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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Goalie Scout Believes Jack Campbell's Development On Track
The Dallas Stars selection of goalie Jack Campbell in the first round of the 2010 draft remains controversial among some fans. All you have to do is mention Campbell's name to get some people on a rant about selecting a goalie in the first round and passing up the opportunity to draft Cam...
Competitive Balance
It’s going to be a quirky year in college football. The key words in 2010 are (air quotes) "competitive balance." Free BC tote bag to the Barker or Carnival-goer that correctly predicts which talking head at the WWL is the first to use the phrase. Get ready, it’s inevitable. The NCAA football...
In Which Garth Snow Chirps Cornell Alum Gary Bettman; Doug Weight Talks Transition
New York Islanders GM Garth Snow was Gary Bettman's guest on NHL Live Thursday night answering questions from the commissioner and co-host E.J. Hradek. As far as public appearances in guarded on-air mode go, these are usually decent interactions with Bettman since the length of the interviews...
Tuesdays with Dani: Post-ASG Links
It's been a week without hockey. I'm not sure how you got through it, but personally I watched hours upon hours of glorious tennis, but there was still this nagging feeling of something missing. If you did catch the skills competition, perhaps you caught Steven Stamkos going three for three on the...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Benn Most Accurate Shooter At All-Star Skills Competition
So much for Jamie Benn's shot being a big secret. The Dallas Stars lone representative at the 2012 NHL All-Star Game played the part of Texas sharp-shooter to perfection in Saturday's Skills Competition. Even though he hasn't played in nearly two weeks after an emergency appendectomy, he posted the...
Missed opportunities by Panthers prove costly as Pittsburgh rolls 4-1
Missed chances are costing the Florida Panthers the division, plain and simple. Tonight's 4-1 smackdown via the Pittsburgh Penguins was obviously the manifestation of this lethal shortcoming with chances to take the lead, even the game or just narrow the game to one dissolving due to a myriad of...
Was It Never Really About Realignment To Begin With?
Gary Bettman is freaking brilliant. The NHL commissioner orchestrated the rarest thing in professional sports with his realignment ploy this season - the no-lose situation. First, for those of you who missed the mess that broke last night, a quick primer: The NHLPA had to approve the NHL's...
Andy Sutton, An Independent Appeal Process, And Why It Probably Won't Happen
Having been suspended twice already this season, punishments that will cost him almost 12 per cent of his $2,250,000 salary, I think it's safe to say that Andy Sutton isn't the biggest fan of the job Brendan Shanahan is doing as the head of NHL discipline. In Joanne Ireland's article in the...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Stars "Biggest Winner" In NHL Realignment
A handful of NHL teams and their fans are bound to be displeased with the radical four-conference realignment passed by the league's Board of Governors on Monday night. The Dallas Stars are not one of those teams. No, the Stars are basically as happy as can be with the new league format, which has...
NHL Realignment: NHL Switches to Four Conferences
According to Bob McKenzie of TSN, the NHL Board of Governors has approved a new four-conference alignment format that will take effect next season. The intense debates about the realignment took place today in Pebble Beach, and although the idea was heavily opposed by the Eastern Conference...
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