Nhl-talk

from Rick Westhead of the Toronto Star, Insurance companies specializing in sports say the Penguins and other NHL teams will increasingly have to adopt the risk of million-dollar contracts alone as the number of players sidelined with concussions swe...

from Adrian Dater of the Denver Post, Some all-star break-related thoughts as the NHL enters today’s game in Ottawa. It’s time for the All-Star Game to go. I say this not as some crusty old contrarian who wants to stir the pot. I say it as a per...

NEW YORK – The National Hockey League (NHL®) has announced a new, multi-year partnership with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) that will see the NHL Awards® return to Las Vegas for the next three years.  As part of the...

from Michael Farber of Sports Illustrated, Make no mistake. The NHL is Commissioner Gary Bettman’s fiefdom. It has been ever since 19 years ago he walked in and, according to a former member of the Board of Governors, essentially grabbed the querul...

from Greg Wyshynski of Puck Daddy, Hockey fans in the U.S. take what we can get when it comes to validation of our sport’s popularity. We celebrate minimal upticks in television ratings that still put the NHL behind children’s cartoon shows on c...

from Alex Capstick of BBC World Service, Jim was a skilful skater, with a fierce accurate shot. He moved east to Ontario where he continued to move up the ranks. But aged 14, people started to notice him for a different skill. Jim was good with his f...

from Ken Dryden at the Globe and Mail, It can and it is all the time. “Fight” is not “fighting” or high-speed cheap shots. Fight is never giving up. Gretzky, Orr, Richard, Lemieux, Lafleur – they were great fighters. They fought with their...

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from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe, Roster size is a very touchy subject with players and their union, because every roster spot represents about $3 million in salary. Fine, leave the roster size alone (21-23 paid workers per team), but scale...

from Michael Farber of Sports Illustrated, This is the NHL’s Little White Lie. At least the league better hope the so-called Winter Classic is white this year after the rainy debacle in Pittsburgh last Jan. 1. (More on that later.) The NHL’s Ne...

from Chris Kerber (radio voice for the Blues) at CBS St. Louis, Now that the game is a big time success, it’s time for the broadcasters and producers of the event to make sure they do right by the game.  I have two suggestions.  One may s...

from Chris Johnston of the CP at the Globe and Mail, The NHL has only just begun its great outdoor experiment. With the fifth instalment of the Winter Classic game set to be played between the Rangers and Flyers at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Par...