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What's next with ownership?

We're nine games into the NHL season and the last thing fans should want to do is put the sideshow of f ownership on the front burner again...  That's a distraction that is not welcome when you'd...

Coyote Ugly: The NHL's interpretive dance

"The League has been consistent in its view that any proposed relocation into southern Ontario would require only a majority vote of the Board of Governors, and no team would have a veto right. "Whil...

A flashback interview with Gary Bettman

Thanks to a pointer by Adrian Dater on Twitter, I found that PBS host Charlie Rose has opened his archive of interviews on CharlieRose.com. Naturally, I started digging to see if there was anything ho...

Lightning ownership situation back in spotlight

I've been avoiding it. Honestly, it's turning cliché (or simply repetitive).  The Lightning are not supposed to be identified by ownership issues and that's how ti's turning. Here's just s...

NHLPA Fires Executive Director Paul Kelly

After just two years on the job reports Darren Dreger of TSN. Admittedly, I haven't been keeping up with this saga as much as others have, so I don't know what the long term ramifications will be to t...

NHL News and Notes: Back in the saddle edition

Morning everyone, Back at it this morning after a nice week of R and R with the family. Thanks to Joe, Ryan, and Rob for keeping things going while I was away. A few things going on this morning: The ...

A closer look at the NHL's bid for the Coyotes

As has been widely reported since the league's bid became public, the NHL is prepared to offer up to $140-million for what is the battered carcass of the Phoenix Coyotes. What hasn't been widely repor...

Can the NHL outbid Balsillie?

"This obviously comes as a surprise but we look forward with interest to seeing what the NHL’s bid is. What we’ve said since Day 1 when we launched our bid is all we ask for is the oppor...

The NHL BOG's seat of power

James, In The Globe and Mail, your colleague Stephen Brunt writes: "George Gillett, the soon-to-be-former owner of the Montreal Canadiens, is not one of Gary Bettman’s lap dogs, is not pa...

Pre-Bettman, when the NHL had already 'stolen the game' from Canada

Evidence of the WWII-era U.S. plot to steal the game from Canada [Puck Daddy photo] The latest Puck Daddy post features a glorious collection of hockey artifacts that Greg Wyshynski found while trave...


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