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Fighting In The NHL: What's Your Take?
When the Dallas Stars decided to Krys Barch a big favor and trade him to the Florida Panthers, there was an interesting response from fans about the current and future state of this roster. While most acknowledged that Barch's role was being diminished and he would certainly see less and less time...
When the policemen fail to do the policing
"The reality of the matter is, Daniel Alfredsson is not in the lineup. So talk about reputation, talk about whatever you want to talk about, we don't have our captain," Konopka said. "That's killing us ... That's a tough pill for us to swallow. [...] "If I was on the ice, there would have been...
Gary Bettman Translation Machine, Fully Operational
Gary Bettman is not stupid. He may be obstinate, and he may refuse to admit mistakes, but you don't get to that position and keep it for so long without knowing a thing or two about how wheels turn, and a thing or five about how to give your bosses -- all 30 of them -- what they want. Yet best I...
NHL's Fighting Paradox: Reveling in the violence, policing nothing
Violence ignites passion in humans. Passion taps into our irrational side. When we see someone we love (or root for) physically wronged, our blood boils, we want justice, we want revenge. There are many reasons hockey fans like the willing fighters known as "enforcers," but within the heat of a...
Opportunism and Fighting
With so many divides in the world the differences are purposely made to seem much starker than they are in reality. Politicians are the most prone to creating these artificial choices: "You want to keep Gitmo open or you want to release terrorists", "You support the government or you are a...
Midday Musings
I was flipping through the trusty old Google Reader and came across a few interesting tidbits that I thought might spur some hockey discussion. At least it's something to read before Chemmy puts the stopper in his flask and pumps out the latest edition of the Negative Nancy Notebook. "We want...
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