Monty to the K: PHT
I assume that meant drinks were free: CSN
Follow the travels of Not-Flat Stanley: CBC
Fixing the NHL?: Grantland
As we head off into the weekend here, and with nothing on or off the ice to discuss, I’m just going to spill out whatever is floating around this shaved dome of mine.
-I’d like to begin these proceedings by saying fuck Tiger Woods (sorry, George). Not because he’s a raging asshole who can’t stop sticking his piss pump wherever it will go. I don’t give a shit, and neither should you. Famous men will do that, especially famous athletes, and probably all of your favorites do. Don’t care that he was married, as I have pretty liberal views on the whole monogamy thing anyway (another talk for another time). Just don’t care, Jay Cutler (or Jake Utler).
The thing the Red Wings did in the late 90s: Hawks
The 10 best “Free” RFA’s: Backhand Shelf
Yes it did: TSN
The NHL will literally go only weeks without owning a franchise: SportsNet
Apparently six outdoor games makes up for a lockout: Globe and Mail
Khabibulin optimism: ESPN Chicago
Walkom gets the call: PHT
Goalie pads get smaller: The Score
Out with a whisper: Grantland
Yotes still in the desert: SI
Warning: this is going to be an attempt to get a little intellectual. It will probably fail terribly.
So most of you have probably seen Molly Brook’s hockey/sports cartoon, but if you haven’t, you can check it out here. Do so before reading the rest of it.
The relationship between sports and entertainment, or at times the lack thereof, is something I’ve tried to write about a lot in my editorials in The Indian. I never can get a handle on it perfectly, but I think Brooks gets some of the things right here. Though I don’t usually like the comparison of sports to work of fiction, such as books or movies or theater. It’s just not the same thing. But I don’t think she’s making a direct comparison.
Well considering that building was demolished in 1994: Chicago Tribune
I don’t care if it’s for a good cause, you bid, and you’re weird: Comcast
Hockey Pucks hurt: Backhand Shelf
Back to Hockey: CBC
How a single trade changed the way GMs and Owners do business: TSN
Taking a peer(y) into a possible 2C: ESPN Chicago
Probably his last one of these: CSN
I’m sure everything will be just fine now: SI
Drafting was never the issue: PHT
Best Hawks by country: Puck Daddy
Now that we’re into the dead period of the NHL’s offseason, I have a lot of time to get lost in my own head. And I’m wondering when the day will come when we’ll see the NHL’s PED crisis.
It’s funny, because the NHL and NBA are the two leagues that haven’t really suffered any sort of stain from the idea of athletes taking things (though I guess in the NBA a bong can’t be considered performance-enhancing). Because Bettman is Stern’s progeny, I suppose he has the same playbook on how to duck it. We don’t care about PEDs in football, but I’ve never really understood that debate, and here’s why.
Now that we’re into the dead period of the NHL’s offseason, I have a lot of time to get lost in my own head. And I’m wondering when the day will come when we’ll see the NHL’s PED crisis.
It’s funny, because the NHL and NBA are the two leagues that haven’t really suffered any sort of stain from the idea of athletes taking things (though I guess in the NBA a bong can’t be considered performance-enhancing). Because Bettman is Stern’s progeny, I suppose he has the same playbook on how to duck it. We don’t care about PEDs in football, but I’ve never really understood that debate, and here’s why.
The Northwest Side was a bitch to drive through on Saturday: Second City Hockey
He made up for it: Daily Herald
and I thought Composite Sticks were expensive: Toronto Sun
Fighting by the numbers:NHLNumbers
How much is a sports rivalry worth: Slate
