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NHL goalie salaries and playoff impact

It’s such common wisdom to say that your team gets you into the playoffs but your goalie gets you to the final that the phrase has become a hackneyed cliche. But there’s a new cliche in town:  One lesson is starting to become clear in the new NHL is that...

The Armchair GM’s Rx for the #Canucks in 2009/2010

Let’s face facts, sports fans… the Canucks were not, this year or any other year, a team slated to go deep in the playoffs by anyone.  While fans railed against what they saw as biased coverage of the last remaining Canadian team’s play by a bunch...

SBC Won’t Name Names in File-Sharing Cases

*As proof that market dynamics can influence lawmaking, SBC has fallen into step with Verizon in putting up roadblocks to stop the RIAA’s maniacal tirade against P2P. The quote that says it all? * “We are going to challenge every single one of these that...

Polishing Hollywood’s Image Starts From the Sidewalk Up

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/11/national/ 11HOLL.html?ex37979389&ei=1&enU6a524378c3e3fd Polishing Hollywood’s Image Starts From the Sidewalk Up November 11, 2002 By CHARLIE LeDUFF HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 10 – It is commonly said at cocktail parties...

Must Read: Gore Vidal on the Bush Conspiracy..

http://dks.thing.net/EnemyWithin.html Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Ben Franklin (1706-1790) Historical Review of Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania. On 27 October...