Month: July 2006

  • The Pink Jersey: Vote with your Wallet

    There’s been a lot of talk around the web about the new pink jerseys the NHL is putting out in another attempt to get women into the great game (“beautiful” is taken by soccer, and too hard to pronounce through broken teeth). Generally, it seems like people are more amused than anything, but there has…

  • All I’m Doing Today

    Since work ended around 4:30 today, I don’t have a lot to do. My two big things… Cleaning house. Reading vancouvercanucksoped. Today, Alanah is blogging for 24 hours straight. About hockey. For charity. Now, that kicks ass. Sure, its a Canucks blog, but it’s still a good blog. And it’s the blog that made me…

  • Trash Talk

    If there isn’t scandal, it wouldn’t be hockey. In the NHL, there’s the gambling scandal, which seems to have been swept under the rug. But in the UHL, you have the Danbury Trashers and the organized crime charges. From skirting the salary cap, to no-show jobs for players and maybe wives, the ramifications for the…

  • At Least Someone’s Doing the Math

    The Rocky Mountain News have the calculators out, and tell me this: Assuming Klee and Stastny are on Colorado’s Opening Night roster, the Avalanche currently has 22 players under contract for close to $42 million. The NHL salary cap is set at $44 million, leaving the Avalanche a little room to re-sign free-agent forwards Brett…

  • An Omen????

    Two signings came down from the Mountain today. From TSN: The Colorado Avalanche have signed defenceman Ken Klee and forward Paul Stastny. Stastny was signed to a multi-year contract while no terms were disclosed on the contract for Klee. What should this say: The Avs are still active making moves. They are getting some more…