2004-nhl-lockout Stories - Raw Charge
For fans expecting a quick-fix, recent Lightning history won't repeat itself
The Tampa Bay Lightning season is in shambles and the natives are restless. You can find fans crowing for some type of change across the online social sphere. "Fire everybody" is on the table, really. General Manager Steve Yzerman may have been hired in the first place to begin a long-term...
Rambling thoughts on the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crash
I've kept quiet with the stories that have upset the hockey world this summer out of fear that making a quick, newsie like post was going to look more like opportunism than an actual attempt to share information. I had nothing relevant to add to the news of the passing of Derek Boogaard, Rick...
The Atlanta-to-Winnipeg move raises more questions than it answers
In the week since it was announced that the NHL franchise known as the Atlanta Thrashers was to be sold and moved to Winnipeg, discussion about this move has raised some interesting questions about the viability of markets past, present and future, to support the NHL. We're talking about it a lot...
Filling the news void, one unsourced falsehood at a time
Starting just after the Radim Vrbata trade and climaxing in the immediate aftermath of the Vaclav Prospal buyout, I've been reintroduced to just why fans turn to unsourced speculation about player movement. I've been reintroduced to just why people turn to a less-than-three-percent-accuracy rumor...
The 'Bird doesn't get it
Taken from Hockeybird.com Are they kidding? So now every time they make some crappy offer and the union doesn't accept it, they are going to file a complaint? Well it looks that way. So much for a partnership, and so much for good faith. This was the plan all along, and now you can look forward...
It's called negotiations, Stupid!
I remain with hardware problems on my personal compute so I am not able to make the posts I would like.... or WHEN I would like them.... While I found the NHLPA's offer a starting point in negotiations, I find their reaction to the owner's counter-offer the real reason why we all should throw up...
Lord of the Rinks: Ring of the Kings
Tuesday the Lightning had an unglamorous ceremony in the bowels of the St. Petersburg Times Forum in downtown Tampa where some -- certainly not all -- players were handed over their championship rings. Of course, the Lightning's player rep - Tim Taylor - took this as an opportunity to launch into...
Tom Jones misses out
I'm not one to call out the media for inaccuracies (believe that if you will, oh constant reader ;) ) but I had to stifle a little laugh while read Tom Jones' column on the National Hockey League in today's St. Petersburg Times.... Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux need to take a lead role for the...
Chelios Mouths off
TSN.ca - NHL - Canada's Sports Leader "Gary Bettman has put the league in this situation," Chelios stated. "A guy who doesn't do his job shouldn't be there ..." I was going along with Chris Chelios at this point becuase there are indicators that show Bettman has put Hockey where it doesn't belong...
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