Well, that’s just horrible. LA Public Address Announcer David Courtney Passes Away: LAist. According to the Los Angeles Kings, public address announcer David Courtney, 54, died. The cause of death has not been disclosed. [...] Courtney’s last tweet occurred on Wednesday when he told a follower that he was waiting to undergo an angiogram.
Monthly Archives: November 2012
I don’t even know who “The NHL Arena” is, but they’re jerks
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Got this email just now. Seems, well, a little rude. To which I respond, “…and you are…?”
Logo Gallery
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THE DREW DOUGHTY RETIREMENT PLAN
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Back when Doughty was holding out, I made a spreadsheet — unpublished until now — projecting the growth of his retirement nest egg until Doughty’s ultimate retirement from the NHL at age 100, his consciousness long since having been uploaded into a robot. Here is that spreadsheet:
My love for NHL hockey is not unconditional
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In fact, it’s entirely dependent on access. If it’s there, I love it and follow it in absurd, time-consuming detail. And during the summer, I continue to attend to every delicious off-season detail. But if the league – not some natural disaster or other act of God, but the league itself — chooses to cease operation, I have no…
I Don’t Care How You’re Doing in Europe
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I derive great satisfaction from following prospects, especially Kings’ prospects, playing in other leagues. But it turns out I don’t care at all how established NHL players are doing while playing in other leagues. Aside from an over-riding concern that everyone stays healthy for that distant day when the NHL returns, I don’t have an…
Gary Bettman is either (a) incompetent or (b) evil
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Choice A: Why the NHL needs to rid themselves of Gary Bettman – Grantland The case against Bettman in one sentence: The NHL sacrificed an entire season so they could reimagine their entire salary structure … and only seven years later, that “reimagining” went so poorly that they might have to sacrifice a second season…
“Public confidence in the league”? There isn’t any.
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“The commissioner shall be charged with protecting the integrity of the game of professional hockey and preserving public confidence in the league.” via KuklasKorner, quoting Daniel Tolensky, quoting the NHL Constitution.
Yes, the NHL is a banana republic
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If you ask for remedies to fix a broken economy, and get everything you want (2004), and then revenues explode to historic levels of more than $3 billion, and you say YOUR ECONOMY IS STILL BROKEN, then — well — YOU SUCK AT YOUR JOB. Or you’re a thief (see kleptocracy, below).
[POLL] Biased take on Roenick vs. Marleau
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Well, Jeremy Roenick is an ex-King, so I am biased. In favor of Marleau. Marleau: “Just because I don’t jump up and down acting like a buffoon on the ice doesn’t mean I’m not into it” | ProHockeyTalk On Tuesday, the Sharks forward responded to critiques in Roenick’s new book by saying allegations of him…