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NHL Award Winner Predictions As the NHL season nears its conclusion, speculation begins among enthusiasts as to who may win what major awards. Some years most awards have near-guarantees, but this year sees the race for the Art Ross, Rocket Richard, Vezina and Calder trophies have multiple deserving candidates. Art Ross Trophy The Art Ross Trophy is awarded annually to the NHL's overall points leader at season's end. If things wrapped up today, Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane would be taking home the hardware.…

Vegas Golden Knights Expansion Mock Draft When the 2017-18 NHL season kicks off in October, they will do so with a new addition. As of March 1, the Vegas Golden Knights are officially an NHL team, and when this season's playoffs end, all eyes will be on them and the June 21 expansion draft. NHL Fans have all been reading the rules over and over, but as a refresher, each team can protect either:Seven forwards, three defensemen and one goaltender(or)Eight total skaters (forwards or defensemen) and one goaltender…

March Madness Preview Our favorite college basketball month is upon us, and everyone is racking their brains at who they should pick when filling out their bracket. Whether you like to analyze the stats behind the teams, pick based off of team’s mascots or simply throw darts at a wall to make your decisions, coming out strong in the first few days is very important. I can't predict the future, but I tell you why I like the following seven teams in the upcoming tournament. #12 Princeton: 23-6 (14-0 conference) First…

Good pitching stops good hitting. The breaks tend to even out. Ninety percent of baseball is half mental.Those three sentences represent three baseball-related category quotes; the first is generally true, since the very best major league hitters fail to get a base hit seven out of every ten times they go to the plate or do not reach base six out of ten, giving any random major league pitcher an advantage over any random major league hitter. Even the great Ted Williams had a lifetime OBP (.482) of under 500. The second…

Money Ball 2.0 Thursday's NFL free agency frenzy marked the beginning of another calendar year for pro football. As cash-laden teams clamored for what's essential, another team's unwanted trash. Two teams were finalizing a deal, that would change free agency forever.Going into the day the Cleveland Browns were expected to be at the forefront of activity, due to the $102m cap space at their disposal. Meanwhile, the Houston Texans found themselves with an ailing quarterback (who they'd signed to a 4-year $72m contact)…

MLB Fantasy Buyer Beware Every year there are those veterans that show a significant decline, prospects that don’t demonstrate the level of sustained improvement to make the cut, or over hyped players based on one year of success. At any time a player can break out or produce one of those “outlier” years. Fantasy players love to identify those draft day values or breakout stars, but in building a successful team, there must also be an attempt to determine those players that may not perform to the level their rankings or…

NFL Free Agency Recap Some sports have prolonged periods of inactivity, an "offseason" that leaves fans clamoring to read any news and desperate to get the next season started. Fortunately for football fans, the NFL has truly become a year-round entity and a mere month after the Superbowl crowns a champion, free agency Day One kicks off another glorious year of pigskin.Once the key free agents start signing, the rest of NFL teams' season preparation can start to fall into place. Locking up a key veteran addition can…

2017 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Tips If you're like me, by this time of the year you've consumed countless hours of podcasts and read dozens of articles in preparation for the upcoming Fantasy Baseball season. Your goal is to try and find that nugget that no one else has unearthed. But let’s face it, with as much coverage as there is these days and the means of consuming it, everyone has opined by now on almost every player of note that may or may not be that “out-of-no-where” performer we all covet. You, in fact, are reading…

Fantasy Auction Strategy I am an auction junkie. I freely admit it. I love the auction draft for Fantasy baseball. I adore it. I am not sure why. Maybe because it is the idea of bidding, outbidding and spending money even if it is not real money.  I also like bargains. Well, in all honesty, I love bargains. To quote Scottish economist Adam Smith, “Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.“ So it this that has led me to use this strategy for a lot of my auction…