Let this be our latest installment of an item that can be run far too often. It’s called: Why the NHL is dumb.
For our May 8 edition, we’re not even talking about the fact that it feels like these playoffs have been going on forever and we’re not even halfway done with them.
No. This time [...]
Every year ESPN: The Magazine comes out with on the most interesting lists in sports – the highest-paid players list. They go into every athlete’s salary in every major sport – and some obscure sports – and tell us who made the most money just for competing. Sports Illustrated also does a similar annual list, [...]
You might remember that amongst the end-of-season quotes from Brian Burke, the ones that apologized for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ performance this season, he slipped in a doozy that should really be examined more closely now. It went something like this:
“I don’t want to sneak into the playoffs in eighth place and then get smoked [...]
The ice hockey playoffs start today – hopefully they’ll finish while it’s still cold enough for ice to naturally be somewhere in North America. So, let’s do a quick roundup of what will happen in the first round.
-The Canucks, who face the Kings, will always have some goaltending questions until either A) Roberto Luongo comes [...]
In all sports, there is breaking the rules and then there is bending the rules. We’ve seen it happen before when teams do something that might be a bit questionable, but isn’t explicitly forbidden in the rule book. We’ve also seen teams just go way overboard and tape opponents’ sideline signals or install bounty programs. [...]
For something that was supposed to be a showcase of the league’s talent, what NHL all-star game viewers got on Sunday was a load of half-assed crap.
I understand that players are not going to go out in an exhibition game with the same intensity as a game against a division rival, but this was pathetic.
Every [...]
When it comes to the NHL all-star, I really couldn’t care less. Even with their dynamite idea to have the stars themselves divide up the teams, I still wasn’t interested in watching their mid-season spectacle. I did thoroughly enjoy watch Phil Kessel be picked last a year ago in Carolina, but that’s something else.
There’s maybe [...]
Are we putting too much pressure on the Canadian juniors team?
For the third year in a row, Team Canada has failed to take home the gold at the world juniors tournament. It was also the third year in a row that it was essentially hosted by Canada, because we all know that last year’s tournament [...]
After the Atlanta Thrashers moved to Winnipeg to become the second incarnation of the Jets, it was fairly obvious that something to change with alignment of the six divisions and two conferences. Having one of the northern-most cities in the entire league play in the Southeast Division was something that simply [...]
This really should have come as a surprise to no one. In fact, if it had gone differently, then people would have been in a state of shock. But, honestly, cancelling the first two weeks of the regular season might actually be good for the league.
There’s a reason the NBA commissioner is [...]
