The Weekly Deke #22
Written by admin on October 30th, 2008 | 0 CommentsBill Brister hosts this 22nd episode of The Weekly Deke. Click through to listen or download! Continue reading...
NHL Trade Deadline Change - Now One Day Later!
Written by Bill on October 30th, 2008 | 0 CommentsIs anyone counting down for the Trade Deadline yet? Well it seems that we will have one extra day to mentally prepare ourselves for either a windfall move or a devastating blow to our team. It is to early to start imagining who will be going where, and how much the moves are going to cost … but honestly, is there anything else more exciting, more emotional, more insane than the NHL Trade Deadline? Buckle up, and hold on, because we now have one extra day of trade rumours and speculation. In case you have not heard, the NHL trade deadline has officially been moved to Wednesday March 4th. Reason is, the original day, March 3rd, has 12 games scheduled and Wednesday March 4th only has 2 games - Makes sense huh? Continue reading...
Benevolent Bettman Beguiles 2009 Winter Classic Ticket Beggars
Written by Bill on October 25th, 2008 | 0 CommentsI have a call into the Chicago organization and will find out more info on Monday, however, from what I have heard/read regarding the Winter Classic it appears that a majority of the seats have been set aside for the Season Ticket holders of the respective clubs - Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Redwings AND Chicago Cubs … YES, the Cubs season ticket holders have guaranteed seats if they want them! How does that work? I know, they are playing the game @ Wrigley Field, but from my perspective … those fools spent their money on a season of Baseball, NOT HOCKEY!!! Continue reading...
Guest Post … Its Opening Day!
Written by Bill on October 9th, 2008 | 3 CommentsIt is my pleasure to introduce MY Wife!!! I asked Dawn to grace us with her wit and wisdom when it comes to my passion … HOCKEY, and her take on the upcoming season! She would not let me read it while she wrote this post and she made me promise that whatever she sent me … I had to post … UNEDITED! So … here ya go!!! Continue reading...
San Jose Sharks’ Randy Hahn And His 08/09 NHL Predictions!
Written by Bill on October 9th, 2008 | 3 CommentsRandy Hahn … one of the great San Jose Sharks play by play announcers posted up his “predictions” for the NHL year. I have been a fan of Randy’s … along with Dan and Drew ever since I became a Sharks fan in 2001 (which was then followed by my employment with the Sharks in 03/04!). I think as far as announcers and commentators, San Jose has some of the BEST in the industry. Continue reading...
Barry Melrose Says …
Written by Bill on October 8th, 2008 | 2 CommentsHere we are, not 2 games into the season and Barry is already giving us sound bites and quotes that make me laugh! I guess he is not to keen on the 2 games in Prague where the Bolts were outshot 2-1 (well, 80-40 … but who is counting?). Continue reading...
RUMOR - Jim Balsillie is baaaaack and sniffing around Nashville.
Written by Bill on October 1st, 2008 | 5 CommentsJim Balsillie is once again trying to get into the NHL … this time he is making a run for Billy “Boots” Del Biaggio’s minority share in the Predators. How many times is this now? Here is a guy who just wont take “No” for an answer. I don’t understand what Bettman and his crew have against this guy – I mean, come on, could he be any worse than the upstanding Del Biaggio and his loan fraud activities? After all, here is a guy who LOVES the sport, wants to be part of the action and has money to spend. Continue reading...
NHL.com is doing a little remodeling! Its about time.
Written by Bill on September 24th, 2008 | 6 CommentsNHL.com has a redesign in the works! They are moving away from the boring, cluttered, poor layout they have been managing and bringing in a new design that still delivers the information, but to me, in a less cluttered … more “social media” centric way. You can see the new layout by going HERE … At first glance, what impresses me about the “look and feel” is the grayed out navigation bar along the top with the game schedule also subdued until you hover your mouse over the game or team you want to click on. By making those links blend into the site the NHL has now brought the very colorful pictures to the forefront. The first thing I noticed is how vivid the pictures are and how much room there is on the site now. I like how they have centered the site also instead of having it justified left (like they have @ nhl.com) and they finally did away with the ice background and went to a clean black back drop that is also helping in making their pictures POP! It looks like they are running this in a beta format right now which means you might run into some issues. Links not working, load times being longer than usual, empty space not looking “right” … but aside from that, I think this is a step in the right direction. Check it out for yourself … Continue reading...
2008 / 2009 Daily Deke Fantasy Hockey
Written by Bill on September 9th, 2008 | 0 CommentsWelcome to the inaugural Daily Deke Fantasy Hockey League. Since IceJunkies and Nosebleed Media (Daily Deke) merged this past year, we are proud and honored to be your center of Fantasy Hockey Addiction. Continue reading...
The IIHF, AKA - The 800 Pound Gorrilla!
Written by Bill on September 8th, 2008 | 0 CommentsIn what appears to be a gesture of good faith the KHL (Kontinental Hockey League) have surprisingly agreed to have the Radulov case reviewed by a third party arbitrator for a final resolution. Apparently someone has broken through to KHL president Alexander Medvedev, and my money is on the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation). Medvedev is part of the executive council of the IIHF and I can almost hear the conversations that have gone on over the past 3 or 4 weeks. Anyone order the Humble Pie … Anyone??? Continue reading...
