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Ducks Gameday—Go easy on us, Islanders
Anaheim Ducks (23-20-5, t-6th in west) at New York Islanders (12-29-5, 15th in east)Sigh -- well, at least Giguere's contract expires a decade before Dipietro's. It's definitely been a tough fifteen ...
Ducks Gameday -- Sing me a Song of Misery
(Alternatively titled: "BoC Gets Even Dorkier") Dallas Stars (3-2-3, 9 pts) at Anaheim Ducks (3-3-1, 7 pts), 7 pmIf you'd rather read a post that's more directly about hockey, Defending Big D and Anah...
Ducks/Wings: Cautiously Pessimistic
On Tuesday, I gave some reasons why I’m cautiously optimistic about the Ducks facing the Wings. Today let’s look at the other side of the coin: why Detroit scares the crap out of me.The "but they ...
BoC Gameday—What Scares Me About Your Team
Anaheim Ducks (t-1st in west) at San Jose Sharks (t-1st in west)Winner of tonight’s game is on top of the west!Ah, the beauty of a new NHL season afoot, and what better way to kick it off than with ...
BoC Gameday—Technically, somebody's getting a "W" tonight
Anaheim Ducks (0-2-0, last in west) at Los Angeles Kings (0-2-0, last in west)Battle of the BasementSorry I've been a bit invisible the last couple of days; I've been steering clear of the blog, mainl...
What's an optimist to do? Tennessee Volunteers 12, Auburn Tigers 14
I've been blogging about the Tennessee Volunteers since August, 2005. I've written my way through The Season of Which We Do Not Speak, Cutcliffe's Renewal, and 2007, the season during which we nearly ...
A Game Without Highlights
Ho boy, that was rough. Slaughter at the hands of a team coming off a 1-15 season. That. Was. Rough. You sit through many of these conversations on this blog and other fansites, about a team in rebu...
Respect the Depths
One of the hardest things this time of year is to separate the "brand" from potentially harsh realities – what we know from the past against what we can see coming, at least in the short te...
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