Unless these folks in New York decide to come to their senses, quit this nonsense, and give us a lousy 48 game asterisk season, maybe it’s just fine that the Cup probably won’t be awarded this year. The Habs aren’t quite ready yet. Next year they could be, and so thank you Gary Bettman and [...]

I find myself thinking more and more about the lockout and how it’s affecting me, and I have to say it’s not affecting me a great deal at all, other than having to dig deep to keep posting here every day. I’m just sick of the whole mess, one created through greed, distrust and lies, [...]

Thanks to Beatnik for the following –  

I spotted Gary Bettman and Bill Daly the other day on the Sunset Strip, and I asked if they wouldn’t mind if I took their photo. They were gracious and true gentlemen, and I don’t know why everyone is so hard on them right now. And it was just an incredible stroke of luck that [...]

Yes, just fill in the blanks. And for once on this blog, hard-core swearing is perfectly acceptable, and downright encouraged. Here we go – The NHL is a………league, with players who………., and owners and Mr. Buttman who should……….. It’s a ……..league full of ………and……., and I think that these guys should reach down and………and then [...]

I’m fine with Buttman’s proclamation that Sept 15 is lockout deadline day. Because if it happens, we won’t have to go through a long training camp with about fifty different hopefuls giving it their all until such time when they’re sent back to a lesser league, light years from the bigs. Back to reality for these kids. The dream is once again put on hold for [...]

The players and union head Donald Fehr say there’s plenty of time. The Buttman says differently: “I re-confirmed something that the union has been told multiple times over the last nine to 12 months,” Bettman said. “Namely, that time is getting short and the owners are not prepared to operate under this collective bargaining agreement [...]