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The Free Agency Bargain Bin

by on June 3, 2009- 61 Comments

In the MLSE land of unreasonable expectations, even a superstar troupe like Burke and Wilson will not be afforded another record breaking season; at least not if said record is a fifth consecutive season of playoff free hockey. Subsequently Burke is going to be looking for a catalyst to the rebuilding project come summer and the most obvious route will arrive in early July, not a week earlier in Montreal.

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What Would YOU Do… on July 1st!

by on April 10, 2009- 70 Comments

So you're Brian Burke and it's July 1st.

Who do you go after? And what is the contract you offer?

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Does Fighting Make Cents?

by on January 30, 2009- 567 Comments

I was reading through a few archived sports articles involving statistical and economic analyses the other day, and came across a very interesting piece titled "Blood Money: Incentives for Violence in NHL Hockey". I was reading the article as part of an economics of professional sports course I was taking at the university, and was intrigued because it had been written by a Dr. John P. Haisken Denew, a Hamilton native who had taken the very same course I was taking some many years ago. [more…]