April 24th
It's my Parting Shot for Part 1 of a two-part W-H-L Conference final preview with The Fearless Predictor..... But first, an addition to yesterday's scolding of "keyboard warriors" when it comes to being given a dose of reality! This point involves individual game score-lines. Unlike young kids' sports where a...
Apr 24, 2024
April 23rd
It's my Parting Shot to let some "keyboard warriors," with loud and ill-informed opinions how the world really works..... I'm going to admit to making two mistakes in composing this commentary right off the hop - one, I shouldn't read on-line comments or on-line fan forums and, two, I shouldn't respond to tho...
Apr 23, 2024
April 22nd
It's my Parting Shot for my Monday Musings..... "Sheldon Keefe and the Core Four!" Not only does it sound like the makings of a bad musical group, but they can't play worth a darn come the Stanley Cup playoffs! Saturday's 5-1 loss in Boston in Game 1 of their opening round series is only one game, granted, bu...
Apr 22, 2024
April 19th
It's my Parting Shot for the second and final part of the Fearless Predictor's Stanley Cup Playoff picks for Round 1..... By way of review from yesterday, my Eastern Conference opening round predictions have the Rangers over Washington in five games, Tampa Bay ousting Florida in six, the Islanders upsetting Carolina in...
Apr 19, 2024
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April 18th
It's my Parting Shot for Part 1 of the Fearless Predictor's Stanley Cup Playoff picks for Round 1..... I will also have my prediction for who gets to hoist the big mug and who they beat in the final to close out tomorrow's picks, but on to the Eastern Conference quarter-finals... Let's start with the Metropolitan Divis...
Apr 18, 2024
April 17th
It's my Parting Shot for my reactions to the headlines in today's Star-Phoenix Sports Section..... First headline...These respected N-H-L vets have yet to hoist the Cup. My reaction...There are plenty of those guys that currently exist - after all only one team per season out of 32 gets to taste champagne from Lord Sta...
Apr 17, 2024
Warren W
April 16th
It's my Parting Shot to wonder if we are in the midst of another "Golden Age of the N-H-L?!"..... I know the job of coaches is to devise ways to make sure the other team doesn't score against you while hoping your players find a way to score enough to win. Back in the 1980s and the Edmonton Oilers' dynasty wi...
Apr 16, 2024
April 15th
It's my Parting Shot for my Monday Musings..... Scottie Scheffler won his second green jacket by winning The Masters yesterday at Augusta National. The tournament turned in his favour on the ninth hole when Scheffler was inches away from holing out from the fairway for eagle while Colin Morikawa found the trees with hi...
Apr 15, 2024
April 12th
it's my Parting Shot and the second and final part of The Fearless Predictor's second round of the W-H-L Playoffs' picks..... This is a lengthy look at the Eastern Conference semi-final set between the Saskatoon Blades and Red Deer Rebels after yesterday when I said Moose Jaw over Swift Current in seven games in the ot...
Apr 12, 2024
April 11th
It's my Parting Shot for the return of The Fearless Predictor with a review of first round picks from the W-H-L Playoffs and a start on Conference semi-final prognostications..... The review is simple - I predicted seven of the eight opening round winners, missing only the fact that Red Deer beat Medicine Hat! I was ba...
Apr 11, 2024