0 comments by David Rogers on 10/5/2012
The world of PR is a frustrating and sometimes irritating place. The posturing and positioning by the two sides, in this case the players and owners, is continuous while the actual negotiating seems to take a back seat. Shortly after cancelling the first two weeks of the 2012-13 season, soundbites emerged from both sides […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 10/4/2012
The preseason was canceled. Employees around the league have either lost their job or had their salary slashed. These facts aside, the NHL lockout wouldn't truly hit home for most hockey fans until regular season games were canceled. Hope remained that the damage would be minimal. That hope has all but faded as the […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 10/2/2012
The KHL is coming to ESPN. According to the site KHL.ru, ESPN has reached an agreement with the KHL to bring Russian hockey games to audiences within the United States. The new deal will place KHL games on ESPN3, a channel available within the United States, its territories and Great Britain. The move is believed to […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Former TML GM & NHL Agent Bill Watters thinks Gary Bettman's will bring in replacement players in NOV, & thinks this will crack the Union. — Josh Rimer (@JoshRimerHockey)
0 comments by Laura Astorian
From /r/hockey user Fireguts comes this nightmare fuel: an Ukranian Scott Stevens nesting doll. Why? Do you need a reason? I wonder if this li'l guy would open-shelf check stuff off of your mantlepiece.
0 comments by David Rogers on 10/1/2012
This just in from the NHL-NHLPA labor front: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie)
0 comments by Laura Astorian
Well, this is awkward. The “fling yourself into the glass” celebration technique is a common one; heck, it’s even programmed into NHL 13. Taylor Cox of the New Jersey Junior Titans learned the hard way that just because something’s in a video game doesn’t mean that you need to try to do it. Witness: http://youtube.com/watch?v= […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian
Three straight days of meetings to help resolve the NHL lockout didn’t accomplish that goal, but at the very least some more minor details were discussed and resolved. Drug testing? Check. Resolving the lockout? Not so much. But hey, they’re meeting, right? That’s a good sign, right?
0 comments by David Rogers on 9/28/2012
The NHL lockout is an ugly beast. We've seen it claim the NHL preseason and, barring a major surprise, we'll see it claiming regular season games in the very near future. Fans are outraged and understandably so as the league enjoys its second lockout in nine years. So what can hockey fans do about it? […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian
Raise your hand if this surprises you. No, come on guys, not everyone at once. That's what I thought — there was no expectation that the 2012 NHL preseason wouldn't be canceled, was there? The league had already canceled the games scheduled through the last weekend in September, and with no resolution to the […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 9/26/2012
There's a danger inherent in being the head of an organization, a company, or a country. If you become notable — if you become synonymous with the front office in charge of your product — then you become more than in charge. You're part of the identity. If something goes awry in the front […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 9/24/2012
One could take it as a good sign that the NHL and NHLPA met for five hours this afternoon, pouring over books and discussing numbers. Or, one could take it for the tedious slog that it probably was. The going over accounting did not lead to a plan to further discuss the CBA, and […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 9/23/2012
The NHL lockout hasn't claimed any regular season games – yet. Based on the current negotiations, or lack of negotiations, it's completely plausible that the entire 2012-13 season could be wiped off the map. In the event of such a scenario, a trusty band of hockey fans have banded together to ensure a 2012-13 season […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian on 9/18/2012
The blog blogspot.AlexOvetjkin.com is reporting that Alexander Ovechkin will be heading to the KHL to play for his former club Moscow Dynamo. He had 36 goals and 32 assists over 152 games between 2001 and 2004 for the club; chances are good that number would be more appropriate for one season with them now […]
0 comments by Laura Astorian
From fellow Bloguin blog Days of Y'Orr comes the latest in Tiawanese animation of current events; this time it's a sharp take on the NHL lockout. http://youtube.com/watch?v= VTaVul5H2Zo[/youtube] Some highlights include an owner guy besting Claude Giroux in a poutine eating contest (I assume it's Giroux – poutine and a Flyers jersey? Who else?), […]
