By : Mike Rifkin The Ottawa Senators have been a mess for a lot of reasons since losing in Game seven of the Eastern Conference Finals in 2017. The Detroit Red Wings had made the playoffs for 25 consecutive seasons until 2016. After finishing sixth and seventh in the Atlantic respectively they decided to rebuildContinue reading “Making Noise In The Atlantic”
Category Archives: Rifkin’s Rift Tide
Angels Need to Be Careful
By : Mike Rifkin Every Season we expect the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to be a playoff team. And every year it is the same result they aren’t. The Angels just got swept in Baltimore by the Orioles and are now 38-49 fourth place in the AL West and seven games back of theContinue reading “Angels Need to Be Careful”
Blackhawk Rebuild
By : Mike Rifkin When former Blackhawks General Manager Stan Bowman resigned in wake of the Kyle Beach lawsuit assistant GM Kyle Davidson took over and said he was going to rebuild this team. On Thursday he certainly decided to start that rebuild with two massive trades involving younger players. He traded 24 year oldContinue reading “Blackhawk Rebuild”
How Is Keith Hernandez Not A Hall Of Famer?
By : Mike Rifkin On Saturday the New York Mets will retire the number seventeen in honor of First baseman Keith Hernandez. The Mets acquired Hernandez from the St. Louis Cardinals in 1983 for pitchers Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey. Hernandez was the first captain in team history and was a big piece when theContinue reading “How Is Keith Hernandez Not A Hall Of Famer?”
Houston We Have The Best Team in Baseball
By : Mike Rifkin The Houston Astros have a 48-27 record and lead the American League West by 11.5 games. Now all of the talk in the American League has been about how good the Yankees are, how much fun the Blue Jays are to watch, the White Sox struggles, etc…. The division they playContinue reading “Houston We Have The Best Team in Baseball”
Ondrej The Clutch
By : Mike Rifkin With their season on the line the two time defending Stanley Cup Champions Tampa Bay Lightning went into Colorado and kept their season alive with a 3-2 victory. The game winning goal was scored by Ondrej Palat with 6:22 left in the third period. For Palat a seventh round pick inContinue reading “Ondrej The Clutch”
Starting To Need
By: Mike Rifkin In the third inning of Wednesday’s loss to the Astros Mets starter Carlos Carrasco exited with what the team called lower back tightness. Another blow to a rotation that is already without Jacob DeGrom, Tylor Megill and Max Scherzer who might be back Sunday. But Carrasco’s 2.1 innings comes a day afterContinue reading “Starting To Need”
This Is Francisco Lindor
By : Mike Rifkin When the Mets traded for and signed Francisco Lindor to a 10 year 341 million dollar contract Mets fans were excited. In 2021 Lindor struggled mightily. Lindor’s slash line in 2021 was .230/.322/..412 with 20 home runs and 63 RBI. In Sunday’s 6-2 loss to the Marlins, Mets Shortstop Francisco LindorContinue reading “This Is Francisco Lindor”
Stanley Cup Finals Preview
By : Mike Rifkin The only thing between the Tampa Bay Lightning and making history are the Colorado Avalanche. The Lightning are looking to be the first team since the New York Islanders in the 1980s to win three consecutive Stanley Cups, while the Avalanche are looking for their first Stanley Cup since 2001. TheContinue reading “Stanley Cup Finals Preview”
Where Do The Oilers Go From Here?
By : Mike Rifkin The Edmonton Oilers were swept in the Western Conference Finals by the Colorado Avalanche, losing 6-5 in overtime in game four. For the Oilers it was their first Western Conference Finals since 2006, where they defeated the Anaheim Ducks in five games before losing to the Carolina Hurricanes in seven gamesContinue reading “Where Do The Oilers Go From Here?”
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