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2013 Memorial Cup Preview and Prediction

Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the daily column that brings you the next crop of professional hockey players. Each day I will bring you a new player profile or topical...
Where There’s a Will: Rangers and Bruins Ready for a Second Round Bloodbath

What’s the old adage? Where there’s a will, there’s a way, right? The Bruins exerted their will in the third period of game 7 in the first round series against a...
Hawks and Wings Add Another Chapter to Long History

The Detroit Red Wings got past the Ducks in the opening round, but not without some mistakes and hiccups. A brutal seven game series was not only tough due to the...
Basketball Roundtable: 2nd Round Edition

Editor’s Note: We at LWOS are proud to present to you a new column – The “Buzz”: Basketball Roundtable. We pose several basketball related questions to our panel of life-long NBA...
Pens and Sens Have Plenty to Prove in Round Two

The Ottawa Senators and the Pittsburgh Penguins will have two very different mindsets on what transpired in the first round. For the Sens it is entirely positive, they took down the...
Sharks and Kings Face Off in the Battle of California

The Stanley Cup Champs against the Stanley Cup’s ‘always the bridesmaid never the bride’ – it’s the LA Kings vs San Jose Sharks in the battle of the best team on...
Habs and Sens, Sparking a Rivalry

When the Ottawa Senators were awarded an expansion franchise, I thought that the Senators and Canadiens would be natural rivals. When the Senators recorded their first win in franchise history over...
Deja Vu All Over Again for the Rangers and Capitals

Let’s not beat around the bush here. This Rangers-Caps series of hockey-poker has a lot at stake for both teams. Tomorrow night will mark the beginning of the fourth playoff series...
Introducing the Habsworld Podcast: Playoff Edition

LWOS is pleased to bring you a podcast from our friends at Habsworld.net. Jon Rebello, Norm Szcyrek, and Michel Beauchamp bring you some great coverage of the Montreal Canadiens, and the NHL as...
The Leafs and the Big, Bad Bear

Is Toronto for real? For once, yeah, they are. If you happen to disagree with this sentence you must be from Montreal or Boston. The thing is that the Northeast division...
David and Goliath: Isles and Pens Prepare for a Showdown

If you ask most hockey fans what the outcome will be of the Pens-Isles playoff series, you’ll get a variety of responses, and most end with the predictions of a very...
Is the Hawks-Wild Series as Black and White as Most Think?

I will let you know right of the bat – I do not think the Minnesota Wild should be in the playoffs right now. This team has scored fewer goals than...
Favorite/Underdog roles reversed in Ducks & Wings Series

Hey, for once the Red Wings are the underdog. They are the team that is coming into this match-up with that desperate barely-made-the-playoffs storyline. The mighty Detroit Red Wings will be...
Fish On Sports: Your NBA First Round Winners are …

For NBA fans, it’s the time of year they’ve all been waiting for – the first stages of weeks of physical and mental warfare that will see one set of players claim their...
Top Four: Essential Notes on the Premier League Table

Editor’s Note: The Premier League’s Top Four is a weekly column new to LWOS for the 2012-2013 column. The goal of the column is to provide critical information, analysis, and diatribe about...
NFL’s Dirty South: New Orleans Saints, Division Champs Try to Repeat Despite Offseason Turmoil

Breaking down the NFL …one team at a time. First up, the New Orleans Saints. A while back I used to work with an NFL junkie. He was a big Bears...
Must Roy Hodgson Start Rooney Against Ukraine?

Yes. Simply, yes. From our perspective the debate has less to do with whether the England Manager must start Rooney, but rather which bunker he would retreat to if he chooses...
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NHL Final Analysis: Northeast and Northwest Divisions

Northeast Division Team: Boston Bruins Current Position: 2nd Probable Finish: 2nd Possible Finish: 2nd, 6th-7th Current Status: Playoff bound Possible First Round Opponents: Washington, Buffalo, Ottawa Probable Playoff Finish: Semi Finals...
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2012 MLB Preview: NL Central

It seems only fitting to kick off my MLB predictions with arguably the toughest division in baseball last year – the NL Central. Boasting not only the 2011 World Series Champion St....
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Phantom’s NHL Picks – Saturday Night Edition January 20, 2012

After a lengthy Christmas and mid-season holiday, Phantom Picks are back! So this Saturday, instead of tearing out what’s left of your hair, grab a pen and paper and get ready...