Category Archives: hockey

Zolltan 2020 Playoff Prediction Special

Posted on 12 August 2020 by zolltan

What? You thought I wouldn’t do this just because “there’s a pandemic on and who cares about hockey” or “zolltan stayed up till 3 AM last night to write a new midterm for my students” or whatever? Pfft, it’s the … Continue reading →

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Prediction Special: 2019 NHL Playoffs

Posted on 10 April 2019 by zolltan

Here we go! The East: (1) Tampa Bay / (8) ‘Lumbus In one sense of the word “to have,” Tampa has to win this series because they’re a really great team. In another, it’s Columbus that has to win, because … Continue reading →

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Scandal for School

Posted on 19 March 2019 by zolltan

America’s belief in the greatness and goodness of its elite has been shaken to the core by the college admissions scandal. The scandal involves the nouveau riche set of actors and businessmen bribing their children’s way into elite colleges by … Continue reading →

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Prediction Special: 2018 NHL Playoffs

Posted on 11 April 2018 by zolltan

At the wedding, I talked with M., who works at a biotech startup that’s trying to prevent food poisoning. He joked that he felt he wasn’t doing a good enough job, since he himself had gotten food poisoning earlier in … Continue reading →

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Prediction Special: 2017 NHL Playoffs

Posted on 11 April 2017 by zolltan

The West: (1) Chicago / (8) Nashville Nashville is a fun team to watch now? It’s weird even saying that, and, yes, you still have to get past the excruciatingly ugly home uniforms. But Forsberg, Arvidsson and Jarnkrok are exciting, skilled … Continue reading →

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Trump Presidency Prediction Special

Posted on 7 December 2016 by zipppa

For the last 16 years the US president’s office has consistently failed to provide entertainment.  The last two occupants of the white house have been completely averse to scandals, improprieties, bold confrontation, secret wheelings and dealings, extra marital affairs, or … Continue reading →

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On Tanking, Part II: Tanking Might Not Even Work

Posted on 27 April 2015 by zolltan

Previously, we discussed that tanking was happening, and that it shouldn’t be. I was going to lay out the different ways tanking could be curtailed in a continuation of this set of posts. Sadly, I was scooped on this by Down Goes … Continue reading →

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Prediction Special: 2015 NHL Playoffs

Posted on 12 April 2015 by zolltan

My favourite job on this blog is predicting things, and although I’ve had fun going through the brackets of nuclear bomb threats, resolutions of the Fermi paradox and the like, sometimes we have to turn our attention to matters of … Continue reading →

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Bo Horvat and Perceived Clutchiness

Posted on 30 March 2015 by zolltan

Vancouver Canucks rookie Bo “Scorevat” Horvat has scored some goals this season. More goals, even, than people expected. This is making Canucks fans like me excited. And, until recently, Horvat scoring was something that only happened when the Canucks played good … Continue reading →

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On Tanking, Part I: Tanking is Bad, and Should Be Stopped

Posted on 27 March 2015 by zolltan

“Tanking” – or purposely losing games in order to acquire a higher draft pick – has long been a potential strategy in North American sports leagues, but I think the extent to which it’s ruining the NHL is a recent … Continue reading →

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