Changing the Lockout’s Effect on the Future of NHL Fans
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…
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The NHLPA is Just as Guilty as the NHL
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…