In the Phoenix Coyotes Ownership Drama, The Time for Patience is Over James Neveau | October 22, 2012 The NHL may have postponed another round of games on Friday afternoon, but for fans of the Phoenix Coyotes, there still isn’t an ironclad guarantee that those games would have…
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…
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…
NHL Proposes 50-50 Split Of HRR: Will The Lockout End? Mark Ritter | October 17, 2012 With news hitting the airways that he NHL has forwarded a new CBA proposal for the NHLPA to review there is once again hope that NHL hockey might just be…
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…
The Lockout Is Destroying My Morale Katie Flynn | October 9, 2012 Living in Toronto, the centre of the media universe for hockey, it is apparent the lockout is beginning to break me down. The new school year always signals training camp…
Book Review: The Instigator – How Gary Bettman Remade the League and Changed the Game Forever Mark Ascione | October 8, 2012 Gary Bettman is a polarizing figure. In the almost 20 years since his installation as NHL commissioner, the league has expanded from 26 teams to 30; 2 franchises left Canada,…
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…
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…
Why NHL Fans Should Learn from the NFL to End The Lockout Eric He | September 29, 2012 Lockout: It is a word that no hockey fan wishes to hear. But lo and behold, the NHL and its greedy owners have disgraced us with the second lockout in…
Injury Report: Optimism Listed As “Day-to-Day” Jason Sulham | September 26, 2012 September: Done. October: Close to done. November: Still hope. That is the state of the 2012 NHL season as the league and the NHLPA have agreed to resume negotiations this…
Will The NHL Use A Lottery To Determine The 2013 NHL Entry Draft? Mark Ritter | September 26, 2012 With the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire at it’s conclusion, the 2003-04 NHL season was played under a cloud of uncertainty. Throughout the season, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman…