http://sportsroids.com Sportsroids is a non biased real world gathering for sports enthusiasts to share up to date news, information and content within the sports world Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:55:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last night the Pittsburgh Penguins were held in check yet AGAIN by the New Jersey Devils who have now swept the season series against the Penguins 6-0 and in a decisive manner every time. One team dominating another like this is not rare, but the difference in this case is that the Penguins have consistently [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://sportsroids.com/2010/03/18/devils-dominate-pens-red-wings-lurke-blackhawks-goaltending-hole/ What I’m griping about today: 1. NHL players in or out of the next Olympics? There is no reason the NHL should not send players to the 2014 Olympics. The amount of attention the tournament gets worldwide is nothing but a positive thing for the NHL. Even for teams like Germany Latvia (among others) who were unlikely [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://sportsroids.com/2010/03/09/olympics-and-the-nhl-end-touch-icing-shootout-stupidity/ A week ago today the world saw one of the best hockey games in quite some time and certainly the best game of the Olympic tournament. Despite tremendous tenacity expressed by the Americans it was hockey king Canada led by Sidney Crosby who left the Vancouver games with the Gold Medal. Crosby’s overtime goal marked [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://sportsroids.com/2010/03/07/olympics-end-but-great-hockey-continues/ The Winter Olympics were officially opened on Friday and starting Monday the NHL takes a backseat to the biggest hockey tournament in the world. With that in mind we’ll preview that tournament and let you know who the medal contenders are and of course give a prediction. The tournament consists of 12 teams split into three [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://sportsroids.com/2010/02/14/russiacanada-eye-olympic-gold/ Monday night the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres put on quite a show for the national TV audience which could have very well been an Eastern Conference Finals preview (depending upon seedings of course).  The back and forth affair resulted in the Penguins overcoming a two goal second period deficit to defeat the Sabres 5-4. [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://sportsroids.com/2010/02/02/penssabres-conference-final/ While all of the off-ice moves (“big trades”) are made there are a few teams making some big pushes on the ice. The best of these recent pushes are the Washington Capitals who are currently streaking at 10 games and counting while the Vancouver Canucks have won seven in a row. Both streaks are quite [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://sportsroids.com/2010/02/02/washington-and-vancouver-tease/ OK let’s get right into the “big trades” of the moment between Calgary/Anaheim and Toronto. Despite the headline grabbing the names involved result in and the size of the contracts of said names the ultimate net effect is ZERO. Look first at the move to send Jean-Sabastien Giguere to Toronto for Vesa Toskala and Jason [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://sportsroids.com/2010/02/02/recent-big-trades-amount-to-little/ The NHL’s two biggest stars took the ice against one another for the first time since their classic Eastern Conference Semifinal of a year ago. I’m talking of course of Sidney Crosby and the Penguins against Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals. This is not only a matchup of the league’s two biggest stars but [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://sportsroids.com/2010/01/23/ovechkin-betters-crosby-game-access-limited/ First off I have to take this time to congratulate the Team USA U-20 squad on winning the World Junior Championship over Canada in one of the best games I’ve ever seen at any level. The flow of the game was back and forth the whole time with Canada wiping away a two-goal Team USA [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://sportsroids.com/2010/01/10/usa-wins-world-juniors-flyers-return-to-form/ The 2010 Winter Classic by all accounts was a big time success and I agree completely. The magic of the day was not tarnished by anything; the weather was great, the ice held up extremely well, the fans were fired up, and the game itself was spectacular. Three cheers for everybody who helps make this [...] Related posts:

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