I have a theory that while poolies prefer potential breakout candidates over bounce-back candidates they are unwise to do so. It is better to go with the bounce-back than the breakout. This theory is based on my participation in hockey pools for decades. In fact, my first year in a pool was when a rookie [...]
au-da-cious Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. de-lu-sion-al Characterized by holding beliefs or opinions contradicted by reality or rational thought. pro-phet-ic Accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future. 10. Martin Necas leads the Carolina Hurricanes in scoring. Not Svechnikov. Not Trocheck. Not Aho. Young Martin will break out big [...]
I’m pretty fit for 45. Not Zdeno Chara fit, but between kettlebells in the morning and training to race mountain bikes in the evening, I can forget I am middle aged. I can forget, that is, until my competitive juices get flowing and pretty soon I am sprinting up stairs, having a chin up contest, [...]
I announced to my wife it is Bubble Keeper Week. She had the look on her face she gets when worried I have spent a large amount of money on a new hobby. I have no idea what she was imagining I might have bought. Bubble wands? Some sort of bubble storage device? To set [...]
After an eight-year hiatus, the Puck Pastor is back at DobberHockey. This time around with Dobber, I am filling in for a few weeks for Tom Collins. I doubt anyone remembers my old column, but if you did you would remember I tried to be true to the “Puck Pastor” moniker and weave some life [...]
Glen Sather once said a fire hydrant could get 50 goals playing with Wayne Gretzky.
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The Puck Pastor gives you three ways to deal with unmet fantasy hockey expectations.
