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Wake Me Up When The Lockout Ends

Chris Wassel | October 24, 2012

  It was not easy when thinking about how to do a parody like this at first. Then, as always, something hits and the pilot light ignites. Honestly, no one…

Categories Hockey History, Humor

NHL Lockout Continues To Drag On

Mark Ritter | October 24, 2012

Tuesday, the NHL and NHLPA met to discuss the collective bargaining agreement. While there was hope that the two sides would make some progress it appears as if the two…

Categories NHL News

NHL Labour Negotiations Dying A Slow Death

Mark Ritter | October 19, 2012

Thursday, the NHLPA forwarded three separate proposals to the NHL and it’s owners in response to the NHL’s proposal earlier this week. While fans would have been foolish to expect…

Categories NHL News

NHLPA Offers Don’t Create Deal, but Bettman’s PR Ploy is Revealed

James Conley | October 19, 2012

Shame on me for ever thinking Donald Fehr and the NHLPA were trying to win hearts and minds while Gary Bettman and NHL owners patiently awaited their payroll kickbacks at…

Categories NHL News, The Business of Hockey

The NHL Edges Closer to Returning

Jeff Ponder | October 16, 2012

In a PR battle that has seen the public mostly side against the NHL and its owners, the league made quite the leap to get the fans back on their…

Categories The Business of Hockey

The Replacement Players Hall of Fame

Ross Bonander | October 15, 2012

Now and again fans and media mention the idea of replacement players in the NHL, either as a means of kickstarting the season or kickstarting negotiations. In April of 1992,…

Categories Hockey History, NHL News

New Jersey Devils Players Voice Lockout Frustration

Carl Stoffers | October 5, 2012

In the classic comedy Groundhog Day, Bill Murray re-lives the same nightmarish day until he finally changes his ways and gets his life straight. As the National Hockey League lockout…

Categories New Jersey Devils

Who Wants To Play Fantasy Hockey Lockout?

Chris Wassel | October 3, 2012

From the video above and the picture just below, one can kind of figure out what this article is going to be about. Right? Wrong! This is one that had…

Categories NHL News

The Worst Fist Fight I Ever Saw

Ross Bonander | October 2, 2012

A few days ago the Canadien Press block-quoted Daniel Cleary: “The league is waiting for us to make the move, and we’re waiting for them to move. So someone has…

Categories NHL News, The Business of Hockey

The NHLPA is Just as Guilty as the NHL

Ton DeFrancesco | September 20, 2012

It’s pretty clear the NHLPA has been on a mission to defend their position by using Twitter to promote their fight against the NHL owners and have won over the…

Categories Uncategorized

NHL Knows Fans Are Locked In

Wayne Whittaker | September 13, 2012

By Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent We’re trapped. As fans of professional hockey in North America, we are powerless onlookers in a battle of greed vs. slightly more sensible greed.…

Categories NHL News, The Business of Hockey

NHL Players Simply Cannot Cave This Time

Justin Johnson | September 1, 2012

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. That’s probably the saying going through the head of every member of the NHL Players Association at this…

Categories NHL News, The Business of Hockey
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