Door Still Open For Balsillie & Hamilton
June 29th, 2009 by FAN590
I thought out loud last week that it was all over for Jim Balsillie and the city of Hamilton. I said unless the NHL and Jerry Reinsdorf are very stupid the bid by the Canadian Billionaire to move the Phoenix Coyotes to Copps Coliseum was done like dinner. The door had firmly closed I thought […]
Administration, anyone?
June 18th, 2009 by doug.farraway
Who will put Liverpool into administration? Who dares? As I write this column the sands of financial change continue to shift under my feet but here goes anyway.In the past few days these headlines have come out of England; “Premier League clubs boast 3.1bn pounds of debt”, “Liverpool FC owners lose 42.6 million pounds”, and this […]
Toronto?!
June 12th, 2009 by doug.farraway
I have been asked repeatedly on the radio and via e mail, this question; why haven’t you ranted about the influence of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Balsillie to Hamilton case?
Simple. What can be added to that debate? Indeed what can be added to the territorial rights issue also involving for some people, the […]
A Final prediction.
May 29th, 2009 by doug.farraway
Well now, that third round wasn’t so hot for the old Deacon was it?
Generally there’s always an upstart who claws their way to the final only to be smoked or separated from their hearts, like Calgary, Edmonton to name a few from recent history. But not this year, it’s a Stanley Cup rematch of the […]
I’m still alive!
May 15th, 2009 by doug.farraway
Yep still hoping for cash from the longest running NHL playoff pool I know of. If the Chicago Black Hawks go to the final in fact I could finish first, just, could.
But enough of that. In these pages I have been regaling you with my choices since the beginning of the playoffs, and if you’ve […]
He’s on fire folks!
April 30th, 2009 by doug.farraway
I hate to brag (but I will)!
I only missed one playoff series result. Silly me was sucked into believing that finally this would be the year for the Sharks. I did think the series would go seven because of Jonas Hiller, but i thought in the end the Sharks would prevail over Anaheim. Ducks in six […]
Remember “Fearless” Fosdick?
April 14th, 2009 by doug.farraway
Too young?
Fine. Check out L’il Abner next time you’re googling. Is googling a verb yet?
Like “fearless” I present my 2009 NHL playoff predictions. I’d bet your house on these.
In the east, it will be Boston in a romp over Montreal. This puppy goes no longer than 5 games unless Bob Gainey puts out George Laraque […]
Evisceration! It’s coming to a Leaf team near you.
April 6th, 2009 by doug.farraway
Eviscerate.
Nice sounding word huh?
It means, “to disembowel”.
Brian Burke is about to use his stealy knives to rip his current roster to shreds.
In my estimation, these are the players who will be left as Toronto Maple Leafs from the current roster when training camp opens next September; Vesa Toskala, Mike Van Ryn, Luke Schenn, Pavel […]
A League on the rise.
March 18th, 2009 by doug.farraway
There are many who argue that MLS is about to take a dive, literally.The reasons for such a fall they suggest are obvious.First, in a tough economy fringe sports falter they opine, only the tried and true survive.Secondly they suggest any MLS notoriety or success over the last 14 months has been tied to the […]
Wednesday’s economics.
March 2nd, 2009 by doug.farraway
How much of what happens on Wednesday in the NHL is tied to the current economic situation in North America?
We’ll probably have a better clue at 3.01 Eastern time as the trade deadline passes, however we can already see some fault lines in Gary Bettman’s rosy world.
In Phoenix for example where they’ve given up the […]
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