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Jamie Nye: NHL wants you to think this season is all about you
The NHL and its players are reading from the same playbook when it comes to selling the season. They're here for you, hockey fans. Gary Bettman says the league has and will lose billions by going ahea...
Jan 12, 2021
NHLers know not everyone’s happy they’re playing: ‘We’re not blind’
Connor McDavid knows what it looks like to some. Millionaire hockey players travelling province to province for games when everyone else is asked to refrain from doing anything remotely similar as the...
Jan 10, 2021
Jamie Nye: Does the NFL need a draft lottery to reduce tanking?
The NHL does it. The NBA does it. Is it time the NFL does it as well? I'm talking about the draft lottery. The issue comes up when the topic of tanking comes up and it seems like it comes up more and ...
Jan 07, 2021
Alberta approves NHL games for Edmonton, Calgary; Manitoba still in discussions
Alberta is the first province to officially say the NHL can play games in its arenas for the upcoming season, while at least one of its counterparts says it is working toward granting the same access....
Dec 31, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
NHL believes it can play games in all seven Canadian markets
The NHL believes all seven of its Canadian teams can start the season playing out of their home arenas. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday the league believes it is clear to play in Canad...
Dec 25, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
NHL, players reach tentative deal for 56-game season
Drop the puck in mid-January? The National Hockey League is well on the way to making that happen. The NHL and players reached a tentative deal Friday to hold a 56-game season that would begin Jan. 13...
Dec 20, 2020 (Mark Humphrey/The Associated Press file photo)
‘A mighty fine man’: Indigenous hockey pioneer Fred Sasakamoose remembered at funeral
Fred Sasakamoose was intent on telling his story. The Indigenous hockey pioneer didn't realize he was running out of time. Sasakamoose, who was remembered as a survivor, trailblazer and community lead...
Dec 06, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Jamie Nye: Rangers make curious decision on Lafreniere
The New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils gave Team Canada and Team USA the bad news. Alexis Lafreniere will not be loaned to Canada by the Rangers for the world junior hockey championship and neithe...
Dec 04, 2020
Jamie Nye: TV money shows why the NFL, NBA are further ahead than the NHL
Remember that TV rules in sports. The deals cut with broadcasters are really the telltale signs of which league can move forward and which ones are stumbling around. The NFL is doing everything possib...
Dec 02, 2020
Jamie Nye: A gamble worth making on gambling
Saskatoon Member of Parliament and former TV sportscaster Kevin Waugh knows how a change in sports gambling could mean big business for Canada. It's why he introduced a private members bill to allow s...
Nov 27, 2020
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