Rants
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Is hockey worth it?
Yesterday, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman unveiled the league’s plan to return to play in an expanded playoff format signed off…
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No player or contract is unmovable
No player or contract is unmovable. No player or contract is unmovable. No player or contract is unmovable. No player…
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On hockey and Hunter S. Thompson
In 1889, Oscar Wilde observed that “life imitates art far more than art imitates life”. His theory was that this…
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It’s time for the NHL to get rid of the “Loser Point”
With 50 or so games in the 2019-2020 NHL season in the books, it has become fairly clear which teams…
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The Lesson of Lias Andersson
High draft picks are odd things. Obviously, no player drafted in the top-10, or drafted at all, for that matter…
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Regarding Don Cherry
Last Monday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) made the long overdue decision to fire iconic analyst and awful suit enthusiast…
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The Fallacies of Vitali Kravtsov
As we all know, on Friday Vitali Kravtsov exercised the out clause in his contract to return to the KHL…
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It’s not an accelerated rebuild if you don’t play the kids
The Rangers lost last night. They were laughed out of the building in the first period when they allowed the…
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The Disappointment of David Quinn
Going into this season, we all knew this would be a rough year for the Rangers. Sure, in those quiet…
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On the Rangers and how (not) to rebuild a franchise
Sports are about evolution. The most successful teams in every sport are generally the ones who remain ahead of the…
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