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https://nypost.com/2022/04/15/mike-bossy-islanders-legend-dead-at-65/amp/ One of the best pure goal scorers of the era and obvious huge part of the Islanders Cup dynasty. All too young at 65. Sometimes gets forgotten as Gretzky came into the league in Bossy’s prime and then Mario Lemiuex...

Just thought I would revisit the topic in a separate thread. I took a look at the Sweeney/Neely draft picks in the 1st and 2nd round to assess whether the Bruins are good, bad, or just as expected given their draft position. I also added low round picks that did impact NHL rosters. Good to...

As someone posted in another thread, it would be nice if the teams ahead of the Celtics start losing some games. After that scenario was dismissed as unlikely, I decided to do a deeper dive into the teams surrounding the Celtics in the standings, ranked in order of current conference standings...

Clark Gillies, one of the stalwart members of the Islanders Cup dynasty, has died at the all too young age of 67: https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/33120161/islanders-1980s-dynasty-star-hall-famer-clark-gillies-dies-67 Some long time fans may recall that Gillies and Terry O'Reilly squared up...

I saw the sad news posted in the April News thread by @ColdSoxPack , but I thought Pierson's passing was thread worthy in its own right. I grew up watching Fred and Johnny doing the telecasts on WSBK, TV-38. And then in the studios when Derek Sanderson moved to man the color mike. My dad...

With the recent bypassing of Seymour for the Pro Football HoF, and the fact we are now in the quiet part of the offseason, I decided to start a thread on the New England Patriots Hall of Fame (sponsored by Raytheon, of course). Anyway, I was going through the 3 "Brady careers" and trying to...

At this point, the Celtics seem destined for are currently sitting at the 3 seed, which results in an opening round matchup against Sixers or Pacers. However, looking at the schedule to gauge the possibility of their being able to make up the requisite 2 games in the standings: Toronto: 21...

There was a recent mini-diversion in the Chris Sale thread regarding the attractiveness of Boston as a destination for starting pitchers. I believe @chawson made the original assertion that the Red Sox have trouble signing free agent pitchers, which raised some discussion. Not wanting to...

I would argue that the #1 seed would be tremendously helpful to the Celtics this season. Assuming that the Cavs finish 3rd, it would push off any matchup with them until the Conference Finals. If there's a downside, it's that the opening round would be a potentially difficult series with...

The discussion about the "loser point" in the NHL Game Thread got me wondering how the standings would change based on other systems that either have been in place or could be in place. Below are the standings for the playoff qualifiers in the Eastern Conference if the season were to end today...

Some very premature thoughts after 1 game: 1.) With no Bergeron and two rookie defenseman, it's no surprise the Bruins found themselves in an early hole. But still credit is due to the rookie blue liners for recovering and playing well in the closing period when the game was still tight...

OK, time to talk about football.  Every now and then you hear a sports columnist write how the Patriots "own" the month of <fill_in_the_blank>.  I recently heard this about the month of December.  So, I decided to look at the various teams and how they've done month-by-month during the Belichick...

OK, I'll try this again, this time w/o the table [If a Mod could remove or lock the other thread, I would greatly appreciate it].   I have always been curious how the current point system (shootouts, 3 point games, etc.) affect the overall standings.  So I took a quick look at this season to...

I had always been curious how the current point system (shootouts, 3 point games, etc.) affect the overall standings.  So I took a quick look at this season to date, and recalculated the standings based on various methods that the NHL has used over the years, along with some alternatives that...