All Entries Tagged With: "Gary Bettman"
SPECIAL REPORT: Questioning the Status Of The Lighthouse Project
(This is not an April Fools) April 1st, 2010 What began with a song and greeting: “Meet Me at the Lighthouse!”, which even blared from a holiday card they sent us at the end of 2008, has turned into a whimper. As the lights have gone dark from some shake-up, more is coming clear… The [...]
Wednesday Night Rant: Why Am I Not Shocked Campbell & The NHL Did Nothing?
NHL fans know the pain too well. The pain of their sport being consistently mocked by NBA, NFL, MLB, and at this point perhaps even WNBA fans for their consistent failures at being consistent, staged fights, and laundry list of issues with injuries. Adding to the list was the violent cheap-shot from Penguins punk Matt [...]
It’s a Start: NHL GMs Take Stance on Head Shots
It’s certain that a lot of eyes collectively rolled earlier this afternoon when Colin Campbell announced that there would be no suspension for Matt Cooke, who sent Marc Savard to the hospital with a vicious hit to the head in this past weekend’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Savard’s Boston Bruins. Whether Cooke ”intended” to injure [...]
The NHL Should Pull Rank In Sochi
There is no doubt in my mind that the NHL should continue to participate in the Olympics in Sochi and beyond. Yes, I know it shuts down the league for two weeks but owners are still getting 41 home games just at a different time of the year and they are still getting the same [...]
BETTMAN WEIGHS IN ON LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT: And Takes Air Out Of Some Tires
In what is streeeeeeeeeetched to a feature in today’s Newsday is a riff off Gary Bettman’s comments from his radio show. Bettman hit on the “Town of Hempstead” with this blistering remark that must be why Newsday threw it in the front of the paper: “I can’t see why the governing bodies on Long Island [...]
The Most Trusted Source In The Mainstream Sports Media: Murray The Deep Fried Pickle Man
While I normally don’t rant publicly, I think it’s time to lighten my load. Please THN (The Hockey News) just STOP! STOP!! IN MY OPINION, Vincent Lecavalier is not going to be traded anytime soon and not anytime…period. First, he holds all the cards. He and only he can make the decision to move. He [...]
10 Reasons Why The NHL Will Always Be #4
I was born a hockey fan, and I will die a hockey fan. Nothing will ever keep me from watching an NHL game, especially a Montreal Canadiens game. But unfortunately, not everyone was born from the same mold as us ”hardcore” fans. There are a lot of things holding the NHL back. There are many [...]
RUMOR: Charles Wang Looking to Sell?
Funny thing happened on last night’s HNIC telecast…they had a quick blurb on that Charles Wang was fed-up with the Lighthouse situation and was looking to sell the team. Funny…in that all the way back in Feb 09 I had a piece on just that scenario as Charles Wang was meeting one potential buyer at [...]
Game 35 preview – Thanks for the garbage schedule Gary
There are games that I circle every year when the Oilers schedule comes out, the games I wouldn’t miss for anything. Games against the Flames and Canucks fall into that category, as do Original Six teams. Seeing an Oilers in his first game back here is always fun. The Stanley Cup champion is another good game to go see. And of course when the leagues best player comes to town you want to make sure your there.
SPECIAL REPORT: Lighthouse Project Stops Payments to FP Clark
Maybe the Brooklyn contingent is right. In a special exclusive, a highly placed source has told us that the Lighthouse Project has stopped paying FP Clark (again). Now is this oversight? Or another payment snafu like the last time? Last time there was a giant issue between the two as FP Clark never told the [...]
Jury of the Bloggers Debates: Should Keith Ballard Be Suspended?
A panel of hockey bloggers discuss the Keith Ballard stick-swinging incident and whether there should be any discipline for it.
SIBLING RIVALRY PRESENTS: NHL Goes Hollywood Images & Contest!
To we Gallof boys, most situations hearken to a movie. Whether it be large or small, parody or tragedy, good news or bad, we tend to come up with some sort of twisted bent with images and other silliness to describe it. So, in honor of this appreciation of movies, and with a huge hat [...]
You Win Gary
Dear Gary, That is it, we’re waving the white flag, we give up, you win. It has been well known for years now that you and your friends at the NHL offices in New York don’t care for our favorite hockey team, the Detroit Red Wings. First, you stick Detroit in the Western Conference so [...]
Hawk Fans Rejoice Now….Save The Worry For Later
It has been reported by the Chicago Tribune there are just a few details left before Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith and Jonathan Toews are officially signed to lengthy contract extensions. According to TSN, Kane and Toews will be rewarded with five year, $30 million contracts. My thinking was they would be signed for longer, but [...]
NHLPA: So What Is The Rumpus And Why It Is Important?
Nobody knows anybody. Not that well. – Tom Reagan, Miller’s Crossing Check this blog out on The Huffington Post! In a large woods of tall trees, another poor soul is on his knees, crying for his life. A dark figure stands in the killing posture, poised. No, this isn’t the Coen Brothers gem of a [...]
People Don’t Buy From Clowns
Miami real estate mogul Jeff Greene will not pursue buying the Tampa Bay Lightning. Greene, who was looking to partner with Lightning owner Oren Koules said, “After careful due diligence and a thorough analysis of the terms and economics of the deal, we have determined that this investment does not meet our criteria. At Florida [...]
Dear NHL….
Now we all know how much of a crush Gary Bettman has on the NBA. The guy got his start there and worked with them for over ten years before attempting to ruin becoming commissioner of the NHL. I am not a Gary Bettman fan. I will tell you straight out that he is trying [...]
Wednesday satire – Juggernaut Penguins disbanded, Crosby achieves world peace
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and twenty-nine disgruntled team governors convened an emergency meeting in New York Monday evening and voted 29-0 in favour of disbanding the Pittsburgh Penguins, the defending Stanley Cup champions and after eight games, the best team so far this season. “Enough is enough. Eight is enough,” cried Boston owner Jeremy Jacobs, chanelling Dick [...]
Saturday satire – Penguins and Coyotes merge
BREAKING NEWS National Hockey League Commissioner-for-life Gary Bettman stunned the hockey and business worlds this afternoon when he announced at a hastily called news conference in a Madison Square Garden conference room that the reigning Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins were merging with the financially-troubled Phoenix Coyotes. “This is a great day for the NHL [...]
Pre Season Casualties: Was it Worth it?
Hockey is a physical game, players pay the price night after night blocking shots and taking hits to make plays for their team. The regular season is a gruelling test of a player’s physical and mental strength, and can wear down any athlete. A lot of bruises, bumps and broken bones can occur over an [...]
