Cold Hard Rants

Bettman v. Balsillie–The Day of Reckoning is Upon Us

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive. The question though, of who indeed is taking…

15 years ago

Dissecting the Conference Finals Schedule

Admittedly, I sometimes get bored having to re-hash the same foibles of the NHL over and over and over again.…

15 years ago

From Russia, With Love?

You are seventeen. You come from an under privileged up-bringing. Two parents who work hard to bring in an income,…

15 years ago

Quieter than the Loudest Church Mouse

As all of our avid and loyal readers are undoubtedly well aware, earlier this week Illegal Curve conducted its first…

15 years ago

Scheduling Yourself into Irrelevance

There is a sort of un-written rule that when it comes to the amalgam between professional sports and television, television…

15 years ago

In a (Low) Class by Themselves

In the interests of full disclosure, as well as my usual brand of brutal honesty, I will tell you, dear…

15 years ago

Turning the Big MO, into a Big NO

In sports, the impact and the importance of momentum cannot be over-emphasized. It starts with a timely goal, a crushing…

15 years ago

Monday Night Trivia

Scroll down to number 6 in Neil's article about the Top 10 NHL Goalie Masks of all time. First person…

15 years ago

Cold Hard Rants: Recession, Shemecession

To begin, a multiple choice question: Q: You are a semi-established sporting organisation trying to gain a foothold in a…

15 years ago

Cold Hard Rants: New Rules

With apologies to Real Time with Bill Maher, here are some NHL inspired “new rules” that I have developed. For…

16 years ago