Fiddling While Glendale Burns
March 4, 2013 The expiration date (January 31) for the Hockey Partners arena management agreement with the City of Glendale was over a month ago. Despite vague assurances from new mayor Jerry Weiers...
View ArticleGlendale Fiddles
March 6, 2013 The City of Glendale is visibly stalled in their attempt to find a new arena manager that also will own the Phoenix Coyotes. While the shortened season is rapidly drawing to a close, the...
View ArticleSkeete’s Swan Song
March 7, 2013 The clock is ticking down, apparently, on Glendale’s Acting City Manager Horatio Skeete. Skeete was the subject of a special meeting a couple days ago. By some accounts, his days as a...
View ArticleOn The Company Dime
March 12, 2013 We heard that three members of the Glendale city government; Mayor Weiers, CM Gary Sherwood and CM Sam Chavira were in Washington, DC. According to a March 11 post on Mr. Chavira’s...
View ArticleHockey Biz
March 15, 2013 After riding an unprecedented and spectacular three game point streak, Coyotes enforcer Paul Bissonnette seems to be back to his role as a healthy scratch. Biz (Bis?) is more famous for...
View ArticleMandatory Visor Rule? Duh.
The NHL General Manager’s meeting yesterday (March 20, 2013) included serious discussion of implementing a mandatory visor rule in the NHL. With the recent emphasis on concussion safety in the league,...
View ArticleCoyotes Season On The Downhill Run
The end of the lockout shortened season is closing in and the Coyotes aren’t ready. The downhill run to the playoffs is in full swing and the Coyotes will have a shorter season than usual if they don’t...
View ArticleCoyotes Games In A Resort Destination
DEF: “chirp” v. To insult a person or group of people in a good or foul natured fashion. One of the favorite chirp subjects leveled against the Phoenix Coyotes is the poor attendance for Coyotes home...
View ArticleTrolls Are Persistent
Internet trolls are a persistent bunch. I’ve written about them before (click here and/or here) and have taken to ignoring them as much as possible with all the blocking tools at my disposal. One of...
View ArticleHow To Miss The NHL Playoffs
Before you get your shorts in a bunch, I don’t think the Coyotes are dead until they’re dead. That said, the math to make the NHL playoffs this year became more challenging after the loss to the Red...
View ArticleNew York Times Not Checking Facts
The mashup joke slogan for the New York Times “All The News That Fits, We Print” is accurate. There’s no other explanation. Nobody Cares If You Make It Up There was a blog post today from a couple guys...
View ArticleIce Edge: People in Phoenix don’t want to go to a hockey game
Here we are again, scant weeks away from another deadline of impending doom for the “still here” Phoenix Coyotes in Glendale. The contender leading the pack to end up with the Coyotes is the Anthony...
View ArticleCoyotes Glendale Challenge
The math for the Coyotes making the playoffs for the fourth straight year is daunting. The teams above them in the standings continue to either win or be involved in “three point games”, overtime where...
View ArticleBettman: Coyotes Are Staying In Glendale
Punxsutawney Phil has a pressure filled job; lots of people believe him, lots of people don’t believe him, others use his predictions and twist them to meet their own agenda, people often call him a...
View ArticleNo Penalties For “Stars”
Here we are again with an obvious non-call on the ice and no hearing with the NHL for a “star” player. This time it’s repeat offender Edmonton Oilers designated punk Taylor Hall maliciously slashing a...
View ArticleBidders For Glendale Arena
I know the name of the arena in Glendale is Jobing.com arena, but it’s owned for the time being by the City of Glendale. Calendar Watching The last regular season game scheduled for the Coyotes is...
View ArticleGlendale Wants Reinsdorf
Glendale finally released their Request For Proposals (RFP) for managing their city owned arena. Bids must all be submitted to Beacon Sports Capital by May 24, 2013 with everything signed, sealed and...
View ArticleLeadership Counts, Leadership Pays
By now, most of you know about the Coyotes sweater Keith Yandle wore during warmups last night. If you don’t, the Coyotes defenseman and alternate Captain had a sweater rushed through by Artcraft...
View ArticleShane Doan Should Lose
My personal and professional admiration for Shane Doan is unshaken, he’s a legit role model in this house. I’m not alone in this opinion, according to NHL.com, Shane is one of the top ten NHL Captains...
View ArticleNote To Dan Bickley: Get Bent – AGAIN
Hey Dan, it’s me again… You must be aware there are essentially two schools of thought about dealing with objectionable statements. One is to ignore them, the rationale being to give them any thought...
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