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Where Are The Fans Left After the NHL Lockout?
Yesterday, we posted a postmortem on the NHL lockout, and took a look at the financial picture of the league and what “problems” the NHL ownership may have been trying to fix. We also
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Lockout Postmortem – What Was the NHL Thinking?
It’s been a while since I’ve written about the NHL. I’ve been silent during this lockout because, frankly, my rage prevented me from writing given how ridiculous this entire scenario has been – I didn’t
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Team Canada: Game 6 Questions and Answers
It seemed like Team Canada was well on pace to win the gold until they faced the American squad for the second time. Now they find themselves playing Russia in another pivotal rematch for
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Now is the Time to Act
The NHL and NHLPA have a golden opportunity on hand to rescue the league from self-implosion. Following new reports that the owners and players are close to reaching an agreement that would salvage part
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Team Canada: Game 2 Questions and Answers
For the remainder of the World Juniors tournament, I’ll be posting a set of four key questions before every game that Team Canada must answer if they hope to leave Russia as champions. Comeback afterwards to see
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Top of the Class
The Leafs have a rich and storied history. They also have a rich and diverse fan base. Now, it seems, they’re just plain ol’ rich. The Toronto Maple Leafs always seem to find themselves
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NHL and NHLPA farther away in negotiations than people think
With the end of summer just around the corner, the National Hockey League (NHL) and the NHL players association (NHLPA) continue to negotiate on a new collective bargaining agreement. The current collective agreement expires
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A Busy Couple of Days for the Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers have certainly been busy the last couple of days having a multitude of signings, some of which were for a couple of key players. The Oilers signed guys like free-agent prospect
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Oilers Finally Announce Their New Head Coach and They Didn’t Go Far To Find Him
So it’s finally happened, the Edmonton Oilers have named their Head Coach and it’s a name we all know in Ralph Krueger. It took three months for the Oilers GM Steve Tambellini to
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2012 NHL Draft: Oilers take Yakupov First Overall
It came as no surprise, at least to me, that the Oilers took Nail Yakupov as the first overall pick in the 2012 NHL Draft. While there had been some speculation that the Oilers
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