1. 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Can the San Jose Sharks Pull Off a Kings-Like Run?

    What the Los Angeles Kings were doing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs at this time last year was remarkable. They became the first team in NHL playoff history to win the first three games of each series...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 13 days ago 2,137 reads 18 comments

  2. 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs: Complete Predictions for Every Series

    A few months ago, none of us hockey fans knew what we would be doing at this point in time. Even though springtime always means playoff time, many of us were predicting that we would ...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 22 days ago 867 reads 3 comments

  3. 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs: The Ideal First Round Matchups

    With the playoffs less than a week away, hockey fans around the world are beginning to see the possibilities of a historic first round...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 27 days ago 1,704 reads 14 comments

  4. 2013-14 NHL Season: Flaws in the Scheduling of Outdoor Games

    Outdoor games are great. Being the only one of the year, the Winter Classic has its own mystique and all, but when it comes to outdoor games, the more the merrier...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 1 month ago 572 reads 2 comments

  5. 2013 NHL Playoffs: What the Playoff Race Would Look Like Under New Realignment

    With less than two weeks on the schedule, playoff races are heating up in the NHL . Will Detroit miss the playoffs for the first time since 1990? Will the Blue Jackets or Islanders ...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 1 month ago 1,926 reads 7 comments

  6. Major League Baseball: Full Predictions for the 2013 Season

    We are at a turning point in Major League Baseball. We've (hopefully) made it out of the steroid era, and we are a few years into the Era of the Pitcher...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 1 month ago 1,666 reads 1 comments

  7. Nashville Predators: Why Patric Hornqvist's Return Will Lead Preds to Playoffs

    Despite being one of the most consistently successful clubs in hockey for the better part of the past decade, Barry Trotz's Nashville Predators have never been known as an offensive powerhouse...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 1 month ago 296 reads 0 comments

  8. 2013 NHL Season: Bold Predictions for the Second Half

    So we're about halfway through the season and everything is just as crazy as we had expected, if not crazier...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 2 months ago 1,921 reads 8 comments

  9. Fantasy Baseball: Undervalued Players You May Want to Keep an Eye on

    So you're sitting on the computer some time in mid-March chatting up your buddies and trying to find a steal in the middle rounds of your fantasy baseball draft...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 3 months ago 418 reads 1 comments

  10. NHL Realignment: Why Losing the Chicago-Detroit Rivalry Isn't a Horrible Thing

    According to CBC's Elliotte Friedman , the NHL is looking over a new realignment proposal that would move Detroit and Columbus out East...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 3 months ago 1,638 reads 9 comments

  11. NHL Bubble Teams: Who's in and Who's out in 2013

    Now that each NHL team has played at least twelve games, we are a little over a quarter of the way through the 2013 NHL season...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 3 months ago 3,148 reads 63 comments

  12. Favorite Jersey Day: The Best Uniform Clash for Each NHL Team

    In case you didn't know, today is Wear Your Favorite Jersey Day, which kicks off Hockey Weekend Across America...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 3 months ago 526 reads 3 comments

  13. NHL: Ranking Each Team Name by Intimidation Factor

    Nicknames are one of the funnest things to talk about when it comes to sports. Some are very clever, some reflect the team's city, some are meant to be ferocious and some leave everyone scratching their heads (New Orleans Pelicans)...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 3 months ago 5,364 reads 39 comments

  14. NHL Power Rankings: How Do the West's Top Teams Stack Up After Week 3?

    We're another week into the shortened season and yet again there have been oh-so-many surprises. Some teams have turned up the heat and taken the West by storm, while some other teams have faded after hot starts...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 3 months ago 3,162 reads 8 comments

  15. NHL: The Most Underrated Rivalries in Hockey Today

    There have been a lot of people writing about NHL rivalries recently, so I figured that I would put my own spin on the subject. Rivalries are one of the many reasons why we love hockey and circle certain dates on the calendar...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 3 months ago 973 reads 10 comments

  16. NHL: Week 2 Western Conference Power Rankings Based Solely on Performance

    It's been another great week of hockey in the ultra-competitive Western Conference. There have been many surprises and exciting games thus far in the second week of the shortened 48-game season...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 4 months ago 539 reads 12 comments

  17. NHL: Week 1 Western Conference Power Rankings Based Solely on Performance

    It sure is great to have hockey back. As we expected, there have already been big surprises and great, memorable moments. When people do power rankings at the beginning of the season, they are usually a little skewed...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 4 months ago 1,028 reads 6 comments

  18. 2013 NHL Season: Games to Watch This Week

    After a great weekend of welcoming back NHL hockey, the compressed schedule will allow for plenty of great matchups this week...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 4 months ago 140 reads 0 comments

  19. 2013 NHL Season: Things That Hockey Fans Would Love to See

    Hockey starts in just a few hours! Hockey fans are some of the best in sports, but they have been mistreated by those who run the league several times in the past few years...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 4 months ago 429 reads 2 comments

  20. 2013 NHL Season: How Last Year's Standings Looked After 48 Games

    We are less than 24 hours away from faceoff! At 3:00 ET on Saturday, the 2013 NHL regular season will kick off. The stakes are even higher than usual in this regular season, as there will only be 48 games instead of the usual 82...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 4 months ago 5,367 reads 3 comments

  21. NHL Preview 2013: Bold but Reasonable Predictions for the Shortened NHL Season

    In a sport as unpredictable as hockey, bold predictions are tough to make without sounding like an absolute idiot. Then again, making bold predictions could be the only way to sound like a genius when all is said and done...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 4 months ago 4,152 reads 8 comments

  22. NHL Realignment: How an NFL System Could Work

    Hockey will finally be under way in about a week and a half. Thank goodness! The return of the NHL comes because the owners and players finally reached a new collective bargaining agreement several days ago...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 4 months ago 3,909 reads 36 comments

  23. NHL 2013 Season Preview: Teams That Are Underrated for the Coming Season

    Every year, there are a few teams that seem to overachieve based on how people rank them before the season starts. Some teams just never get as much credit as they deserve for reasons that nobody really knows...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 4 months ago 1,560 reads 14 comments

  24. NHL 2013 Season Preview: Teams That Are Overrated for the Coming Season

    With the 2013 NHL season about to get started, more and more fans and writers have been making predictions for the upcoming year. However, the Los Angeles Kings proved in last year's playoffs that predictions do not mean anything when it comes to hockey..

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 4 months ago 1,549 reads 14 comments

  25. NHL: Realignment Problems to Solve and Mistakes to Avoid

    Despite a new collective bargaining agreement being reached, the NHL has still not announced a solution to the realignment problems it must fix for the 2013-14 season...

    Adam Rickert Written by Adam Rickert about 4 months ago 4,098 reads 43 comments