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So why would it matter if they were working for the team or not? They undoubtedly all have clauses that restrict them from talking. So, either way they are going to be in breach of a contract whether they are employed or not. If they are willing to leak information after being let go they're likely to leak it while they are employed. They'd have to be fools to do anything that could cause them serious harm. So, any information they are likely to give out will have to be so diluted so as to protect themselves. Even, unofficially speaking, they have to be careful one way or the other. The concept that they are more likely to say something because they are fired seems weak. At least to me.. I've been under an NDA and a non-compete agreement. I was sufficiently interested in maintaining my financial well being and future employability to not say anything.

This is really only true once a team is set up in a zone. However, wider ice should also lead to the forwards being able to create more space when entering the zone and that could lead to scoring chances on the rush. It also increases the chance of scoring when a player gets pulled out of position. It's not the holy grail, but I don't think it's nothing either.

Unless those scouts were already completely useless and didn't matter anyway.

I'm on the fence about returning the Sunday D-league I play in at the BurgerPlex. Most of it is now competition with my son's hockey schedule but some of it is being sick of the losers we play against. There are a handful of really good teams and by really good I mean the kind of teams you love to play against. They aren't jerks, they are there to have fun. But so many are overwhelmed by players who are angry at life. I think if enough reports end up being sent to media sources, etc. about the allowance of racist and sexist commentary in games things might change. But who knows.. As I said above, I am thinking about moving out of the Sunday league. I've been asked to play in Scottsville but I'm not sold on that either. Gotta find somewhere to play. I'm not certain I could play a zamboni league. Not sure if I'd be considered too skilled or not. Now we're talking... renting ice.. I'm in. :)

Every commissioner, every league, every time. Not just the NHL and not just Bettman. People love to boo Commissioners. Perhaps because it reminds them of the business aspects of the game? I have no idea.

I think the cover should be:

BS. I demand a 4 hour long schedule reveal show!

I'm kinda surprised (perhaps not really) that people care so much about it. he goes out there.. presents the trophy and then the fun begins. it should be fairly unscripted.. I've no problem with any of it. I don't need any more pageantry injected into things.

There's nothing about this post that makes me happy. Okay.. one thing.. that you want to have fun playing. That's just an awful story.

Good job owning it man. I thought your reponse before this one was out of line. Just remember, if you carry the negativity everywhere then you'll only succeed in breeding more of it in new places. Don't let this place add to the crap in your life, let it work against that. The next period is about to begin.. are you ready? :)

Well, summer starts in 4 days and it's been raining nearly every day. So.... :P Tampa snuck an extra win in there but in the end Chicago is just too solid to lose to TB this year. Next year TB could be the team to beat. Nothing to shame Stamkos for.. Kane wasn't doing much until Game 6 either and Richards could have taken the shot on Bishop but clearly deferred to Kane. Either was a good play, but the pass to Kane is a great play. Good work Chicago. Well deserved. Now to see how they retain their team.

Ahh forgot about that incident.

I understand where you are going. But look where Bishop is on the ice. It's not really no man's land. The goalie shouldn't be coming that far out unless he can beat the opponent to the puck. The fact that Hedman had Sharp the whole way (and that it's Hedman) means Bishop should have stayed put and let his D make the play. If it was closer to the net I might be more on board. But Bishop is at the TOP of the faceoff circle. Miller got steamrolled by Lucic he was at the faceoff dot and there wasn't a defender anywhere near Lucic.

They were closed? Was it Sunday? Strange. Anyway, it's nothing fancy. It's a beer warehouse. But they keep the vast majority of beer at about 50 degrees.

The question however isn't what things end up looking like. It's what has to happen to get there. Any move by the Coyotes for the 2015-16 season has to be in the Pacific Division or they need to bounce someone who would ultimately be in the Pacific division. However, assuming they want Las Vegas and Seattle, if you temporarily move one team (Colorado) then they have to bounce them back. No way the Avs go for that. So, IF the Coyotes move this upcoming season they move to Seattle or Las Vegas. Then the NHL can progress on its expansion plans. I can't even imagine what they try to do if there is only 1 team in Florida (the Panthers seem ripe to move too).

I believe the answer is.. trying too hard. He had too much compete. A little less compete and he's not out in the middle of the ice where his players can run him over.

If you fancy a better overall location that's nearby you should check out AJ's Beer Warehouse on Clay Rd in Henrietta. Walk-on temperature controlled beer rooms, 30 or so taps.. better prices and staff.

That I almost understand because Time Warner Cable only has broadcast rights in certain areas. So they can't allow customers outside of the geographic region to stream it. The idea that TWC is in both Rochester and Buffalo should negate that but I can understand that they wouldn't allow it. I don't agree with it. Bottom line.. the NHL and any other content creator needs as many as eyeballs as possible and all of these restrictions cause a huge problem. The cable companies have adapted already and will continue to drive up Internet revenues to compensate for lost subscribers in the TV realms.

The logic is simple. If you move 1 team out of the Western Conference you need to put 1 back to at least have 14. BUT, the team that is moving out is in the Pacific Division and the team you'd move would have to go into the Central. You can't move forward with 8 teams in the Central and 6 teams in the Pacific. You could move 1 team into the Central and bounce Winnipeg or Colorado to the Pacific. However, if the NHL wanted to expand in Las Vegas and Seattle first then those two teams would need to be slated for the Pacific. So, there's no way Winnipeg or Colorado are going to move to the Pacific for a few years and the move back to the Central. The only way it would work is if either of those two teams moved and when the league expanded they were slotted into newly realigned divisions that kept many of the same opponents. Basically, there's no way Phoenix leaves the Pacific Division, let alone the Western Conference. They'd likely relocate to Seattle or Las Vegas. As it stands it is hard to imagine any team being put into Quebec City without another major realignment of the divisions and conferences.

So.. I was reading that Claude Lemieux is Hodgson's agent? I wonder if Tim Murray just hates that family now.

Tonight is the official start of Rochester Real Beer Week. http://rochesterrealbeer.com/ Lots of cool stuff going down.

I don't buy it. Here's why.. Streaming is another delivery mechanism. It does NOTHING to change who own the rights to broadcast the game. NBC pays to have the right to broadcast the game and slap their logo all over it. The same logo I see in any stream on any device I would watch the game on. Viewership is easily counted as the number of connected streams who are logged in and receiving the data. All along this has actually been a much more reliable statistic for driving the almighty viewership data. The set top boxes of old would never report back when they were tuned to a certain channel. The smarter boxes today at least report back when a box is on and what channel is being tuned. So if nothing else the broadcaster still has that information. The only remaining problem are the content delivery providers (aka TWC, DirecTV). They have to be the ones to block the streaming rights of the content producers because delivery over a competing mechanism is bad for business. At the same time those companies are already retooled to take on the streaming market. They are merely holding onto as much revenue as they can because the NHL hasn't put its foot down. It needs to do this and at that point the model is broken. Some people will continue to find value in a full blown TV subscription and will continue to have DirecTV or cable. Those who won't will have gone to a pure streaming model. They key is viewership and right now the amount of viewers will be going down as people drop their expensive TV subscriptions. So I get what you are saying.. but if I am operating the NHL I am all in on streaming the games, all of them, to anyone, anywhere. If you want to be the one granted rights to put cameras in the arena you have to agree to this and if DirecTV wants to hold out on it.. so be it.

The most likely would be Detroit or Columbus getting bounced back West. If they move 1 team back they would create an 8 team central and a 6 team pacific division. If they moved Columbus AND Detroit they could shift Colorado to the West. That hinders plans to expand into Las Vegas AND Seattle however. It's actually the most likely scenario that the Coyotes can't be considered to move East. They would move to a new market that would retain a 7 team Pacific Division.. so, Las Vegas or Seattle would be the likely choices. This leaves an opportunity for Kansas City at some other point to fill in the Central and the loser of the Coyotes franchise (LV or Seattle) to get the other expansion team.

qwksndmonster can appreciate typing with boxing gloves on as he is really StrongBad.

People will give you a break. After all you forgot your own name! Chime in more often.. but this time, remember who you are.