KarateKen

Minnesota has gotten healthy at the right time; they are getting excellent goaltending and are clicking on the power play. They have done a good job of making the most of their chances. Vegas needs Stone and/or Eichel to start making some plays. They have been shut down so far in this series. I think one of them gets a goal in game four. Big game on Saturday at 4pm eastern. Minnesota can go up 3-1 and take a big lead, or Vegas can win, tie it at 2-2, and have the momentum going back home for game 5 on Tuesday. Lots to play for. Three games on Friday and three teams had a chance to go up 3-0 in their series. None of them did. Canadians, Oilers, and Devils all win. Series are starting to tighten up. The deeper the series goes the more intense the games become. It's getting interesting. Mood:

We have reached complete absurdity in the NFL Draft.

Leafs get the OT victory, can sweep the Senators if they win the next game. Panthers win both games in Tampa, take a 2-0 series lead back home. Wild win again, 5-2 over Vegas in a game where Minnesota dominated. Wild have not trailed in the last two games, outscoring the Knights 10-4. Blues are about to get back into their series, beat the Jets 7-2 in a blowout, Jets now lead the series 2-1. Games on Saturday - Capitals/Canadians Kings/Oilers Hurricanes/Devils Mood: LET'S GO WILD!!!

Cam Ward was the first pick in the draft as the Titans needed a QB. The second pick was Travis Hunter, who the Jaguars traded up to select, dropping Cleveland to the 5th pick where they selected DT Mason Graham.

Just make sure it's not the yellow Sharpie; the color is so light you won't even see the mark.

Don't forget about game three. It is Thursday at 9pm Eastern. The rare one day off between changing cities. Usually there are two. Big game three for both teams, Vegas wins and they regain home ice advantage, if Minnesota wins they are up 2-1 with the momentum at home for game four on Saturday. I don't know the actual numbers, but it feels like in a 1-1 series, the team that wins game three usually wins the series. Mood: Cautiously optimistic Three games on the schedule for Wednesday. Capitals and Kings both winners, both up 2-0 in their series, Stars come back and beat the Avalanche and have a 2-1 series lead.

Panthers defeated the Lighting 6-2 and have a 1-0 lead in that series, Leafs were an OT winner against the Senators, and they take the two games at home, now headed to Ottawa. In the late game the Wild bounce back with a good win against the Golden Knights. Wild were up 4-0 and win it 5-2, two goals for Kirill Kaprizov tonight, now 13 career postseason goals for him in his young career. Minnesota ties the series 1-1 with game three in Saint Paul on Thursday. It is rare to see the Wild get postseason wins; they missed the playoffs last year and have not won a series since 2015. I don't want to get overly optimistic, it is only one game, but they looked good tonight. Vegas got some heavy pressure late in the second period and again in the third, but the Wild defense held strong. Nice win. The final game of the night ended at 1:41 AM eastern time. Mood: Too excited to sleep...LET'S GO WILD

Hurricanes beat the Devils and now lead the series 2-0 as they go to New Jersey. Two games live right now, both 2-1 scores. Panthers up on the Lighting and Leafs up on the Senators. I will post when they go final. Wild and Golden Knights start at 11pm eastern and is unlikely to start on time due to broadcasting the earlier games, so it will be a late night of playoff hockey! We could have live hockey past 2am on the east coast tonight.

Another unfortunate story involving a famous athlete. Fromer NFL player Shannon Sharpe has been accused of a very serious crime against his ex-girlfriend. Sharpe has denied all charges claiming, "this is a shakedown" and appears to be willing to settle the case for 10 million dollars.

Yes, for whatever reason I couldn't get the link posted. I expect it was user error as usual.

A Delta plane in Orlando, Florida caught fire today. Thankfully nobody was injured. Be careful out there!

Pretty much what I was thinking. It depends on the school and the individual. When I was a purple belt, our assistant instructor told a story about how he was learning a new technique and kept getting one of the basics wrong, and the head sensei, a seventh degree, called them "beginners." I remember thinking wow, I can get to black belt in a few years and finally I will finally reach beginner stage!

Never Give Up by Donald J. Trump

It was an exciting game one. I picked Vegas to win this series and think they will do it in four or five games, I hope the Wild can remain competitive like they did in game one.

Four games on Monday, two game one's and two game twos. Game 1 went to Washington in OT. Caps got off to a 2-0 lead, Canadians came back to tie it, and Caps won in OT 3-2. The Kings were also game 1 winners, 6-5 scoring the GW with under a minute left. LA was up 4-0 and 5-2 before the Oilers came back to tie, but they come up short and LA has a 1-0 series lead. Game 2 in Dallas went for the Stars, another OT game 4-3 Dallas wins it and ties that series. The Jets win against the Blues 2-1 and are up 2-0 in the series as they got to St. Louis. The old saying is that you are not in trouble in an NHL playoff series until you lose at home. If the Blues win game 3, they can turn this series around in a hurry, though a loss would put them in serious trouble. Four more games coming up on Tuesday, game 1 of the Panthers/Lightning and game 2 of Devils/Hurricanes, Senators/Leafs, and Wild/Golden Knights. It's that time of year