Hockey Player Market Bottoms Out
Friday January 28, 2005
Many say the NHL lockout will last through this winter and well into the 2005-06 season. That would leave a lot of athletes looking for someone else to sign the ... Read More
NHL Negotiating Charade Leads Nowhere
Thursday January 27, 2005
Talks between the NHL and NHL Players' Association have broken off. No further meetings are scheduled.
From TSN.ca: "The rumoured concepts presented (by the league) included a hard salary cap of ... Read More
The Edmonton Oilers and Their Version of "The Truth"
Thursday January 27, 2005
According to the NHL, players' salaries are the root of all evil. It's the reason why many teams can't win. Its why those teams make terrible trades and clueless free ... Read More
Sidney Crosby: NHL Prospect, National Hero, Junior Hockey Puppet
Wednesday January 26, 2005
Canadian junior hockey sure is a heck of a deal for a teenaged athlete.
You supply the world-class talent, the spectacular scoring, the great moves, the winning personality. The team uses ... Read More
"There's no damn hockey game on. They're skunks, Bettman and Goodenow."
Friday January 21, 2005
A dying man has used his obituary to take a parting shot at the National Hockey League.
Archibald "Archie" Bennitz passed away this week at the age of 84. His frustration ... Read More
Get Down With the Fedorov Brothers
Friday January 21, 2005
How does a gifted two-way centerman spend the NHL lockout? Sergei Fedorov of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks has joined forces with his brother to shake up the pop charts.
Sergei and ... Read More
Nothing To See Here: NHL Stalemate Lives On
Thursday January 20, 2005
Consider it a bucket of cold water on any hopes of a breakthrough between the NHL and its Players' Association.
This week's meetings began with a new lineup of personalities, modest ... Read More
Wishful Thinking: NHL Players Ready To Talk Salary Cap?
Wednesday January 19, 2005
A handful of hockey people spent five hours together on Wednesday and agreed to meet again Thursday. Half of them were from the NHL, half from the NHL Players' Association. ... Read More
Junior Hockey Baron Takes a Shot at Sidney Crosby
Wednesday January 19, 2005
We've all heard about greedy, spoiled athletes. But these days it's often the team owners and executives who are deluded by a false sense of entitlement.
The owner of a junior ... Read More
Here We Go Again: NHL and Players to Meet
Monday January 17, 2005
Pessimism prevails, but the NHL and its Players' Association have agreed to meet Wednesday, with new personalities seeking a compromise to end to the current lockout.
TSN reports that the meeting ... Read More
Rallying Cry of the NHL Lockout: "Save the Incompetent!"
Wednesday January 12, 2005
While the stooges at NHL head office continue to dither, refusing to name a cancellation date for this season, at least one team owner suffered an attack of plain speaking ... Read More
Nothing to Talk About as Clock Ticks Down on NHL Season
Thursday January 6, 2005
The NHL Board of Governors has cancelled its next meeting because there's nothing to discuss.
Bill Daly, the NHL's executive vice-president, says the January 14 meeting was supposed to provide an ... Read More
2005 World Junior Final: Canada In A Walk
Wednesday January 5, 2005
Canada has completed perhaps its most spectacular performance ever in international hockey.
A second-period barrage blew open Tuesday's gold medal game, as Canada cruised to a 6-1 win over Russia and ... Read More
World Junior Championship: Czechs Win Bronze, USA Places Fourth
Tuesday January 4, 2005
The Czech Republic won the bronze medal today at the 2005 World Junior Hockey Championship, defeating the United States 3-2 in overtime.
Petr Vrana, a second-round pick of the New Jersey ... Read More
World Junior Semifinals Produce Another Canada-Russia Showdown
Sunday January 2, 2005
Canada will play Russia Tuesday night for the gold medal at the 2005 World Junior Hockey Championship. The USA will face the Czech Republic for bronze.
Canada advanced Sunday with a ... Read More