Posts About "NHL Lockout"
NHL Players Are Planning for a Lockout
July 4th, 2018 NHL players have begun to prepare themselves for the next NHL lockout. In recent years, there has been a drastic uptick in the number of NHL contracts that have a significant portion of the compensation paid in the form of signing bonuses rather than base salary alone. This increase in the number of bonus heavy contracts seems to point...
Welcome to the Victor Hedman Show
October 18th, 2014 Victor Hedman has arrived and is not going anywhere anytime soon. Bolts fans are going to be treated to not only the Steven Stamkos show this hockey season, but the Victor Hedman show as well. Through the first week of the season Hedman has scored 4 goals and added 3 assists for 7 points. He leads all NHL defenseman in points so far this...
Is The NHL Repeating Previous Contract Mistakes?
July 18th, 2014 This off-season thus far has seen a lot of activity in the NHL. New rising stars have been drafted, trades have been made in hopes of improving teams, and free agents have been signed to fill key areas. All of that is good for the league, it revitalizes teams and maybe even renews interest in fans who’ve become indifferent. But...
The Lockout Effect: Will NHL Injuries Be More Prevalent in 2013-14?
September 5th, 2013 The 2012-13 NHL Lockout was awful. For fans, for owners, for players. It wasn't fun waking up to read news of more and more games cancelled with no end of the bad news in sight. Once we got started, we were treated to a whale of a start and an even better finish from the Blackhawks, more "Shana-bans" and a whole lot of hockey slammed...
2013: The Shortened Season That Felt So Long
April 13th, 2013 Wow, time flies. There are less than eight games left for most teams to finish up the shortened 2013 NHL season. But don't let the 48-game season fool you. For most fans, this season felt really long. It didn't help that both sides did nothing to prevent the owner-Gary-imposed lockout from happening on September 15. It took so much...Flyers Fans Return in Large Numbers
One word that was uttered a lot during the lockout was "care." We heard how people weren't going to care about hockey's labor dispute. There were theories from a lot of different people that "nobody cares." It was put out there by many fans and media alike, but it was easy to be skeptical. Major markets such as Philadelphia have given...
