maggie-the-monkey Stories - Battle of California
Move over, Maggie
You remember Maggie the Macaque. She's the prediction whizz over at TSN who picks - fairly accurately until this year - the winners of upcoming hockey playoff contests. It appears Maggie has gained some competition recently. Meet Pepper, a poodle who shares the same unbridled...
Ducks Gameday—Glimmers of hope for the depressed Ducks fan, round 2
Anaheim Ducks (8th in west) at Detroit Red Wings (2nd in west)JavaGeek Odds: DET 68%Winging It In Motown, or for the braver, there's A2Y. And don't forget Anaheim Calling vs. IAmJoe over at CLS. And just like that, it's round two. Losing a seven-game series to the Red Wings sucks. Or at least...
BoC Gameday—Counting on the Continued Wrongness of Monkeys and Forecheckers
San Jose Sharks (1st in west) at Anaheim Ducks (8th in west)Ducks lead series 2-1, JavaGeek Odds: ANA 55%Fear the Fin, which has changed its name back from "Fear the Win" (Author's note: I was going to write a decent post last night, but instead I played host to visiting James O'Brien. After...
Reason #1,334,354 to Ignore Eklund
This is UFA defenceman Mark Streit. He's been credited this season as the catalyst to Montreal's potent powerplay.He's an interesting player, largely because when not on the powerplay he generally plays as a 4th line forward. Defensively, he's a mess. He's been just awful (outside of offence) and a...
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