Revenge not always best served, period
Posted by Josh Aldrich - Red Deer Advocate • March, 18 2010 10:09 AM • Red Deer Advocate
Tonight’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins has the potential to get down right biblical.
I’m talking eye-for-an-eye, Old Testament stuff.
The hockey world will be sitting on the edge of their seat to see what kind of retribution the Bruins will attempt to dole out, if any, for the Matt Cooke hit that took out Marc Savard for the balance of the season.
The Bruins in the middle of fighting for their playoff lives have struggled all year offensively and could ill afford to lose their top offensive man.
New rule misses the mark in head hunting battle
Posted by Josh Aldrich - Red Deer Advocate • March, 12 2010 5:00 AM • Red Deer Advocate
So it has come to this.
The NHL has deemed it its responsibility to legislate respect into the game.
It has been a long road to this point, and we could look at how they arrived at this decision or we could look at the best ways of solving it.
On Wednesday at the NHL GM’s meetings in Boca Raton, Fla., it was agreed upon by the league’s general managers to put forth a rule that would penalize blind-side head shots.
Two rivals collide for the better good
Posted by Josh Aldrich - Red Deer Advocate • March, 05 2010 5:00 AM • Red Deer Advocate
I now have hope for world peace.
At the very least maybe a truce between the Israelis and Palestinians.
Why?
Because the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers have finally made a trade — with the Oilers sending veteran rearguard Steve Staios down the QE2 for depth defenceman Aaron Johnson and a conditional third round pick — the condition being Calgary will decide if it is for this year’s draft or next year.
The NHL needs the Olympics, they’ll be back
Posted by Josh Aldrich - Red Deer Advocate • February, 26 2010 6:00 AM • Red Deer Advocate
The NHL will be back.
I am talking about the Olympics.
Commissioner Gary Bettman is a smart man — believe it or not. He knows it would be monumentally stupid for the league not to sign a new deal to send NHLers to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
All the NHL is doing in delaying to sign a new deal is trying to hold on to one more bargaining chip.
The stories that will make the games
Posted by Josh Aldrich - Red Deer Advocate • February, 12 2010 5:00 AM • Red Deer Advocate
The Olympics are finally here.
For some reason I’m not necessarily as over the top excited as I thought I might be.
With the 6 1/2 years of debate, promotion, preparation and protest I have a strange feeling these next two weeks may feel somewhat anti-climatic.
With that being said there are still many story lines to follow heading into Friday’s opening ceremonies that should provide enough intrigue to carry you through.
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