Greg Wyshynski has a great blog (And is one of the more active Twitterers in the Hockey World) here . Edmonton is one of the most interesting places where debates rage on MSM (Main Stream Media) versus bloggers on what the value each of them has to the hockey industries. It isn’t only related to [...]
Archive for August, 2010
I find it interesting. Rene Fasel indicates that the NHL will not be in Europe, “But as long as I’m sitting in my chair I wouldn’t allow it.” Does Fasel have that much pull in the business and hockey world that he can control anyone who might want to set up shop in Europe? I [...]
It seems to be a fun pastime for many Oiler fans to lament the contract/cap hit/performance of Shawn Horcoff. I love how those with thoughts of revisionist history, and the benefit of hindsight slag number 10 incessantly without any mention of the facts. I am not the biggest Horcoff booster in the world, but I [...]
So, what did we learn when the NHL held it’s RDO Camp in Toronto. Well, they didn’t restrict the amount of things that they talked about. Everything from hybrid icing to potentially having a referee up in Foster Hewitt’s gondola trading barbs with Jim Hughson during play. Ok, maybe not that dramatic, but they didn’t [...]
So, all is quiet on the Souray front, the Gagner front….but we have some news. Well, now the word Eklund might be permanently tied to the Oilers. Jim Matheson suggests as much in his article http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Pelle+Eklund+become+Oilers+scout/3408663/story.html That said, we are undermanned in Europe with scouts, and this could turn out to be a fortunate move, [...]
