home more hardware than James Cameron’s Avatar.
However, put under pressure in last nights game versus the United States in which Canada lost 5-3 Brodeur failed to get the job done, and its not the first time.
The 37-year-old who’s won three S...
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As I asked in a previous blog what happens when you take the best players in the world give them home ice, a home crowd and the biggest stage in the Olympics? They get out hustled, out worked and out smarted by those pesky Americans that did not seem the least bit phased by Canada's assembled firepower.
So what happened to the Canadian hockey dream team? Did they read their own press clip...
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 If you were scripting a favorable hockey scenario I don't think you can do better than what the Canadians setup. So why even with everything in their favor are they going to fold?
Home ice, check…Home crowd, check…Best team in the world, check …Most hockey lineage on the planet, check…
You look at all the things in Canada’s favor and you couldeasily think the gold medals came with Canada pre-engr...
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 Its Day 3 of our Vancouver Olympic Preview. Monday I covered Biathlon, Ski Jumping and Alpine Skiing. Yesterday we talked about Snowboarding, Short Track and Bobsleigh events. Today we are previewing Ice Hockey, Freestyle Skiing and Skeleton. The games are just a few days away!
Ice Hockey
Canada is crazy about their hockey and since they are hosting this years games, you know the country is thin...
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 John Tavares of the New York Islanders has been one of the most talked about hockey players since he was an early teen. At fifteen he was granted “exceptional player” status by the Ontario Hockey League in order to play for the Oshawa Generals.
Tavares became the youngest OHL player ever and scored 45 goals and 77 points in the 2005-2006 season. Year by year he continued to build and by the end ...
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