Criteria for buying an NHL team

Ryan Lambert
August 26 2009 01:02PM

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With all the craziness yesterday about the NHL formally submitting a bid for the Phoenix Coyotes, I found myself wondering what, exactly qualifies someone to submit a bid for an franchise.

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Here's how you know things are bad

Ryan Lambert
August 21 2009 01:32PM

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A post in which the young author is held computerless for almost two weeks.

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Y'all wouldn't understand

Ryan Lambert
August 06 2009 01:22PM

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The retirement of Jeremy Roenick probably means very little to you Canadians, except that the odd-looking loudmouth guy is finally gone.

But I can honestly say that, as far as American hockey goes, there might not have been a more important player in the last two decades.

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Darryl Sutter created a monster

Ryan Lambert
July 31 2009 06:51PM

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Yesterday, the NHL said it would be investigating the contract signed between Marian Hossa and the Chicago Blackhawks on the ground that the two parties may have colluded to circumvent the salary cap allowed by the current collective bargaining agreement. Similarly, the league revealed today it will also have a peek at the Chris Pronger deal.

Please don't let the league know this, too, is all Sutter's fault.

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How the homeless can help the Flames

Ryan Lambert
July 30 2009 02:06PM

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As you may or may not have heard, it came to light this week that the Penguins benefited a great deal over the course of the season from some sage advice from a homeless man.

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