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Buys and Sells: Are Lower Seeds Legit?

We're only eight games into the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs and already the lower seeds are showing an awful lot of fight. On Wednesday, the seventh seeded New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals and late last night (or early this morning depending on your locale) the Anaheim Ducks shutout the Presidents' Trophy winning San Jose Sharks. The top seeded Boston Bruins won but got all they could handle from the Montreal Canadiens.

That comes to three of the four lowest seeded teams in the playoffs winning or putting up a good fight. Are these teams for real or is this simply a bunch of Game One mirages?

Buys and Sells: Fake Twitter Accounts

Each Friday throughout the season, I'll provide you with my predictions on whose stock is on the rise and whose is failing miserably like the American job market pretty much everything these days. It's a neat little segment entitled Buys and Sells. There are a few teams/players/issues to buy and a few to sell.

One of the most popular trends in the blogosphere over the last few months has been the creation of fake Twitter accounts. From Brian Burke to Rick Reilly and tons of people in between, they have been popping up all over the place.

Twitter is a unique site in that, as long as they are parodies, fake accounts are not prohibited by their terms of service. Of course, they still reserve the right to censor accounts as they please -- hooray internet communism! -- but for the most part, they let these fake accounts be. Today, we'll take a look at some of the best that in fake Twitters that the NHL has to offer.

Buys and Sells: A Look at NHL Rules

Each Friday throughout the season, I'll provide you with my predictions on whose stock is on the rise and whose is failing miserably like the American job market pretty much everything these days. It's a neat little segment entitled Buys and Sells. There are a few teams/players/issues to buy and a few to sell.

There's been a lot of discussion on rule changes in the NHL recently. Most of it has centered around fighting and the current point system. There was also the Rangers obtaining a compensatory pick for the late Alexei Cherepanov, which some have gotten some folks debating the merits of that ruling. Today, we'll dive into all of that and more!

Buys and Sells: Will Deadline Deals Change Playoff Races?

Each Friday throughout the season, I'll provide you with my predictions on whose stock is on the rise and whose is failing miserably like the American job market pretty much everything these days. It's a neat little segment entitled Buys and Sells. There are a few teams/players/issues to buy and a few to sell.

This year's trade deadline features 22 trades that sent 45 players to new cities. There were only a handful of major ones, but those should still have an impact on their respective teams. Those deals can also drastically change the complexion of a the playoff races. Today, we'll examine if that will be the case for any of the teams currently in the hunt.

Buys and Sells: Sorting Out the Eastern Conference Playoff Race

Each Friday throughout the season, I'll provide you with my predictions on whose stock is on the rise and whose is failing miserably like the American job market pretty much everything these days. It's a neat little segment entitled Buys and Sells. There are a few teams/players/issues to buy and a few to sell.

The playoff race in the middle of the Eastern Conference has taken a lot of twists and turns over the past week. The Rangers fired their coach and hired another, the Penguins shipped off Ryan Whitney and the Buffalo Sabres lost their starting goalie to an ankle injury.

Buys and Sells: Predicting the Future of the NHL's Aging Stars

Each Friday throughout the season, I'll provide you with my predictions on whose stock is on the rise and whose is failing miserably like an American bank pretty much everything these days. It's a neat little segment entitled Buys and Sells. There are a few teams/players/issues to buy and a few to sell.

Buys and Sells: Your Obligatory All-Star Game Banter

Each Friday throughout the season, I'll provide you with my predictions on whose stock is on the rise and whose is failing miserably like an American bank pretty much everything these days. It's a neat little segment entitled Buys and Sells. There are a few teams/players/issues to buy and a few to sell.

Buys and Sells: Why Jeremy Roenick Needs to Retire... NOW!

Each Friday throughout the season, I'll provide you with my predictions on whose stock is on the rise and whose is failing miserably like an American bank. It's a neat little segment entitled Buys and Sells. There are a few teams/players/issues to buy and a few to sell.

I'm back after a week off, and we're going to approach this week a little bit differently here in Buys and Sells. If you know anything about me, you probably know that I'm an Islander fan. If you know anything else, you know that I am a huge Jeremy Roenick fan.

This week we're going to focus on one thing: for the good of the NHL, Roenick needs to retire immediately.

Buys and Sells: Contenders and Pretenders Edition

Each Friday throughout the season, I'll provide you with my predictions on whose stock is on the rise and whose is failing miserably like an American bank. It's a neat little segment entitled Buys and Sells. There are a few teams/players/issues to buy and a few to sell.

I hope everyone out there had a great holiday, whichever one you choose to celebrate. If it was Christmas, I hope you don't have too bad of an egg nog hangover this morning! Today in Buys and Sells we're going to take a look at which NHL teams are contending and which are pretending. We're nearing the midpoint of the season and the end of the year, so I think it's a great time to take a look at the first half surprises and decide who will be sticking around come playoff time and who will be heading home early. As you've probably surmised from the picture to the right, Jon Toews and the Hawks are the first topic of discussion today... Right after the jump. As always disagreements and your own picks are welcome in the comments.

Buys and Sells: Extracurricular Activities Edition

Yes dear reader, your eyes do not deceive you! It is a special Wednesday morning edition of Buys and Sells. Sorry if I made you think it was Friday for a moment. I'm out on vacation and will be traveling on Friday, so for one week only we're moving to Wednesday due to my extracurricular activities. And I figured what better a time than to discuss all the extracurriculars going on in the NHL. A lot of the news in the NHL these days seems to be taking place off the ice. Sometimes it's almost more interesting than what's happening on it -- but not quite.

We've got a lot of issues to get to this week. The Philadelphia Flyers stopped in to have a quick chat with some folks at Temple University while Mats Sundin has set yet another deadline on which he will decide what he is doing this year -- as if anyone really cares at this point. We'll wrap it all up with by addressing the every increasing qualms folks have with this year's All-Star Game voting. So please, won't you jump with me?

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