Cold Hard Rants
/ 16 years agoBettman 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 a...
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/ 16 years agoDissecting 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. Poor...
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/ 16 years agoFrom Russia, With Love?
You are seventeen. You come from an under privileged up-bringing. Two parents who work hard to bring in an income, but...
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/ 16 years agoQuieter 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 ever...
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/ 16 years agoScheduling Yourself into Irrelevance
There is a sort of un-written rule that when it comes to the amalgam between professional sports and television, television wags...
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/ 16 years agoIn 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 reader,...
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/ 16 years agoTurning 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 hit,...
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/ 16 years agoMonday Night Trivia
Scroll down to number 6 in Neil’s article about the Top 10 NHL Goalie Masks of all time. First person to...
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/ 16 years agoCold 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 presently...
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/ 16 years agoCold Hard Rants: New Rules
With apologies to Real Time with Bill Maher, here are some NHL inspired “new rules” that I have developed. For reference...