Some are tiring of the spin being put forth by the NHLPA in the CBA negotiations, and the Winnipeg Free Press columnists are among them.
An interesting look at the dwindling number of kids playing hockey in Canada, and how its affecting the national sport.
The NHL playersboth stars and the rank-and-filelash out at the NHL on the day the league announces the cancellation of two weeks worth of games.
Marc Spector says that the NHL players have tunnel vision right now, and that theyre looking a bit out of touch. I link these columns in the interest of getting both sides of the story, but I am in pretty fair disagreement here. If Im an employee for a company thats breaking records for revenue, I would also be upset if I were asked to take a 20 percent pay cut at the bargaining table. Its hypocritical to say otherwise.
Yahoo! Sports columnist Nick Cotsonika says that both outrage and indifference are coloring the cancellation of NHL regular season games.
The Vancouver Canucks react to the NHL lockout getting real, and there isnt a single dive, bite or flop among their tactics.
Craig Custance says that the development of Cory Hodgson at the AHL level is a key cog in the further success of the Buffalo Sabres franchise. Hes one of the players that it will be very interesting to watch play at the minor league level.
Boston Bruins
For something completely different: Liam Neesons career path is given the Grantland.com treatment. I saw The Grey last night and it was entertaining, though I found myself rooting for the wolves rather than Neeson.