Happiness fills the entire hockey community as the NHL lockout ends, but for certain teams like the Phantoms, a troubling season just became more troubling. When the Phantoms lose Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier and Erik Gustafsson to the Flyers sometime this week, their top point scorer will have only 13 points, thirty-three games into the season. The Phantoms find themselves ... Read More »
It took them 113 days, but it’s over. The NHL Lockout is over, yes you can breathe that sigh of relief, and put down those pitchforks and torches, yes you, put it down. The NHL and the NHLPA finally reached a tentative agreement on a new CBA early Sunday morning. It was 5:00 AM ET when finally a deal was ... Read More »
By now it should be clear that the brains behind promoting the game of hockey for the NHL aren’t the sharpest cookies in the box. This is apparent nearly every time a coach, owner, general manager, or player opens his[1] mouth. I’m not referring to the lockout that has earned the ire of so many fans, or to its drawn-out ... Read More »
Okay, let’s be honest here: there’s only one main reason that the NHL Lockout is terrible. There’s no NHL hockey. That’s a given. But this ongoing (and hopefully soon-ending) lockout is negatively affecting hundreds of thousands of people across North America and forcing us into watching other hockey that is just not the NHL that we know and love. As ... Read More »
Hockey fans have been noticeably angry about the latest NHL lockout. Many fans are calling for the resignation of either Gary Bettman or Donald Fehr, or both. Some fans have even broached the possibility of boycotting the league even after the conflict between the NHL and NHLPA has been resolved. Hockey fans are not happy about cancelled games or the fight over ... Read More »
While Billionaires and Millionaires are fighting for more money like the greedy and ignorant people they are, A young kid on the West Coast has had his dreams dashed. Let me tell you a story about a young kid named Nicholas Jenkins. Nicholas who is twelve years old has a birth defect called Spina Bifida. For those who don’t know ... Read More »
I would like to tell you all that I’ve been a hockey fan since I was 5 years old, I am now 19 years old. I’ve been a huge Canucks fan since I was 7 years old. I’ve been through one lockout, and honestly this lockout has been the worst one out of the two. I just don’t know what ... Read More »
4 straight days of CBA negotiations and we are still all on the edge of our seats. I’m just looking for some good news before I turn a year older next week with no NHL hockey to celebrate it with at all. Oh well….. here are the Grand Rapid Griffins with an intro video “In My City” taking you all ... Read More »
If you’re anything like me, you haven’t been paying much attention to the CBA negotiations. We hear all the time how they go into their fancy rooms and come out 20 minutes later with no sort of agreement. So when I heard they were talking again, I cared just as much as Nikolai Zherdev cares about winning. However, I hear ... Read More »
The NHL and NHLPA are meeting today for the 3rd time in 3 days. Many of us were getting optimistic, given the NHL’s desire to meet directly with the players. Whether the talks are productive or counter-productive today will make a huge difference. Today’s meeting is really important for both sides to finally find some common ground. Darren Dreger (TSN) ... Read More »
This past Sunday (October 28th) a great spectacle occurred at the Yorkdale Mall in Toronto, Canada. It’s not something that any ordinary person couldn’t organize together but the message is clear to me. We are 46 days deep into this lockout and November isn’t going to get any easier. Will we have NHL hockey by December 1st? Rumors are flying ... Read More »
Pfffffffffft. That was the sound coming out of the balloon on last Thursday, after it received a few breaths Tuesday and Wednesday. I haven’t been one to voice my opinion much on this Lockout, but maybe I am ready to talk. The hope that briefly stemmed from the NHL’s heart wrenching offer Tuesday got swept up in a tornado and ... Read More »
I’m as sick of talking about this lockout, these negotiations, and this PR battle between the owners and the players as much as you are. But I feel like I need to clear something up here, at least one of the parts I understand. So you’ve probably heard by now of the league’s latest proposal that offers a 50-50 split ... Read More »
Here are some stream of consciousness NHL lockout ramblings: How can a league that lost a full season just seven years ago, be on the verge of another work stoppage??? With each passing day, the players and owners appear to be further apart on getting a deal done…..And there appears to be no urgency from either side to settle…….Another long-term ... Read More »
In this week’s segment for All Things Hockey with yours truly (Founder and Editor-in-Chief: Igor Burdetskiy) I aim to reach out to the hockey community for support as we inch ever so closer to less than 24hrs till an NHL lockout gets announced. They say the third time’s a charm but I don’t think that logic works in this situation…. ... Read More »
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