Blues Prospects Making Best of NHL Lockout Jeff Ponder | October 22, 2012 Even though there is a league-wide player work stoppage, some players are still doing what they can to improve their skills and maintain a good work ethic. Blues prospects Jaden…
NHL Labour Negotiations Dying A Slow Death Mark Ritter | October 19, 2012 Thursday, the NHLPA forwarded three separate proposals to the NHL and it’s owners in response to the NHL’s proposal earlier this week. While fans would have been foolish to expect…
NHLPA Offers Don’t Create Deal, but Bettman’s PR Ploy is Revealed James Conley | October 19, 2012 Shame on me for ever thinking Donald Fehr and the NHLPA were trying to win hearts and minds while Gary Bettman and NHL owners patiently awaited their payroll kickbacks at…
NHL Proposes 50-50 Split Of HRR: Will The Lockout End? Mark Ritter | October 17, 2012 With news hitting the airways that he NHL has forwarded a new CBA proposal for the NHLPA to review there is once again hope that NHL hockey might just be…
The NHL Edges Closer to Returning Jeff Ponder | October 16, 2012 In a PR battle that has seen the public mostly side against the NHL and its owners, the league made quite the leap to get the fans back on their…
New Jersey Devils Players Voice Lockout Frustration Carl Stoffers | October 5, 2012 In the classic comedy Groundhog Day, Bill Murray re-lives the same nightmarish day until he finally changes his ways and gets his life straight. As the National Hockey League lockout…
The Worst Fist Fight I Ever Saw Ross Bonander | October 2, 2012 A few days ago the Canadien Press block-quoted Daniel Cleary: “The league is waiting for us to make the move, and we’re waiting for them to move. So someone has…
Player Unity The Best Part of NHL Lockout Jeff Stone | October 1, 2012 Whenever Rob Ray is interviewed on Buffalo’s sports radio station one of his favorite stories to tell is the time Shayne Corson and Darcy Tucker tried to chase him into…
Injury Report: Optimism Listed As “Day-to-Day” Jason Sulham | September 26, 2012 September: Done. October: Close to done. November: Still hope. That is the state of the 2012 NHL season as the league and the NHLPA have agreed to resume negotiations this…
Habs & Friends Will Lace ‘Em Up for the Players’ Tour Fred Poulin | September 25, 2012 With the cancellation of the pre-season games until September 30th and the lack of talks between the NHL and the NHLPA regarding a new CBA, hockey fans are looking at…
If Hockey Won’t Fight Cancer, Hockey Fans Will Ross Bonander | September 25, 2012 The other day I wrote “Who Fights Cancer in a Lockout?” at Overtime, noting that should the lockout cancel games in October, it also cancels the biggest charity initiative…
NHL Lockout: Is Revenue Sharing The Answer? Mark Ritter | September 25, 2012 With a new CBA looking more and more like a pipe dream, one wonders if the owners (who want the players to take less in order off-set costs) or the…