The Atlanta Thrashers have been sold to True North, and they will be relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We do not know what the new moniker will be but by all reports and rumors it looks like ...
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The potential relocation of a sports team can often be traumatic experience for a community. However, the sports fans of Atlanta, Georgia are a pretty fickle bunch and they do not have a great passion for hockey. ...
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I am not a big fan of the Phoenix Coyotes, or their less than suitable location. However, it now seems like the team and its fans are kind of getting a raw deal. The NHL has allowed ...
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While the Phoenix Coyotes and Atlanta Thrashers grab all of the headlines about bad leases, new ownership groups, and possible relocation the NHL doesn't seem all that concerned about the state of the Columbus Blue Jackets. This ...
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The Detroit Red Wings are no doubt fighting for their playoff lives, after loving Game 3 and going 3-0 to the San Jose Sharks the Wings have won their last two games, two more victories and they ...
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The situation for the Phoenix Coyotes seems like a never ending cycle of really bad news. This team struggles to turn a profit, several different groups have been interested in buying it, and yet the taxpayers of ...
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The struggles of the Phoenix Coyotes to find new ownership and stabilize the situation in the desert have led many to believe the Coyotes will one day return to the Great White North. While it seems pretty ...
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The Toronto Maple Leafs look to be for sale, but this is a huge deal. It will wind up being the largest sports deal in the history of Canadian Sports. We are not only talking about the ...
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This has been going on for years now, and the more I look into it the more Phoenix feels like a square hole with which the NHL is trying to pound the round peg of the Coyotes ...
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The New Jersey Devils are in a pretty weird situation. They have flopped big time this year, and to date they have just a 17-30-3 record. They are on the hook to Ilya Kovalchuk for a lot ...
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It could not have come against a better opponent. Last night Detroit Red Wings Goalie Chris Osgood netted his 400th career victory as a net minder in the NHL. He is just the 10th man to accomplish ...
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I guess the good news in all of this is that hockey fans in Phoenix, Arizona will get to keep the Coyotes in Glendale, Arizona. The bad news is it is going to cost the residents of ...
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Like most old school, hard core hockey fans I miss the days of the Winnipeg Jets and Quebec Nordiques. There have been a lot of rumors lately of Canadian NHL teams moving from city to city and ...
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There seem to be rumblings coming out of Buffalo that the Buffalo Sabres NHL franchise could be for sale again. Buffalo savior Tom Golisano may be growing weary of his Lake Erie stick carriers and a search ...
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We are seeing a growing trend in the newer hockey markets. I like to call them the teams below the Mason Dixon Line and the kinds of places that hockey just should not be, but hey what ...
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I know, I know that contraction is the ugliest word we can use to talk about sports, but in the case of the NHL I think we have to at least consider it. There are a number ...
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Finally one of the uglier chapters in recent sports business history is at an end. The city of Glendale, Arizona has agreed to a new lease on jobing.com arena for the Phoenix Coyotes. Now the NHL, who ...
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With Mike Modano and Marty Turco moving on the Dallas Stars are looking to find their next young star. Gone is the two headed General Manger monster and in came Marc Crawford to be the head coach. ...
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Without a doubt the Phoenix Coyotes were the most surprising team in the NHL last season. They ended up as teh #4 seed in the Western Conference and with home ice advantage in the first round of ...
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Last year the Anaheim Ducks traded away an elite defenseman, this year entering a new NHL season an elite defenseman has retired and the Ducks are very concerned about mounting a defense. Last season even with Scott ...
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The Los Angeles Kings had the sixth best record in the Western Conference last year, and that seems to show that their patient approach to player development is working. Led by Center Anze Kopitar and Defensemen Drew ...
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The San Jose Sharks took a big step a year ago in turning their lofty playoff expectations into reality, and there is no reason to think they will not take another step towards their ultimate goal of ...
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