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LOCKOUT: Day 65 Itβs about the players.
Somedays, I think the pulse of the negotiations is too easily found on social media. In today's round of talks between the NHL and the players union e...
LOCKOUT: Day 64 β #55 makes it 11.
When the Bruins needing cheering up from the early departure from the 2012 Stanley Cup Championships, they called upon their trusty mascot 'Blades...
LOCKOUT: Day 63 β Merlot Men want progress!
Yup, the lockout continues. It's bad enough for all of us in the blogosphere when we don't have hockey. It's even worse knowing that the pla...
LOCKOUT: Day 62- Bettman asks to take a break.
First the lockout, then Disney buys the rights to destroy Star Wars, and nowΒ NHL commissioner GaryΒ Bettman has requested a two-week break from negotiatio...
LOCKOUT: Day 61- Another payday gone.
Well, we're now starting the third month of the 2012-13 lockout. Today was also paycheck number three for the NHL players. Unfortunately for them, the...
Jack Edwards: βItβ The Gettysburg Address of Hockey.
<a title="The Gettysburg Address for the fans" href=" ">Here it is.</a> On, November 19 1863, when the National ...
LOCKOUT: Day 60 β On to Act III.
I wonder when the NHL will cancel the December games. It's just a matter of time now. With theΒ latest series of breakdowns between theΒ NHL and the p...
LOCKOUT: Day 59 β Recchi offers advice to his Bruins brothers.
It's not surprising that everyone in the hockey world, from humble bloggers to hockey iconsΒ are weighing in on the latest of speed bumps affecting th...
LOCKOUT: Day 58 β Intervention
<p> </p> <p>I am starting to wonder at this point if Robert Kraft needs to stage an intervention for Jeremy Jacobs.</p> &l...
LOCKOUT Day 57: Down to the Comma, weβre losing the season
What happened here? We were so close to a deal. Both sides were getting along. Now, all the animosity and sniping has returned to the negotiations. Yesterd...
LOCKOUT: Day 56 β Right back where we started (*sigh*)
<a href=" "><!-- image removed --></a>I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm as close as possible to head down t...
LOCKOUT: Day 55 Jacobs arrives and the talks stall.
I guess the good news in all this mess is that at least things are moving forward. The CBA negotiations have ended for the day and NHLPA's Fehr follow...
LOCKOUT: Day 54 β Just off the Crossbar!
Another session of talks are in the books between the players' union and the league.Β Β Mostly the discussions from what I've read have been on M...
LOCKOUT: Day 53 β God must be a hockey fan. (Or at least Canadian.)
So, we're As into day two of what looks like a marathon negotiation session between the NHL and the player's union.Β There might be an actual CB...
LOCKOUT: Day 52 β Weβre getting there.(I think.)
Negotiations between the National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players' AssociationΒ that willΒ hopefully end this freakin' lockoutΒ ...
LOCKOUT: Day 51 β Iβm Voting for the end of the lockout.
<a href=" "><!-- image removed --></a>Yup, tomorrow the American Presidential election will end one of the nastiest and most ex...
LOCKOUT: Day 50 β Seguinβs Scoring. (Itβs not what youβre thinking.)
Remember when we we're part of the whole Taylor/Tyler mess a couple of seasons back?Β Edmonton grabbed Taylor Hall and got all excited. They thought ...
LOCKOUT: Day 49 β Please fix this.
Maybe I'm just a fan of odd movies and I sometimes see the hockey mess interposed into them. I was watching Titanic and I was at the scene after the s...