NHL Free Agents: The Lost Generation
Sunday June 29, 2008
Thanks to the 2005 collective agreement, this year's NHL unrestricted free agents are younger than ever.
But as Eric Duhatschek notes at Globeandmail.com, it's a thin crop:
The idea that granting unrestricted ... Read More
Harold Ballard's Descendants
Tuesday June 24, 2008
The ideal sports owner is a quiet type with way too much money.
He buys the team with cash on the table, hires good people, signs the checks, and watches from ... Read More
Who Really Knows Steven Stamkos?
Sunday June 22, 2008
In the last few days, he's been compared to Steve Yzerman and Joe Sakic. He's been handed he second-line center job on a team that doesn't even have a coach. ... Read More
Stamkos and the Rest of the Draft
Friday June 20, 2008
Here are the first round picks in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. As expected, Steven Stamkos was selected first overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
It was a good night for ... Read More
Dizzying Heights of Pre-Draft Hype
Friday June 20, 2008
The number-one pick at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft will be a formality: The Tampa Bay Lightning are already shilling Steven Stamkos as the new savior.
As a marketing slogan, "Seen ... Read More
All Hail Glenn and Igor
Tuesday June 17, 2008
The Hockey Hall of Fame is a nice museum and a highly flawed institution.
There's bound to be controversy when membership is decided in secret by a handful of sportswriters, ex-players ... Read More
NHL Meat Market, 2008 Edition
Sunday June 15, 2008
A bunch of sweaty teenagers modeling team jerseys is no substitute for hockey. But this weekend, it's the best we can do.
The 2008 NHL Entry Draft takes place Friday and ... Read More
Hockey Night Gets Snookered
Monday June 9, 2008
Songwriter Dolores Claman has sold the iconic theme song used to open the Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts on CBC since 1968 to rival broadcaster CTV... CTV said in a ... Read More
Playing Chicken With Canada's Real Anthem
Saturday June 7, 2008
From the "nobody comes out of this one looking good" department:
The Hockey Night in Canada theme song, considered by many as this country's “second anthem,” has been silenced after talks ... Read More
A New Dynasty? Let's Hope Not.
Thursday June 5, 2008
Four Stanley Cups in 12 years. And this time nobody can dismiss it as checkbook hockey.
"Everyone anticipated with the salary cap we'd fall apart," says Detroit Red Wings owner Mike ... Read More
Thursday June 5, 2008
"Toughest trophy to win. It lives up to that name, every year."
- Chris Osgood, Detroit Red Wings
Coverage:
Detroit News
Detroit Free Press
(Photo: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Maybe Every Game Should Last Six Periods
Tuesday June 3, 2008
Not everybody likes endless overtime. After a marathon Stanley Cup game there's always someone moaning that it takes too long.
Those folks say the NHL should solve its overtime "problem" by ... Read More
Mapping a Hockey Town
Sunday June 1, 2008
To devoted American hockey fans, Canada can be insufferable at times.
In the eyes of some, Canadian hockey pride often descends to arrogance, parochialism, and dismissiveness towards others.
But if Canadians nurture ... Read More