Tag Archives: Jeremy Jacobs

When the NHL Comes Back, So Will You

28 Dec 2012

I err on the side of caution with almost everything so bear with me when I say this.

When the NHL comes back, whenever that might be, you will too. And so will you. And you. And you in the back there…you, too.

It’s been a long 104 days without the NHL in our lives. We’ve missed Opening Night, one of the greatest days of the year for hockey fans. We missed a 2011-12 Stanley Cup Championship banner raising in Los Angeles and the subsequent talks of a championship hangover when the Kings fail to go undefeated in the first month of the season. We missed what could have been the most bizarre 24/7 yet between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs, filled with awkward Phil Kessel moments and more insight on why Pavel Datsyuk is utterly peculiar off the ice but a pure magician on the ice.

Most importantly, we missed a lot of hockey at the professional level in North America

Top Negotiators of NHL’s CBA An Embarrassment

22 Dec 2012

There comes a point when ridiculous becomes even more ridiculous. This seems to happen every week in the NHL CBA negotiations. There is no doubt plenty of blame to go around on both sides, but all signs point to the egos at the very top being the reason we’re still not playing hockey. If you ...

NHL Will Never Completely Break Union

1 Dec 2012

The NHL Players’ Association has long been considered one of the strongest unions not only in sports, but in any industry. They are a different type of monster. That’s why back in 2004 when the NHL released a report they had lost $273 million the previous year there was a collective gasp in the hockey ...

Parise, Suter signings prove hypocrisy of NHL owners

5 Jul 2012

“We’re not making money and that’s one reason we need to fix our system. We need to fix how much we are spending.” – NHL owner, April 11, 2012 Those words could have been spoken by any number of NHL owners. As a lifetime resident of Massachusetts, it sounds like typical Jeremy Jacobs speak, but ...

Boston Bruins, Believing in the Future

18 Sep 2011

First, before discussing the future a declaration on the recent past: We are 2011 Stanley Cup Champions! I say ‘We’ because as long time Bruins fans, this is a collective accomplishment, Right? But really, we fans (long-suffering or new band-wagoners) didn’t have a lot to do with this accomplishment other than wanting to Believe the team ...

New Book Chronicles History and Lore of Bruins

19 Dec 2010

As one of the Original Six NHL teams, the Boston Bruins have a rich, storied history. Even the most devoted fans do not know everything about the franchise – at least until now. Thanks to the exhaustive research and interviewing by author Matt Kalman, Bruins fan now have a great resource to learn the team’s ...