Tag: Boston Bruins

  • Thin Air: Bubbles

    Happy Friday, folks.  Here’s what I’m thinking about today in the world of hockey. – Is the NHL starting to feel like a bubble industry?  $500 million expansion fees to put teams in questionable locations, meteoric revenue growth being tempered by a currency drop, and more and more luxury being added for the higher paying…

  • Thin Air: Welcome Back, NHL

    Some hockey notes after the first day of the NHL regular season: – Well, that was fun. – Tommy Wingels got two goals last night, and nary a mention of his efforts.  His second goal was quite nice.  But he’s Tommy Wingels, so he won’t get the credit he deserves.  Still, the Sharks got their…

  • After the First Day: Free Agency Thoughts

    Market, via  Merriam-Webster: d : the area of economic activity in which buyers and sellers come together and the forces of supply and demand affect prices <producing goods for market rather than for consumption> I think a lot of hockey fans forget what a market really is when it comes time for free agency.  The…

  • Go Ahead, Poke the Bear

    Conventional wisdom usually says that you should let sleeping dogs lie.  Don’t poke the bear, you might make him angry.  Have you noticed that making a bear angry, when it comes to hockey, seems to work out sometimes?  It can be one thing to be respectful of your opponent.  All the compliments paid, the standard…

  • SCF Game 5 Notes

    I don’t know if I have enough for a real blog post, so here are some casual observations and thoughts on game five: – Jonathan Toews or Patrice Bergeron: who would you miss more? While I think it’s mostly a wash, I think the Bruins will miss Bergeron a little more.  They need his speed…