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NHL LOCKOUT: Day 93 – Time’s running out fellas.

The NHL and the NHLPA have ceased communications since a last minute chance to make a CBA work collapsed last Thursday. At the moment, neither party has made any moves towards reconciling or even meeting…Read More

NHL LOCKOUT: Day 92 – Off the ice and onto the courts.

Well, both sides have decided to stop talking and take their argument to the next level. The case was assigned today to U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer. Engelmayer, who joined the bench in July…Read More

NHL LOCKOUT: Day 91 – Tragedy in two parts

  Well, it appears both sides have decided to put their hands in their pockets and bring on the lawsuits.  No, its worse than that. It’s not bad enough that America is reeling from today’s…Read More

NHL LOCKOUT: Day 90: Do right by your fans

Yesterday, the President of the United States urged the National Hockey League and the player’s union to  “do right by your fans.” The President also commented that as the Chief Executive…Read More

NHL LOCKOUT: Day 88 – Seriously, what the puck?

Last week, both sides had agreed on the following: 1.) The HRR(hockey related revenue) that had a 57/43 players/owners meet in the middle at 50/50. 2.) The league would pay $300 million to compensate…Read More

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NHL LOCKOUT: Day 87- The current butcher’s bill.

  The current NHL lockout has become intolerable. I’ve asked people who got through the 04-05…Read More

NHL LOCKOUT: Day 86 – NHL announces further cancellations

  The NHL has announced with much regret that another block of regular season games will be taken…Read More

NHL LOCKOUT: Day 85 – League’s integrity in doubt during CBA talks

Yes, this circus has gone on long enough. Here we are, on the verge of entering the FOURTH month of the…Read More

LOCKOUT: Day 84 – NHL ownership pursuing vendetta?

  NHLPA executive Matthieu Schneider was being interviewed by the Hockey News yesterday.  The…Read More

LOCKOUT DAY 83: The gulf is now a stream, and its time to cross guys.

The most recent disaster in the on-going CBA talks has left most of us a little bummed out.  My ‘Bruins…Read More

LOCKOUT: Day 82 – It’s just painful now.

Twenty four hours ago a lot of us were sure that the league had patched up their differences. The meeting…Read More

NHL’s Twas the Night before Christmas

It was brought to my attention that tonight Shawn Thornton was at the Boston Pops reading his rendition…Read More

LOCKOUT: Day 81 – Is it over, really? Is it over?!

  At the beginning of the lockout I posted on how the Canadian courts could very likely stop the…Read More

NHL-NHLPA meeting. Could we get or lose the season today?

The big meeting is today. The meeting where the owners and the players are having a direct face to face.…Read More

LOCKOUT: Day 80 – Finland gets a splash of Merlot.

SM-liiga is Finland’s premier hockey league.  That league has had its fair share of players that…Read More

LOCKOUT: Day 79 – Let’s make a deal(this way).

  Well, both the NHL and the players union have approached the canvas from a lot of different ways…Read More

LOCKOUT: Day 78 – Bummed out Bruins.

  Well, the lockout certainly has a lot of people down. Owners, players, fans, employees of the…Read More

LOCKOUT: Day 77 – All quiet on the lockout front

  Well, both sides have got their next shell loaded in their artillery pieces, and it looks like…Read More

November in review

  Not exactly been a great month for the NHL. Several attempts to meet a compromise on the Collective…Read More

LOCKOUT: Day 75 – Ok, what’s next?

Well, sooner or later we knew the government was going to try and help resolve this travesty we call…Read More