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From my Time at the Draft

by SENShobo on 06/27/09 at 05:07 PM ET
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It’s been a whirlwind few days here in Montreal for me, an incredible experience being around the teams we love, the media who keep us in the loop, and the players we’ll soon be cheering (or jeering) for years to come.

A few last thoughts for the day, for the Senators, for what faces the media, and just for the fun of it.

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Commodore Welcomes Ottawa To Columbus

by SENShobo on 01/30/09 at 03:43 PM ET
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From TSN,

Two days after he publicly ripped Red Wings’ coach Mike Babcock, Commodore turned his attention to current Ottawa Senators’ general manager Bryan Murray who brought him to Ottawa and briefly coached the blueliner last season.
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“Bryan Murray said some things to the media that he shouldn’t have,” Commodore told the Dispatch. “I’d have a meeting with him and he’d end up saying things to the media that he wouldn’t say to my face.

“I’m struggling, the team’s struggling, and Bryan’s telling the media that I’m a player with no hands and no ability. Then they’d come to me and I’d have to spin it somehow, or try to laugh it off.”
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“But when I go around the room and ask the other defensemen how we play in our own zone, and I get six different answers how am I supposed to fit in?

“I was excited when I first got there. I thought we were going to the (Stanley) Cup Finals. What they were trying to do, I had accomplished. And then they brought me in there during my unrestricted year and demoted me? That’s more than a little tough to take.”

And that, well, that got me to thinking…

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Tags: Brian+Murray, Craig+Hartsburg, Eugene+Melnyk, Mike+Commodore, Steve+Yzerman,

ASG - Breakaway Challenge Sure To Break The Mold This Year

by SENShobo on 01/16/09 at 04:34 PM ET
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Wednesday marks the final slate of games before the All-Star break. While the All-Star game gets much of the attention, for fans of the sport itself, Saturday will provide a good dose of skill and even some excitement, if it’s executed well. I look forward to witnessing the excitement up close and personal in a week.

Without a doubt, the introduction of the Breakaway Challenge last year had a lot of people (players included) scratching their heads as the League attempted to duplicate the gasp-worthy athletics and style of the NBA Slam Dunk contest. This year, however, players seem to be taking the event a little more (ie. less) seriously.

That, contradiction or not, is what will give you reason to watch, even if it’s after the fact on YouTube. Already, the competitors are getting ready to put on a show, as the video will show.

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ASG - What’s In A ‘Star’?

by SENShobo on 01/06/09 at 11:27 AM ET
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Nineteen days to go until the All-Star Game. Nine years (eight seasons) since the game was last held in Canada (Toronto).

Looking forward to the event, telling some friends, perhaps the most shocking (and common) question I received was a variant of the following:

“What’s the All-Star Game?”

Shocking, not because you might suspect that being in Canada near Toronto should erase all questions about the game, from the obvious to the obscure, but because I’m not really sure how clearly you can answer that.

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ASG - The Official And Unofficial Sources

by SENShobo on 01/05/09 at 11:57 AM ET
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With the Winter Classic fanfare fading from a loud roar to discussions of the future, the NHL turns its sights now to the 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal happening in just under three weeks.

For the official news and stories, you can hop to the official 2009 NHL All-Star Game website.

For unofficial news and stories, I will be attending on behalf of KK, and will post my own thoughts and other related stories in the weeks leading up to and during the event on my blog here at KK.

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My NHL Christmas Wish List - Part 5

by SENShobo on 12/24/08 at 11:38 AM ET
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Tis the season to be jolly, be merry, and of course to have wish lists for those shiny boxes under the tree come Christmas morn.

Like some children asking for a pony, or like me every time I asked for a car, some wish lists go unfilled, but just like the gifts themselves, the wishing and hoping is important. If not for now, then in some cases at least for later.

With that, I continue writing my NHL wish list, five things I’d like to see from the League that I believe will benefit not only fans, but the players and the League as well. Today, it’s about spreading the good word.

My NHL Christmas Wish List thus far:
Better out-of-arena viewing options for fans
Better and more accessible statistics
Better direction with the next CBA to heal and even grow the League
Better approach to League discipline, suspensions, and acceptable conduct
Today’s item: Better advertising for our game

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My NHL Christmas Wish List - Part 1

by SENShobo on 12/16/08 at 11:08 AM ET
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Tis the season to be jolly, be merry, and of course to have wish lists for those shiny boxes under the tree come Christmas morn.

With that, the next few days I’ll be writing my NHL wish list, five things I’d like to see from the League that I believe will benefit not only fans, but the players and the League as well.

Today’s wish list item: Better out-of-arena viewing options for fans.

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Shadow Looms Over BOG Meeting

by SENShobo on 12/08/08 at 11:37 AM ET
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This week, the NHL’s teams will converge in Florida for the board of governors meeting, with plenty to discuss.

There will likely be talk about Avery, head shots, and even Sundin, as an initiative will be brought forth to put a UFA signing deadline in place, even as it will need clauses for injured players, but not for those needing a year to ponder retirement, or drum up some profit in online poker ads.

The biggest issue, of course and without doubt, will be the economy, and how to get the League back on track, something that the League can tackle, if it is willing to make the new, harder choices.

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A Fiasco? In The NHL? Never…

by SENShobo on 11/14/08 at 05:19 PM ET
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Widely reported around the internet, and summed up nicely on KK by Red and Black Hockey, Habs fans have devised an ingenious way to take over the All-Star game, using technology.

Is this what you meant when you said the NHL has the most tech savvy fans, Bettman?

Posted earlier as well, the NHL is investigating into this, though NHL spokesperson Gary Meaghar is “not at a point where I can say definitively that something has taken place.”

I hate to and apologize for saying it, but this looks like a classic case of egg on face. Most tech savvy fans, maybe, but can the League really claim such innocence from reality? Question is, what’s their move now?

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Might Not Just Be Bloggers Feeling Dismissed

by SENShobo on 11/01/08 at 12:03 PM ET
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From Yang Liu of Imprint,

The late great American sports journalist Howard Cosell coined the famous phrase regarding sports reporting, calling it “the toy department of news media.” He would later go on to say “sports media is the toy department of life.” Cosell was merely being ironically self-deprecating, but many in the “more prestigious fields” of journalism such as politics or business have taken the phrase to heart.

Despite being a prominent staple of newspapers and media outlets for over a century now, the sports section is still largely considered by many to be a light-hearted section and often relegated to the back of news telecasts or papers. There is a misconception that many people hold — a binary distinction between seriousness and quality on one side, and superficial and “tabloid” on the other. There is no provision that excludes sports journalism from the analysis, investigation, and critique that forms the basis of legitimate news reporting.

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An interesting read, related a bit to my post yesterday about the tension between bloggers and MSM and the League. Maybe it’s this treatment of not just sports journalists, but of sport on the whole, this dismissal, that could in some way induce much of sport’s dismissal of bloggers and non-professional writers, not that there aren’t a host of explanations available, logical or otherwise.

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