With training camps just weeks away, bloggers everywhere are chomping at the bit, ready to get out to some games, see some prospects, and watch teammates punch each other in the face for a roster spot. AS usual, most of them will do it from the stands, getting nowhere near the kind of access allowed to mainstream media.
But lately, the tide is starting to swing in the blogger’s favor. The Washington Capitals are opening their doors a little, and the NHL has brought in Paul Kukla of Kukla’s Korner into their ranks. So the blogging world has been talking about media credentials quite a bit lately. Mostly, about teams opening up their doors to bloggers, and what kind of guidelines there are for bloggers to get suck access.

If you want some of the backstory here, I suggest Sharkspage, Alanah via Kukla’s Korner, Off Wing Opinion, and The Ice Block. In that order would help.

So my question to the blogoshpere is this. What would you do with your credentials? What would you write about, or what angle would you take with such access? Do you have a plan? What are you bringing to the table?

I know some of my answer to this, but will post on it in the next few days. I’d love to hear what you have to say. Comments are open.

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