The second update on all-star voting just came out and the only player to achieve over 300,000 votes thus far is the Penguins centre and this season’s best player so far, Sidney Crosby. Crosby has 24 goals and 24 assists, totalling 48 points. If those numbers were projected over an 82 game season they would amount to over 65 goals and over 65 assists, which adds up to over 130 total points. The last season a player scored over 130 points was the 1995-1996 season, where Lemieux and Jagr both achieved that mark totalling 161 and 149 points respectively. Since the lockout Joe Thornton was the closest to 130 points with 125 points in the 2005-2006 season.
Now with the season heading into the final few games, who will make the playoffs and who won’t? This is an important time and the coming weeks will be extremely crucial for certain teams. Join us as we take a look at who will make the NFC Playoffs and who won't.
Now with the season heading into the final few games, who will make the playoffs and who won't. This is an important time and the coming weeks will be extremely crucial for certain teams.
The best hockey teams are comprised of all types of players, scoring forwards, defensive forwards, offensive defensemen, stay at home defensemen and goalies. But what is the most important position? If you were making a team, what area would you focus on?
This article is being written just after Colton Orr took a triple minor penalty, with only one being offset by the Buffalo Sabres. On the first power play, Jordan Leopold scored from the point, within seconds of the goal, Kris Versteeg took an unnecessary penalty to give the Sabres a two man advantage.
The New England Patriots, led by 6 foot 4 inch quarterback Tom Brady, are currently tied with the New York Jets for the top spot in the AFC East, AFC, and the entire NFL. The 9-2 Patriots recently traded away one of the top receivers of all time, Randy Moss, but that hasn’t slowed them down at all. Within days they added veteran Dion Branch to accompany receptions leader for 2007 and 2009 Wes Welker. With the emergence of young receiver Danny Woodhead they have a good group of passing targets.
Everyone knows about Kevin Durant as he is on highlight films daily and is looking like the front runner for 2010-2011 MVP, but what about the forgotten player that went one spot before him in the 2007 draft, Greg Oden.
This season the NHL fans have done a pretty fair job of assessing who should be competing in the all-star game in February. With Crosby enjoying his most productive season as a pro, he is dominating the votes with 118,755. Crosby is followed by Ovechkin, Toews, and Stamkos rounding out the top four forwards.
Today the Toronto Raptors traded starting point guard Jarrett Jack, forward David Andersen, and point guard Marcus Banks to the New Orleans Hornets in exchange for guard Jerryd Bayless and Peja Stojakovic. The first reason that this trade is a little suspicious to me is that the Hornets are making trades even though they are currently the top team in the league. Usually when a team is on top they are not quick to pull the trigger on trades because it could off-set the balance of the team, so it seems like they knew that this deal was in their favour.
Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban has quickly made his name known around the National Hockey League. He hasn’t done this because of his hard hits, sweet hands, solid defensive play, or precision passing. Rather, the the league is starting to know the young talented Subban for his mouth. Subban has wasted no time getting under the skin of opposing players on all NHL teams.
