0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/30/2012
Remember week before last when some members of the Montreal Canadiens started to wear "Puck Gary!" hats to skates? Remember how there was concern that it could undermine the NHLPA's message? Well, take it from former player and curent NHLPA assistant to the special director Mathieu Schneider — he's done it before, and it ended […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/27/2012
The lockout, as it continues it's long and slow crawl, is forcing more and more players to play overseas who were hesitant about doing so. Even the drudgery and not having an end in sight has gotten to hockey's biggest star, Sidney Crosby. It was thrown around when the lockout was in its early days, […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/26/2012
Fans are obviously upset about the ongoing NHL lockout. We all miss our teams, and would rather be at games than trying to watch players on grainy European feeds. Many fans have taken to protesting the lockout, and rather seriously, at that. Of course, these well-meaning protests have fallen on deaf ears, so why not […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/23/2012
You know, there's no reason to get worked up about this stuff anymore — raise your hand if you actually weren't expecting the NHL to cancel another round of games. Anyone? Exactly. The NHL announced today that they were cancelling all games scheduled through December 14th, and as an added bonus they were cancelling the […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/21/2012
I've been writing about Justin Bieber too much on this blog (read: more than once). Sidney Crosby apparently took in one of his concerts a little while ago. The picture above appeared on Tumblr Tuesday night, and was first shared with the hockey world by 25Stanley.com. This is a palate cleanser after a terrible day […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/20/2012
This is what there is to write about when a lockout drags on as long as the current one has. A Toronto Maple Leafs fan, presumably one who misses spending tremendous amounts of money on watching his team finish outside the playoffs on an annual basis, just purchased a toilet for $5300. "What kind of […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian
This really isn't a shock, honestly. The next round of games canceled by the NHL, expected to come soon if a resolution isn't met some time this week, will run through December. If the season starts in January, then how can there be an All-Star Game in Columbus? There can't be. Aaron Portzline of the […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/18/2012
The New York Rangers Blog, a fellow Bloguin site, has pieced together a fascinating analysis of the salary situations of players — not just the upper crust of the league, but the more average players as well. Much has been said over this lockout about how much the players have conceded to the owners in […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/16/2012
This is not the news that you want to see on a Friday: SB Nation's blog Anaheim Calling caught Teemu Selanne's recent interview with TSN, in which they ask if he would retire if the lockout caused the entire season to be canceled. His response? "Probably." What an absolutely heartbreaking end to one of the […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/14/2012
Gary Bettman is not a popular person. With anyone. He's been the face of the owners in the NHL lockout and so far, the owners have been accused of being everything from tone deaf to Satan. That doesn't give the guy a lot of good PR. Factor in the fact that he also gets the […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/12/2012
If you've ever watched a Canadian broadcast of a hockey game, you have seen national anthem presentations done right. National pride, everyone singing along, people passing a huge Canadian flag around the bottom bowl of the arena — it's a spectacle. On the American side, you have traditions like Chicago's, and you have great anthem […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/8/2012
Thank you Harrison Mooney, and thanks to whomever pointed this out to him: With Google's new and improved search interface, an informational box now pops up on the right hand side (it's been doing it for a few weeks, but people just really noticed it today thanks to a post on Gizmodo). The photo within […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/7/2012
We're all responding to the NHL lockout in various and sundry ways. Some people are vowing to not buy jerseys and merchandise for the duration of it and probably for the duration of whatever season there is. Some folks have asked for their season ticket money back. Some have sworn up and down that they're […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 11/4/2012
We’ve all had someone on Twitter find a way to piss us off. I’ve had people try to talk down to me “because I’m a girl,” and I’ve had people try to convince me that one World Series is better than eleven. Those people usually just get blocked because a) they’re annoying and […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 10/31/2012
One would think that Apple's iOS assistant Siri would be getting all sorts of questions about Hurricane Sandy. How big of a storm is it? Where is it headed? How much damage did it do? Well, apparently it just absolutely tore up… the Southeast Division? According to Slate.com, Siri didn't really know how to handle […]
