The Shootout: A Roundtable Discussion on the NHL
The dog days of summer are here, but that won’t stop the Overtime writing crew to share their thoughts on the NHL in this roundtable discussion.
Management
Top 10 Players Likely to Receive a Compliance Buyout
The lockout is just about over with a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on the verge of ratification. And with this new CBA, we have compliance buyouts in order to get those big-market teams under the cap and some of those terrible contracts off the books. If you aren’t familiar with how a compliance buyout works, then [...]
Gambling on Hockey in South Florida
The Panthers could be on the verge of achieving the one thing no hockey fan wants to admit is possible in the sunny South Florida market: Success
The Seeds of War . . . and the Prospects of Peace
A popular historical precept holds that the seeds of a war are sown in the peace that ends the last conflict. The onerous terms of the Treaty of Versailles signed at the end of World War I contributed in large part to the emergence of World War II, and the partitions of territory in the [...]
Laboring Points: Between Prophets and Non-Prophets
A HOCKEY PROPHET In 1965– before league expansion and before the WHA, at a time when Clarence Campbell was still scoffing at the prospect of a league pool greater than six– Montreal Canadiens President J. David Molson got eerily prophetic for Sports Illustrated: Twenty or so years from now I can see two six-team leagues [...]
Why Limiting Contract Term Is A Bad Idea
If parity is the foremost concern of the NHL, it should take a page from its MLB counterparts.
Hope, Expectation and Despair — The Paradoxes of the NHL Off-Season
Hope is one of those humanity-defining characteristics that has long inspired writers, poets, philosophers and other observers of the human condition to wax eloquently as to its meaning.
Big Market Success Should Be Determinative
Will Gary Bettman ride his best players through these negotiations or will he let the lesser organizations bring him down?
The Calgary Flames and the Theory of Mediocrity
“I never think of the future—it comes soon enough.” –Albert Einstein If he were born 80 years later, Albert Einstein would have been the perfect general manager for the Calgary Flames. After all, they have similar views on the future. It’s to the point that if the Calgary Flames didn’t share a province with the [...]