This week both Peter Forsberg and Evgeni Nabokov expressed interest in rejoining the NHL. Forsberg is going to start practicing with the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday and Nabokov is in the process of signing with the Detroit Red Wings just a year after he was cast off as a playoff failure by the San Jose Sharks.
Recently, the NHL announced the captains for the 2011 All-Star game. This season instead of going with the traditional East versus West format, the NHL is adopting a new school yard draft style. The two captains and their assistants choose from the remaining 36 players selected to the All Star game. The two captains are Nicklas Lidstrom and Eric Staal.
Last week in the NFL I got off to an amazing start, picking both the Steelers and Packers on Saturday. It looked like a perfect week after the Bears beat the Seahawks, but in the final game of the week the Jets defeated the top ranked Patriots to leave me at 3-1 for the week. It’s fine, the Jets deserved the win based on the play of the cornerbacks and the amazing catch by Holmes. This week I hope to improve on my 5-3 overall record thus far in the playoffs. Once we get this far in the playoffs every game is must see TV.
This year the NHL is introducing a new all-star format where a captain and two assistant captains draft of all of the players for their team in a “school yard draft”. Some of the possible captains include Sidney Crosby, Nicklas Lidstrom, Zdeno Chara, Eric Staal, Rick Nash, Alexander Ovechkin, Jarome Iginla, or Jonathan Toews.
As everyone knows, superstar forward LeBron James moved from Cleveland to Miami last off season in “the decision”. People speculated that the Miami Heat would become the league’s elite team, but people didn’t think that the Cavaliers would drop from top in the East straight to the basement.
As most teams have hit the half way point in the 2010-2011 NHL season at 41 games, we see which players have stood out as the early candidates for the NHL awards. Check it out.
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf has been a great contributor to the Leafs' dismal 14-19-4 record which puts the team 4th last in the league. This season the current Leafs captain has given Leafs fans very little to cheer about. Phaneuf has been a liability offensively, defensively, and a letdown physically.
Why is it that some NHL games are worth 2 points and others are worth 3 points? Why does the losing team team get an automatic point for making the game more exciting and going to overtime?
