Faxes from Uncle Dale

Tag: NHL

  • Morning Links 12/12/12

    Gary at 20: (TSN)

    Actually he isn’t doing a bad job: (The Province)

    Call the NBA for help: (CBC)

    But talks will resume: (Winnipeg Free Press)

    Young Man’s Game: (Edmonton Journal)

  • Telephone, Telephone -NHL Rejects NHLPA’s Latest Offer Via Voicemail

    Telephone, Telephone -NHL Rejects NHLPA’s Latest Offer Via Voicemail

    In an utterly predictable turn of events, the negotiations over the last 60 or so hours ended with a resounding thud not too long ago, as Bill Daly reportedly informed the Fehr brothers via voicemail that the PA’s latest offer was wholly unacceptable, and that talks would not continue any time soon and all other previous offers were now off the table.

    Pardon me while I yawn.

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  • Telephone, Telephone -NHL Rejects NHLPA's Latest Offer Via Voicemail

    Telephone, Telephone -NHL Rejects NHLPA's Latest Offer Via Voicemail

    In an utterly predictable turn of events, the negotiations over the last 60 or so hours ended with a resounding thud not too long ago, as Bill Daly reportedly informed the Fehr brothers via voicemail that the PA’s latest offer was wholly unacceptable, and that talks would not continue any time soon and all other previous offers were now off the table.

    Pardon me while I yawn.

    (more…)

  • Morning Links 12/6

    Morning Links 12/6

    The owners and players were up late working on a Deal: PHT

    60 games is an important number and may explain the recent Hustle: PD

    Reasons for the movement include more than dropping Smokey and the Bandit: SI

    Of course on somethings they’re still at an Impasse: ESPN

    Good starts are big in a short season, Spector looks at who will be able bring the Heat: SN

    I hear this and the empty chair Clint spoke to are Best Friends: Twitter

  • Morning Links 12/5

    Constructive Day but could this be Entrapment? (Chicago Tribune) (Spector’s Hockey)

    Saving the Hockey World like James Bond:(Sportsnet)

    Merchants near NHL rinks are losing money like The Great Train Robbery: (TSN)

    Will an angry owner speak out, Never say Never..again:(Toronto Sun)

    Players are paying for mistakes like a team in the Valley of the Rising Sun:(Sportsnet)

    Adventures in Team Travel like going to The Rock: (Backhand Shelf)

    From Russia with Love?? An unlikely Gordie Howe Hattrick:(CJAD)

  • 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

  • Morning Links 11/29

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Maybe there is a Ransom:(Kukla’s Korner)

    Maybe the Mediator can be a Lethal Weapon: (TSN)

    Is Fehr missing the message of The Patriot of Pro Sports Unions: (Sportsnet)

    Greg Jamison likes the Signs he got from the Glendale City Council: (CBC)

    Payback could be a bitch: (Toronto Sun)

    Apparently Mathieu Darche doesn’t stay at the Million Dollar Hotel: (Montreal Gazette)

  • Morning Links 11/28

    Morning Links 11/28

    Forgive me for laughing at a DUI but this one is Funny People: PD

    Maybe having Grown Ups in the room will help things Click: ESPN

    If you’re a Blackhawks ticket holder they continue to ask you to Just Go With It: BH

    Glendale City Council says That’s My Boy: PHT

    Kaner doesn’t exactly fit with these Airheads: Deadspin

  • Morning Links 11/27

    Mission:Impossible: (TSN)

    For a Few Good Men this is their third lockout: (Sportsnet.CA)

    Some fans are Losing it on the players:(Reddit)

    Interview with the Vampire or Criminal: (Sportsnet)

    The new OHL fighting rules are Far and Away an improvement:(Backhand Shelf)

    Some Outsider hacked Guy Serota’s Twitter: (SN)

    A look at the Top Gun’s that retired after the last lockout: (Down Goes Brown)

     

  • Morning Links 11/23

    Alfred Hitchcock Hockey Goalie

    The Union might be about to get a bit Psycho: (Globe and Mail)

    Hopefully the season isn’t lost in the Rear Window: (Sportsnet)

    Gary clearly doesn’t have Vertigo: (CBC)

    One Owner is optimistic that this season hasnt gone to the Birds: (Montreal Gazette)

    These jerseys may leave other teams Spellbound: (Puck Daddy)