01 May 2010 ~ View Comments

Cheering from Afar

Some of you may know that I am currently in Hawaii and am boarding a cruise tomorrow. While you all pause to tell me how you’re jealous and how lucky I am, there is a part of me that wishes I was back home to watch the Canucks battle the BlackHawks. (Try not to mistake this for complaining, I am very very grateful to be here, if the ship has Versus, that would make this pineapple trip that much sweeter).

So to fulfill my duty as a fan, I felt it was time to release this. One of my odd new year’s resolutions this year was to write my own rap verse (I know, weird right?) and late one night, inspiration hit, and I succeeded, sort of. I realized that writing was one thing, but actually rapping? That takes skills that this Sam Chan does not possess. So the ‘song’ stayed in my harddrive, and I attempted to find someone with actual hip-hop talents to record it, but was unsuccessful. [...]

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22 May 2009 ~ View Comments

NHL Hockey: 2008-2009 Round 3 Playoffs Predictions

In round 2, I went 2 of 4, bolding boasting that my canucks would take the hawks in 5. I still cry silently every night before I go to bed. Even though I no longer care who wins and am 3 games late, I thought I would post my Round 3 Predictions as well. I have to go with the safe bet of a Pittsburgh and Detroit final, with Pittsburgh going 7 and Detroit beating those pesky darn hawks once and for all in 5. That is all.

Taking a look at my past predictions:
Round 2:

Western Conference:

2 Detroit Red Wings vs 8 Anaheim Ducks
Wings in 6

3 Vancouver Canucks vs 4 Chicago Blackhawks
Canucks in 5

Eastern Conference:

1 Boston Bruins vs 6 Carolina Hurricanes
Bruins in 7

2 Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Penguins in 5


Round 1:

Western Conference:

1 San Jose Sharks vs 8 Anaheim Ducks
Sharks in 6.

2 Detroit Red Wings vs 7 Columbus Blue Jackets
Wings in 5

3 Vancouver Canucks vs 6 St. Louis Blues
Canucks in 7

4 Chicago Blackhawks vs 5 Calgary Flames
Hawks in 6

Eastern Conference:

1 Boston Bruins vs 8 Montreal Canadians
Bruins in 4

2 Washington Capitals vs 7 New York Rangers
Rangers in 6

3 New Jersey Devils vs Carolina Hurricanes
Devils in 5

4 Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Penguins in 7

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01 May 2009 ~ View Comments

NHL Hockey: 2008-2009 Round 2 Playoffs Predictions

In round 1, I was correct selecting 5 of the 8 possible teams to make it through to round 2. My Canucks surprised me and everybody else by sweeping the Blues in 4 straight games. How did you guys do? As always, looking for your thoughts and your own predictions.

Round 2:

Western Conference:

2 Detroit Red Wings vs 8 Anaheim Ducks
Wings in 6

3 Vancouver Canucks vs 4 Chicago Blackhawks
Canucks in 5

Eastern Conference:

1 Boston Bruins vs 6 Carolina Hurricanes
Bruins in 7

2 Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Penguins in 5

Round 1:

Western Conference:

1 San Jose Sharks vs 8 Anaheim Ducks
Sharks in 6.

2 Detroit Red Wings vs 7 Columbus Blue Jackets
Wings in 5

3 Vancouver Canucks vs 6 St. Louis Blues
Canucks in 7

4 Chicago Blackhawks vs 5 Calgary Flames
Hawks in 6

Eastern Conference:

1 Boston Bruins vs 8 Montreal Canadians
Bruins in 4

2 Washington Capitals vs 7 New York Rangers
Rangers in 6

3 New Jersey Devils vs Carolina Hurricanes
Devils in 5

4 Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Penguins in 7

I’m really looking forward to seeing everybody’s predictions as well. Go Canucks!

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