Changing the Lockout’s Effect on the Future of NHL Fans Matthew Dimmick | September 21, 2012 The first piece of mail I ever received at my new home with my newlywed wife was a Flyers-themed plea for grandchildren. It was a small brown box that wasn’t…
The NHLPA is Just as Guilty as the NHL Ton DeFrancesco | September 20, 2012 It’s pretty clear the NHLPA has been on a mission to defend their position by using Twitter to promote their fight against the NHL owners and have won over the…
Apathy, Annoyance, Anger, and the NHL Lockout Geoff Rosenthal | September 16, 2012 This post may come off as a rant. But what else do hockey fans have left to do? I haven’t written about hockey for most of the summer. Besides a…
NHL Knows Fans Are Locked In Wayne Whittaker | September 13, 2012 By Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent We’re trapped. As fans of professional hockey in North America, we are powerless onlookers in a battle of greed vs. slightly more sensible greed.…
The Show Must Go On for the New York Rangers Heidi Werner | September 12, 2012 Players, owners and all the supporting cast of the NHL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement have descended upon New York City to save the 2012-13 season. Welcome to town, boys. News hit…
Book Review: Hamilton’s Hockey Tigers Rebecca Dobrinski | September 9, 2012 Hamilton’s Hockey Tigers. By Sam Wesley with David Wesley. (2005, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 96. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-55028-887-2.) Published during the last NHL lockout, who knew…
Buying time: Why the lockout could help the Sabres The Hockey Writers | September 5, 2012 After falling short last season, many Buffalo Sabres fans are left scratching their head, wondering where it all went wrong. It leaves us with a lot of questions, regarding the…
NHL and NHLPA Are Still Far Apart on a New CBA Michael Rappaport | August 16, 2012 With a month remaining before training camps around the NHL open, fans of every team should be excited about the start of a new season. Instead, they are watching the…
NHLPA Submits Its First Proposal Bruce Hollingdrake | August 15, 2012 The National Hockey League Players’ Association submitted its first proposal on economic issues during a Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiating session Tuesday. The proposal, which included the core economic elements…
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: Show Me The Money Edition Jas Faulkner | August 13, 2012 The Seventh Man has been showing the NHL the money for quite some time and did so in a big way this year. Subjects of the Los Angeles Kings snapped up all but a little less than hundred premium season ticket packages on their July 30th Select-A-Seat event. On August ninth, the Sabres Organisation announced that their renewal rate for season tickets was at 99%.
The Alan Eagleson Auction: 10 Most Offensive Items Ross Bonander | August 11, 2012 The Alan Eagleson story is well-known. He began representing NHL players in contract negotiations in the 1960s, and wasn’t making much of an impact until Bobby Orr came along. Eagleson…
NHL Lockout: Pittsburgh Penguins to Benefit from Status Quo James Conley | July 26, 2012 The Pittsburgh Penguins’ home sellout streak spans five seasons and two arenas. They’ve got the highest local television ratings of any team in the NHL or NBA. They’ve spent to…