NHL LOCKOUT NEWS
Making sense of the looming NHL lockout
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Bettman's Garage League closes again
Back in 1992, hockey superstar Mario Lemieux gave the NHL a label that has held up nicely for two decades: Garage League.Lemieux made that harsh assessment while complaining about the league’s hapless officiating. But Garage League has become a handy catch-all phrase to cover all aspects of NHL failure.Some things have changed over time. Lemieux, for instance, moved from the ice...
Making sense of the NHL lockout
As only animators in the Far East could.
Time for NHL fans to quit wearing their colors?
This is one way they can protest this ridiculous lockout. No more merchandise!
Too bad he's not doing this for the Blues
Young winger Vladimir Tarasenko, back in the KHL during the lockout, taking the puck to the middle to score a goal. Some day NHL fans will see this.
Ilya Bryzgalov Says That Russians May Stay In Russia After Lockout Resolved
As the NHL lockout keeps on going with no end in sight, many players are making backup plans including many of them playing in Russia's top hockey league, the KHL, but Philadelphia Flyers netminder Ilya Bryzgalov says that the Russian players could just stay there even after the NHL lockout is resolved.
Bryzgalov is playing for CSKA Moscow this upcoming KHL season and says...
Sidney Crosby Can't Play in Europe, Declared Uninsurable
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby appears as if he won't be playing any professional hockey in the near future.
Crosby can't play in Europe like many of his fellow NHLers because the insurance on Crosby could be as much as $400,000 a month, according to his agent Pat Brisson.
Crosby has had a history of serious concussions and neck injuries and no team in Europe...
NHL to Players Union "Who Ordered the Turkey Club?" (by: Ed Hardiman)
(Fowl Line Breaking News Alert) Donald Fehr washed down a pastrami on rye with a bottle of grape Nehi and wiped his mouth on the tablecloth. "We agreed to leave the tip not pay for the meal."
I'll Have the James Gandolfino Bada Bing! Pork Sub and Hold the Pickle
The chummy luncheon between the NHL and union nearly disintegrated into who ate what until a last...
NHL settlement optimism fades in Twitterverse
So some National Hockey League players will meet face-to-face with NHL owners Tuesday.Is there any hope for a new collective bargaining agreement that would end the ongoing lockout? Or will the NHL keep marching toward brand suicide?We shall see. There was a spasm of optimism in the Twitterverse Tuesday, but it faded quickly. Here is what folks were saying today:Jeremy Rutherford...
New format, same challenge for NHL talks
NHL layers and owners will meet today without commissioner Gary Bettman and union czar Donald Fehr in the room.Will this change anything? Some owners believe that Fehr has somehow misled his members in the NHL Players Association. He hasn’t. The players know what’s up and most are solidly behind their lead negotiator.Some players believe Bettman is the root of evil on the other...
At last! NHL giving labor peace a chance
As it turns out, not every NHL owner was eager to set fire to the industry to earn Total Victory over the players union.The league abandoned its scorched earth approach when Pittsburgh Penguins owner Ron Burkle was allowed into the negotiating process. He, current Penguins star Sidney Crosby and former Penguins star Mario Lemieux are pushing to end this standoff.Former Penguins center...
Making sense of the ongoing NHL lockout
As only animators in the Far East can do it. Well done.
Canadians celebrate the NHL's return
How much longer could the brave men of the Great White North last without hockey? Not much longer, judging from the the tale of Johnny Canuck.
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