HOCKEY! and CANADIAN FOOTBALL! and baseball playoffs, and nfl, and various college sports....yay for October

alright first off, the Stampeders. they finished off the Argos two weeks ago, then proceeded to lose to the Riders in an offensive shootout this past friday 44-41, dropping to 9-5 on the season both teams played well, it came down to a fumble and an interception late in the game for the Riders, as they took advantage and the Stamps ran out of time, failing to convert an onside kick after scoring a touchdown to make it a 3 point game. the Riders pulled into a tie with the STamps and the Lions, who beat the Argos (no suprise there). the Esks beat up the Bombers to pull to within 2 points of the rest of the west. In the suprise of the weekend, Hamilton beat Montreal in what was a great, well played game by both teams (on offence at least) to keep thier slim playoff hopes alive, now 4 points back of Winnipeg with 4 games remaining.
should be an interesting finish, the STamps play the Riders again on thanksgiving, im looking forward to thanksgiving...a day off, two football games and of course turkey!

as for the Flames, they finished up the preseason with an overtime victory over the Oilers 4-3, to finish the preseason at 5-2. the Flames open up the regular season this very thursday in Vancouver. the Nhl has officially kicked off with 2 games in Europe on saturday, but the rest of the teams start this week in North America.
with the Hockey season starting this week, its time for my picks for the season. I was away most of last season (and the summer) so its really just my guess of how things will go, but who really knows anyways...its a long season, anything can happen.
(tho Montreal looks great and Detroit doesnt really have any flaws, aside from a possible stanley cup hangover)
the West:
1. Detroit
2. Dallas
3. Calgary
4. Edmonton
5. San Jose
6. Anaheim
7. Chicago
8. Vancouver
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9. Columbus
10. Nashville
11. Pheonix
12. Minnesota
13. Colorado
14. Los Angeles
15. St. Louis

EAST:
1. Montreal
2. Pittsburg
3. Washington
4. Philidelphia
5. New York
6. Ottawa
7. Tampa Bay
8. New Jersey
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9. Buffalo
10. Carolina
11. Boston
12. Florida
13. Atlanta
14. Toronto!
15. NYI
Stanley cup: Montreal over Detroit
The Hitmen are off to a solid start this season

Baseball playoffs are now on and Nfl is in full swing also.

Go Stamps and Flames and Hitmen