Month: July 2007

  • NPR Thinks it’s OK to be Hockey

    I woke up the other morning (not something I like to do often), to the sounds of Morning Edition on the local NPR station here in Charlotte, NC. They were talking about the various scandals that are rocking the sports world, except for hockey. They even acknowledge the now squeaky clean image hockey has at…

  • Avs FA Spending: What You Really Should Know

    The general accusation of the moment, the group think that seems to have flooded the hockey blogs and MSM right now is that the CBA doesn’t work, mainly because 1) previously high spending teams got high priced free agents, and 2) the salary cap is set so high. If you are one of those people…

  • Spending the Caah

    To any and all bloggers, readers, hockey fans, or anyone who cares to complain: Last season, the Avalanche were behind the salary cap by 4.6 million, thanks to bonus money owed to Rob Blake and Joe Sakic. Bonus money that was agreed to before the new CBA, by the way. This season, that monkey is…

  • Stepping Off the Plane into Greatness

    As the plane touched down in Louisville, an hour and a half late, I turned on the not-a famous-Treo cell phone a little sooner than I should have. Email came streaming in, with one big title from Greg: YES! The Avs signed the scariest mug around to a five year deal, for less money than…

  • Hockey Command

    Thank goodness for Firefox. Thanks to all the extensions I have installed, I could keep multiple windows open at the same time, set to update every 30 seconds or one minute. This is how I’m keeping the refresh button sane and working. That and cleaning house have been my day today. Flying in a few…