Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail writing about all the injuries in the NHL, ...maybe the league’s power brokers need to take a long hard look at where the NHL is at, some four years and change after the lockout ended - and see if there hasn’t been a law of unintended consequences unfolding in front of their very eyes, as a result of all the rule changes they made...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, • The early-season leader in what may be a crowded Calder Trophy class may be the Philadelphia Flyers’ James vanRiemsdyk, the second player chosen in the Patrick Kane (2007) draft. VanRiemsdyk spent two years at the University of New Hampshire and had a brief seven-game taste of pro last spring with the Flyers’ AHL affiliate....
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will take place in Toronto beginning this weekend and the question that’s got everybody abuzz in hockey circles right now is, will he or won’t he? Will Wayne Gretzky attend with his wife Janet when the careers of five of his closest friends in hockey are honoured? Or will he sit it out, part...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, Publicly, the NHL’s position – on the rare occasions when commissioner Gary Bettman will discuss the NHLPA’s trials and tribulations – is that the league believes a strong union is good for business. Deep down, it is hard to imagine they truly believe that. Otherwise, would they have not have discouraged Sens owner Eugene...
