NHL cancels preseason games; where was NBA last year?
Cam Charron
September 20 2012 06:17AM
Even though we all knew it was going to happen, the announcement of the cancellation of NHL pre-season games was still a bit of a blow yesterday as the reality of the lockout hit.
"Oh, this is real, we're going to start missing games over this."
Just before closing time yesterday, the NHL sent out this press release. I thought some of the typography was a little odd:
Brian Burke responds to François Allaire: REAX
Cam Charron
September 19 2012 08:14AM
Image source via Sportsnet
Uh oh, it's opposite day.
Or perhaps it's one of those days where un-sourced information reigns. When it comes time for falling out in some sports organization, you can usually tell which media outlets were carrying the water to keep the proverbial ship afloat.
Housecleaning: François Allaire quits; Kulemin goes to Russia
Cam Charron
September 17 2012 09:16AM
Whenever we get a new writer here at the Nations, I warn them about the software. I have lost countless posts to the bowels of the Internet and most of the formatting is done manually through HTML, so the "post-production" phase of a post usually takes a while.
But at least I have software, and at least we have a platform. François Allaire, goaltending coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, well, formerly, apparently, was basically a blogger without any software, or a computer for that matter. So news of him quitting out of frustration would be acceptable. He was pretty much Batman:
He’s the goalie coach Toronto deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we’ll blame last year’s .900 on him, because he can take it.
— Ryan Etics (@ryantologist) September 17, 2012
Of course, Batman had a utility belt. Allaire had Vesa Toskala and Jonas Gustavsson.
Forget it Marge, it's a lockout
Cam Charron
September 16 2012 06:50PM
And it's official. As of midnight last night, the NHL has locked out its players from practicing, from training camps, and from games. We somewhat know the issues. The NHL wants to cut costs, the PA want to have their current contracts honoured, it's a ripe big mess and an indication that despite having all the leverage in 2005, the NHL didn't fix anything they wanted to fix.
The general consensus is that the league will restart before it misses out on significant dollars, and those come when games start being broadcast on national TV starting with the Winter Classic on January 1st. My money's on Detroit and Toronto being the first game of the season.
Some reaction, stories filed for publishing at 12:01 am Sunday morning:
Leafs Nation round table - Are we too hard on Luke Schenn?
Cam Charron
September 16 2012 12:06PM
This may be an extended offseason, so to break up the time, some of the writers on TLN are exchanging emails to each other, discussing the Toronto Maple Leafs and NHL hockey as whole. Today's topic is whether we were too hard on Luke Schenn.
From: Cam Charron
To: Danny Gray, Gus Katsaros, Steve Dangle, Ryan Fancey, Steve Dangle
Subj: Luke Schenn
After having listened to JP's interview with Brandon Convery this week...
I have to ask, are we too hard on Luke Schenn?
From: Ryan Fancey
To: Cam Charron, Danny Gray, Gus Katsaros, JP Nikota, Steve Dangle
Subj: RE: Luke Schenn
Who cares. He's Philly's problem now. Woooo
From: Danny Gray
To: Ryan Fancey, Cam Charron, Gus Katsaros, JP Nikota, Steve Dangle
Subj: RE: Re: Luke Schenn
And he sucks.
