The Blockbuster Deal is Alive and Well in the New NHL
Wednesday November 30, 2005
So much for the theory that salary cap handcuffs discourage big trades in the NHL.
Two of this season's most disappointing teams shifted the foundations with a huge deal on Wednesday:
To ... Read More
Gambling and Losing in the New NHL
Wednesday November 30, 2005
It's yet another small example of how NHL transactions are no longer dictated by the performance on the ice, but by the ink on the contract.
Short on defensemen this week, ... Read More
The Stanley Cup Decided by a Shootout
Monday November 28, 2005
Did you shudder upon reading the above headline? Among hardcore NHL fans, no statement is more likely to inspire fear and loathing.
But Larry Brooks of the New York Post (free ... Read More
The Hockey-Players-on-Drugs Story Resurfaces Again
Friday November 25, 2005
We've seen this one before. Somebody says pro hockey is awash in performance enhancing drugs. NHL players and suits issue shocked denials. Life goes on.
This time, the pointed finger comes ... Read More
Crosby and Ovechkin Begin the Rivalry of a Generation
Wednesday November 23, 2005
For a league trying to flog its wares after a 16-month labor war, they are a gift from the hockey gods. Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby don't need the sound ... Read More
A Dose of the Real World Jolts the NHL
Monday November 21, 2005
Monday night's game between the Red Wings and Predators was called off after Detroit defenseman Jiri Fischer suffered an apparent life-threatening seizure.
Fischer was on the bench at the time. Team ... Read More
Anger and Frustration Bubbling Under in the New NHL
Sunday November 20, 2005
For the most part, it's been all goals and smiles and shootouts since business resumed in October. But two of hockey's most respected voices raised a middle finger to the ... Read More
The Salary Cap Trade: Unloading the Expensive and the Unwanted
Tuesday November 15, 2005
The NHL's first salary cap season has its first major trade.
It is generally understood that the blockbuster deal will be a rarity in a cap-controlled NHL. To stay under the ... Read More
Dissenting Voices Insist the New NHL is Far From Perfect
Sunday November 13, 2005
The goal scorers and power play specialists are loving it, but some are calling for a correction in the NHL's new style of play. So this is where it gets ... Read More
The Hockey Hall of Fame Gets It Right
Monday November 7, 2005
The Hockey Hall of Fame added two players Monday night, Cam Neely and Valeri Kharlamov, further fueling the endless debate over which players deserve the honor.
Compared to his best contemporaries, ... Read More
Time to Revive Hockey's Sense of Humor
Tuesday November 1, 2005
A new issue of The Hockey News is dedicated to "The Lighter Side of Hockey." The comedy within is mostly lame - stories of locker room pranks and other yucks ... Read More