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| The "More Goals" Fallacy |
(Wed, 27 Aug 2008)
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James Mirtle has a thorough look at the rate of scoring in today's NHL, compared to previous years.
As always, his statistical work is easy to grasp. There were more goals... |
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| Legein Says "No Thanks" to NHL |
(Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
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We all know the officially approved hockey story:
Every boy at the rink dreams of making the NHL.
A boy anointed a "prospect" will do anything to achieve the dream.
We glorify... |
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| "Nice Game" Remains America's Hockey Moment |
(Sun, 17 Aug 2008)
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You can't plan a legend, and you can't appoint a hero.
Maybe the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" was not the best game ever by a USA hockey team, or the most... |
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| Is the NHL Smart Enough to Stick with the Olympics? |
(Wed, 13 Aug 2008)
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With the possible exception of soccer's World Cup, no event in sport rivals the Olympic Games.
It gets a bit tiresome: the media hysterics, manufactured heroes, sentimental blather, and all that... |
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| What's the Toughest Sport of All? |
(Sun, 10 Aug 2008)
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The following article was originally posted in December, 2006. It started an argument that has continued ever since. Care to join the debate?
Weighing the combined challenges of endurance, strength, power,... |
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| Still Skating in Gretzky's Shadow |
(Tue, 05 Aug 2008)
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For all his on-ice brilliance, Wayne Gretzky's greatest success might be his endurance as a personality.
Twenty years after the trade that changed the NHL, and nine years after his final... |
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| The Sesame Street Guide to NHL Management |
(Fri, 01 Aug 2008)
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Cooperation, makes it happen!
Cooperation, working together!
Dig it!
- the Sesame Street muppets
So is cooperation the new path to hockey enlightenment? Or just a passing fad?
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| The Salary Cap Shuffle |
(Tue, 29 Jul 2008)
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By the time that wacky Mats Sundin finally picks a team, we'll be into the final weeks of summer. Call it salary dump season.
Exact numbers are hard to nail down.... |
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| What's a Big, Young, Sort-of-Pretty-Good Defenseman Worth? |
(Sun, 27 Jul 2008)
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Update, July 28: Bouwmeester has avoided arbitration by signing a one-year contract worth $4.875 million. Next summer he will be an unrestricted free agent at the age of 25.
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| Fill in Your Hockey Calendar |
(Wed, 23 Jul 2008)
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Back when the NHL decided to send the New York Rangers to Prague, it must have seemed a natural fit.
Jaromir Jagr would be the marquee attraction, of course. He's... |
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