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  • Morning Links 12/4

    Morning Links 12/4

    Maybe I’m wrong but this reporter should probably Get Smart: CBS

    Owners and players to meet today and neither side will bring their Kingpin: TSN

    The players side of the table will be Larger than Life: PHT

    While the owners send a few faces from the hardliner’s mt. Rushmore: PHT

    Meyers says the NHLPA may have to change its Stripes: CSN

    But when crossing the boarder some of the labor laws get Lost In Translation: ESPN

    Proof that its not just fans who can act/think like Meatballs: SI

    Jesse points out the mistakes made by The Man Who Knew Too Little: ESPNChi

    For goalies With Friends Like These…: PD

  • What Are You Listening To? (Stolen From Nucks Misconduct)

    I haven’t done a good enough job of creating stuff where you guys can discuss at length in the comments. So I’m going to steal a page from Nucks Misconduct.com, which I’ve done before (we stole their map idea, which we’re going to bring to this new site at some point). I have a hard time finding new bands to listen to as well, so this is also to help me out as well. And I’ll try and come up with new, night-time discussion threads as we go along here too.

    So, what’s on your Ipod these days? Well, everything is on the Ipod but what are you playing? It can be anything. Some new, hipster band where a girl with pink hair plays a theramin with a cat (thanks, Kyle Kinane) or you just rediscovered how awesome Beggars Banquet or Mezzanine are. I don’t care. Whatever it is.

    I’ll start you off, it’s been a Velvet Underground day for me, both Loaded and Nico. I was inspired when re-watching High Fidelity last night and hearing “Oh Sweet Nothing.”

    Now’s your turn. What’s tickling your ear drums currently?

  • My College Weekend And Other Notes

    My College Weekend And Other Notes

    Some stuff to clean up this afternoon:

    -I’ll be on Chris Block’s podcast tonight at 8pm. Catch it at The Third Man In.com. No one is more plugged into what goes on in Rockford than Block, so if you want to know what’s going on down there you should check it out. I’ll just be making it up.

    -Phillip Danault and Mark McNeill were invited to Canada’s World Junior training camp. Both have at least a decent shout to go to Russia. Danault is considered more of a lock, though Bob McKenzie thinks that McNeill’s versatility could see him land a spot as well. If Bob McKenzie says it, I’ll believe it.

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  • Pigs In Zen

    Pigs In Zen

    Well, we thought — or maybe we just hoped — that at this point we’d be paying attention to a first place team. If you squint real hard, we are. This weekend, with two wins in Charlotte over what was supposed to be a pretty fierce AHL squad, the Rockford Icehogs are in 1st place in the Midwest Division. Yes, they’ve played at least two more games than their immediate chasers, and their point total would only land them sixth or seventh in the conference if they weren’t leading the division. But considering how bad the Hogs have been in the past few years, this is clearly a step forward. Of course, if the top club ever deigns to give us hockey again, the engine on this little revival will probably be ripped out. But hey, it’s more fun to talk about a winning team, no matter what level you’re referring to.

    So, to the recaps then. (more…)

  • Morning Links 12/3


    This meeting could signify an End of Days: (Sportsnet)

    This stipend could let the players Jingle All the Way:(TSN)

    Because of the Lockout you could call this Team Conan the Destroyers:(CBC)

    These Canadian Ex-Pat’s Junior(s) are thriving:(Toronto Sun)

  • College Hockey Night Thread

    Plenty of games.  Discuss them here.

  • The Committed Idonije – Bears v. Seahawks Is Now Out!

    The Committed Idonije – Bears v. Seahawks Is Now Out!

    And yes, it contains perhaps the dumbest page 8 we’ve ever done. We’ve dropped the price of lockout filler issues to just $5. So get yours by hitting that button on the top right of the page!

  • Your NHL-less Weeked Viewing Guide

    Your NHL-less Weeked Viewing Guide

    Just keep ’em coming. Before I get to the guide, I wanted to post this article from Soccernet with two owners from MLS. While there’s nothing too revolutionary here, it is refreshing to see transparency and communication be something that is valued. A lot of MLS teams work hand in hand with their supporters’ groups, which would be something that would make owners in any other league pretty much choke. Sadly, one of those owners isn’t here in Chicago, as the Fire don’t seem to have a great relationship with their fanbase.

    But the NHL should tamp down the arrogance, because with more incompetent stewardship, MLS is going to be getting awfully big in the rearview, if it isn’t already. How did it get here? By expanding into the exact right markets, building a base with the dedicated fans in those, cultivating its own atmosphere and uniqueness, along with a couple other things. Maybe not this decade, but the next one could see the NHL totally usurped. And it would be exactly what they fucking deserve.

    In fact, when the NHL finally wakes up and gets around to firing Gary Bettman for killing the sport, they’d do well to not look at plucking someone from the sports they can’t be, but from the one that is gobbling up the gap from the NHL to MLS. At least you might see something resembling innovative ideas.

    Anyway, to the guide.

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  • Morning Links 11/30

    Morning Links 11/30

    With mediation failing LeBrun looks at what’s Next: ESPN

    During the lockout these numbers are especially worth Knowing: TSN

    Mike Smith says the players are just Seeking Justice: PHT

    Capt. Marvel may be headed overseas in search of a Face Off: CSNChi

    Sad news from the City of Angles: PD

    The Yotes are Raising Arizona: PNT

    Speaking of the Yotes Raffi understands its time for Adaptation: SN

    These kids like to try to Kick-Ass: Deadspin

  • Oh, I Bet You Thought You Were Talking To Adults

    Oh, I Bet You Thought You Were Talking To Adults

    I’m sure this is what the mediators thought they saw when walking into either room. They probably would have been better off talking to this guy anyway.

    It’s hard to splice out all the emotion and frustration I feel as yet another completely reasonable solution or mechanism on the path to an agreement was completely tossed upon the rocks and shoals of stupidity, stubborness, and obtuse-ness that the NHL and the NHLPA have become. It’s not surprise, it’s surprise at how predictable it all was. Because this level of idiocy simply shouldn’t be predictable. When something this truly devoid of any intelligence happens, we should be shocked that any part of the human race can get to that point.

    But we’re not.

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