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Atlanta to Winnipeg

Ever since Winnipeg decided to build the MTS Centre to only hold just over 15,000 people, I have questioned whether they would ever get a NHL team back.  Well it appears they will but the question remains, will it be sustainable in the smallest hockey arena in the league.  The Boston Globe doesn’t think so. [...]

Ken Dryden on Hockey Violence

In today’s Globe and Mail I wonder what will make people say that about us 50 years from now. What are the big things we might be getting really wrong? Chemicals in our foods? Genetic modifications gone wrong? Climate change? In sports, I think, the haunting question will be about head injuries. It wasn’t until [...]

GQ profiles Brian Burke and how the death of his son has changed him

It’s heart breaking to read as a father But now the combative G.M. had taken the biggest hit of his life. Lying on the side of the road was his 21-year-old son, who had stunned the hockey world three months earlier when he’d come out as the first openly gay man closely connected to the [...]

Faceplant

St. Louis Blues defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo up close and personal. This glass cleaning occurred in the third period of the Blues’ 5-2 loss at the Detroit Red Wings.

Mike Florio on Braylon Edwards

I am a big fan of Pro Football Talk and it’s publisher, Mike Florio.  Today Florio has a great post on Braylon Edwards in which Florio writes about the hypocrisy of the New York Jets and all of professional sports. Francesa’s core message is on the money.  The Jets could have done much more to [...]

Mike Comrie, UFA

I am not a big Mike Comrie fan for many, many reasons but if I was a General Manager, I would be reluctant to sign Comrie for this story and picture alone.  First of all, any hockey player who allows himself to have such stupid photographs like this taken of him shows a lack of [...]

‘We love you, this won’t change a thing’

This is a great story in ESPN about Brendan Burke telling the rest of the Burke family that he is gay. Your dad thinks through everything. Dad is big, confident and continuously radiates a persona that is rough, gruff, unrelenting and unapologetic. He has a cold, expressionless poker face straight out of a Clint Eastwood [...]

The Scandal of Two Tier Health Care in Canada

So the Calgary Flames jumped to the head of the line when it came to H1N1 vaccinations.  Are we surprised?  It’s long been a practice in Canada where professional and semi-pro athletes get preferential medical treatment.   They get a MRI within hours while the rest of us wait months.  Elective surgery comes within days while [...]

Getting cut

I was planning to take in the Islanders Training Camp tonight at Credit Union Centre.  As you can see from the screen shots below, the practice schedule has been posted on the Credit Union Centre website here.  These screen shots were taken Thursday morning. When I called out to Credit Union Centre today to confirm [...]

New York Islanders Training Camp

Well the New York Islanders are in Saskatoon for training camp this week.  As expected, John Tavares looks to be the Islanders best player.  The problem is that he is only 18 years old which can’t be a good sign for the Islanders in 2009-2010.  Despite being only marginally better than a good AHL team, [...]

My apologies to Roger Goodall

I am finding it really, really hard to get excited to watch the Superbowl tomorrow.  At work I told the guys that if they wanted to watch the game, I would provide some chips, dips, and beverages for it.  They told me they appreciated the sentiment but no thanks.  Someone asked if I was working, [...]

Hockey Players Should Never Be Interviewed

From the Toronto Star which is reporting that the NHL players are having 13.5% of their salaries placed into escrow. "Soon, one-quarter of our paycheques may be gone," said San Jose defenceman Dan Boyle. "Everyone out there is taking some kind of cut. It’s tough for everyone." You are right Dan, it is tough for [...]

Contextless Sports Links

Kudos to the NHL for picking New Year’s Day for their showcase outdoor hockey game at Wrigley Field.  It isn’t as if there were some huge college bowl games to watch or anything.  Plus after playing in every outdoor game, why not call it the Ty Conklin classic?  I do love the retro Detroit jerseys [...]

Ted Stepien owns the Tampa Bay Lightning?

I thought that Ted Sepien had made a comeback when I heard that the Lightning fired coach Barry Melrose.  Hiring Rick Tocchet doesn’t seem to give the team any more credibility either. That being said, Damien Cox of the Toronto Star says that Barry Melrose wasn’t prepared to put in the work to be an [...]