Title: Are The Sedins Really That Sheltered?
Date: June 26, 2013
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Originally crafted for Canucks Army, this piece toyed out loud with an xCorsi measure to predict NHL player possession performance. They didn’t want to run it until it was more fine tuned, so I threw it up on The ODC until the kinks are worked out.
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Title: The Why and How of Acquiring a Draft Pick
Date: June 25, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article looked at the recent history of traded and purchased draft picks on draft day to try and determine if the Raptors can move into the draft and why they should try.
Title: Hypotheticals for A Tough 14-Game Stretch
Date: June 21, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: With the Jays having won eight straight, this article looked ahead to a tough 14-game stretch and drew up standings possibilities for the end of the two weeks.
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Title: Casey Stay of Execution a Move of Self-Preservation by Ujiri
Date: June 21, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article explained why Masai Ujiri keeping Dwane Casey as head coach made sense, from a professional standpoint and a basketball one.
Title: UBC women’s volleyball welcomes Nicola Laniuk
Date: June 21, 2013
Original Source: UBC Thunderbirds
Synopsis: This was a feature I wrote about incoming UBC women’s volleyball player Nicola Laniuk, a highly touted local recruit.
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Title: Anatomy of a Double Turn
Date: June 19, 2013
Original Source: Cageside Seats
Synopsis: I made my debut at Cageside Seats, SB Nation’s pro wrestling blog, discussing the art of the ‘double turn,’ a move pulled off the week prior by WWE.
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Title: My Weekend in Portland: Hop City
Date: June 19, 2013
Original Source: Beergraphs
Synopsis: Beergraphs has launched – it’s a site dedicated to analyzing beer trends, ratings and culture. I contributed a post for the “Barely Beer” side of the site, focused on beer experiences and tasting, about my trip to Portland where I tried 20 different beers in a weekend.
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Title: Canucks Player Autopsy: Tom Sestito
Date: June 18, 2013
Original Source: Nucks Misconduct
Synopsis: NM is closing the season with player autopsy reports from the season. I took a crack at Tom Sestito, freshly extended.
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Title: THE PRICE OF PUNCHES
Date: June 16, 2013
Original Source: Canucks Army
Synopsis: My latest for CA ranted about the wasting of resources and poor cap management associated with the Tom Sestito extension.
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Title: How the Blue Jays Are Pushing the Definition of Replacement Level
Date: June 13, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: This article took a look at how the Blue Jays have redefined “replacement level” by going so deep on their depth chart early in the season.
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