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Invest In An NFL Team
I Want to be a Sports Agent | July 20th 2008 by Darren Heitner
I recently came across an article that claimed The NFL is worth more than the MLB and NBA combined. The article stated that the average NFL team is worth a healthy $960 million. The average MLB team earns its owner $475 million, while the NBA read more
Eastern Conference: If they play like they have…
HockeyAnalysis.com | March 4th 2008
There are a number of ways of trying to predict where each team will end up in the standings come seasons end. You can simply pro-rate their current records to 82 games or you can do more complex stuff like looking at their difficulty of schedule or read more
Cliff Fletcher Fails as Maple Leafs’ Interim General Manager
Hockey Narrative | February 27th 2008 by Ken
Of course, his time isn’t finished yet. And he well may do something to improve the team and set the plate for whomever his successor turns out to be. But as far as the all important trade deadline and the potential for increased returns becau read more
Valentine’s Day: The Perfect Script and Fan Loyalty
Hockey Narrative | February 13th 2008 by Ken
Many people, mostly of the female persuasion, seem to have a script in their minds regarding the potential love of their lives and how things should play out. One of the most important aspects is the initial meeting. The more quirky and memorable t read more
Former NHL Players and Life After Hockey: Dave Feamster
Hockey Narrative | January 27th 2008 by Ken
I decided to take a break from reading hockey or other sports related books for a while. So I picked up “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser, a non-fiction book I’ve been wanting to read for a few years. It’s a well-written read more
NHL Goalie Masks, White-Trash Tattoos and Black Velvet Paintings
Hockey Narrative | January 24th 2008 by Ken
The look of many NHL goalie masks has taken on a certain sameness in recent seasons. Somehow reminiscent of white-trash tattoos, black velvet paintings and mid-70’s custom designed airbrush artwork on the side of vans (remember CARtoons?) The read more
NHL Hockey Fights: Visors and the Unsportsmanlike Conduct Rule
Hockey Narrative | January 17th 2008 by Ken
I sometimes have a moment of clarity when watching a hockey fight. “This is bloody absurd,” is what usually comes to mind. An explosive spur of the moment dust-up between two middleweights isn’t the kind of bout that invokes such t read more
NHL 2007-08 Mid-Season Review
Hockey Narrative | January 10th 2008 by Ken
2008 is the year of the rat in the Chinese zodiac calendar. Rats are tough, resilient creatures and often fearless when faced down by much larger animals. They’re also despised filth that live in sewers and eat shit. So the godfathers of the w read more
NHL Hits and Suspensions: Derian Hatcher, Alexander Steen, Joffre…
Hockey Narrative | January 5th 2008 by Ken
The Philadelphia Flyers are at it again. This time, however, the attempt to inflict damage on an opposing player backfired. The hit was delivered by the Philadelphia Flyers’ Derian Hatcher, fresh off accusations that he bit the finger of the N read more
NHL Hockey Fights: Jarkko Ruutu vs. Darcy Tucker
Hockey Narrative | January 4th 2008 by Ken
Listening to the Toronto Maple Leafs/Pittsburgh Penguins game on radio, I didn’t get a clear sense of who had won the fight between Darcy Tucker and Jarkko Ruutu. Shameless homerism by announcers has been known to result in less than objective read more
NHL Overtime and Shootout Points: Claims of Artificial Parity are…
Hockey Narrative | December 31st 2007 by Ken
With the bunched up standings in both conferences in the NHL this season, talk has been about so-called “artificial parity.” This is usually attributed to the frustrating overtime and shootout system that sees one point given to the lose read more
NHL Goalies: Andrew Raycroft and Ray Emery
Hockey Narrative | December 30th 2007 by Ken
Andrew Raycroft has let in 13 goals in his three most recent starts for the Toronto Maple Leafs, dropping the team to 13th in the Eastern Conference with the Leafs’ most recent loss, a 6-1 disaster against the New York Rangers. Raycroft is anot read more
CBC Hockey Night in Canada: Coach’s Corner with Don Cherry and…
Hockey Narrative | December 24th 2007 by Ken
Hockey Night in Canada’s Coach’s Corner, aka the Don Cherry/Ron MacLean freak show, went beyond its usual bizarre level of awfulness on Saturday. The desperate for attention Cherry, whose ostentatious camp outfits make the most over-the-t read more
New European Professional Hockey League
Hockey Narrative | December 19th 2007 by Ken
Put me down as a supporter of the European professional hockey league being proposed by Russian billionaire Alex Medvedev. Competition is always good. It’s great to see NHL brass squirm at the thought of losing total dominance over being able read more
NHL Suspensions: Chris Simon Attack on Jarkko Ruutu
Hockey Narrative | December 17th 2007 by Ken
It’s hard to commit an act of violence in the NHL that receives universal condemnation. A player can pour every ounce of energy into an explosive, premeditated, pivoting two-handed slash to the face of his opponent and someone, nay, a legion o read more
First Major Trade of the 2007-08 NHL Season: Doug Weight for Andy…
Hockey Narrative | December 15th 2007 by Ken
The first significant trade of the NHL season and not a single online fabulist even hinted at it before it came down the pipes. The St. Louis Blues send Doug Weight, Michal Birner (an up-and-comer currently in the AHL) and a 7th round pick in the 200 read more
Sidney Crosby: Canadian Athlete of the Year
Hockey Narrative | December 13th 2007 by Ken
Political pundits–those columnists and talking heads who discuss the government and issues of the day–often end up shaping the news themselves. Influential writers frequently make the move into politics or at the very least offer up thei read more
The NHL, NBA and NFL: League Management and Players Behaving Badl…
Hockey Narrative | December 12th 2007 by Ken
Kind of surprising that the NHL would sign off on allowing four players to experiment with the new Thermablades during regular season games. Potentially an unfair advantage for that group of skaters, no? I guess it’s in keeping with a league read more
NHL Hockey: Memories, Myths and Nostalgia
Hockey Narrative | December 9th 2007 by Ken
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is a movie directed by Sam Peckinpah. It’s about the end of an era and the gunslingers disappearing along with it. The ghost-like figures at the heart of the film are being forced to accept changes to a society th read more
Todd Bertuzzi Uses the Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Defense
Hockey Narrative | December 6th 2007 by Ken
I wrote that shamelessly over-the-top title for a few reasons. First, whenever someone in the past 60 years has blamed his superiors for giving orders in an attempt to absolve himself of culpability in performing an insidious act, the WWII comparison read more
NHL 2007-08 : Spinning the Season
Hockey Narrative | December 5th 2007 by Ken
The Ottawa Senators are winless in seven games but have collected three points in that span and still sit atop two of the three standings’ categories. They’ve got a decent lead within the Northeast division, though the New York Rangers a read more
Theoren Fleury: Rock Solid Reality TV Show
Hockey Narrative | December 1st 2007 by Ken
Theoren Fleury has approached TV executives with a proposal for a reality show about his concrete business. And they have apparently agreed that it would make for an intriguing real-life drama. *** Tentatively titled “Cement Head Chronicles,&# read more
Performance and Mindset: The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Shootout
Hockey Narrative | November 29th 2007 by Ken
The shootout is currently an important part of the NHL. Rip it all you want (and it is rip-worthy) but the ability to do well in the one-on-one tie-breaker represents the number of points that will decide whether many teams reach the playoffs. With read more
Bloody Chiclets: Toronto Maple Leafs Melodrama and Hockey Radio
Hockey Narrative | November 28th 2007 by Ken
A simple, half-baked explanation used to describe the psychology behind the habits and style of business managers, is the “first rater, second rater” theory. The first rater is the manager who is competent, motivated and concerned only ab read more
Fragments and Viscera from Around the NHL
Hockey Narrative | November 27th 2007 by Ken
With few or no consequences there is little motivation to change or moderate behaviour. On the heels of the season-ending injury to Patrice Bergeron, a Philadelphia Flyers’ player has once again laid an illegal hit on a member of the Boston Bru read more
NHL Teams Give Thanks for the Power of Change
Hockey Narrative | November 24th 2007 by Ken
The Atlanta Thrashers reacted to their horrific start by firing their head coach. With GM Don Waddell behind the bench they have responded unbelievably well. The Dallas Stars saw their mediocre beginning as unacceptable and replaced their general ma read more
England’s National Football Team and the Toronto Maple Leafs
Hockey Narrative | November 22nd 2007 by Ken
As England failed to qualify for the 2008 European football championship (Euro 2008) with a loss to Croatia last night, it raises the question of whether similar conditions surrounding two teams in different sports can lead to the same kind of resul read more
NHL 2007-08 Regular Season: Quarter Pole Standings and Review
Hockey Narrative | November 21st 2007 by Ken
With most teams in the NHL having played 25% of their schedule, it’s time for a look at how things have played out so far. Eastern Conference The Ottawa Senators are in a class by themselves in the Eastern Conference and show no sign of lettin read more
Book Review: As the Puck Turns by Brian Conacher
Hockey Narrative | November 19th 2007 by Ken
Eschewing stability for a life of diverse experience has its advantages. The greatest benefit is probably the realization that moving on is never a bad idea. Work hard, stay positive and take on challenges with a smile and you’re almost guara read more
NHL Hockey Fights: Milan Lucic vs. Mark Bell
Hockey Narrative | November 16th 2007 by Ken
The fight took place early in a game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins on November 15th. With the Bruins already leading 1-0, perhaps Mark Bell sensed an opportunity to provide a spark for the Leafs and turn around the momentum. read more
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