Tag Archives: National Hockey League
The Last Holdout
When the National Hockey League locked out its players at the start of the 2012-13 season I was annoyed. And not just because billionaire owners were having trouble coming to terms with millionaire players. I was annoyed that they would wait until almost the beginning of the season to begin contract negotiations. These people don’t […]
Jumping On The Bandwagon
The National Hockey League playoffs start tonight, and the Ottawa Senators will be squaring off against the Montreal Canadiens. Does anyone care? Apparently millions of people do. Montreal has always been hockey mad, and the Canadiens are the league’s most storied franchise, an obsession throughout the province of Quebec. The Senators don’t have the same […]
The Offer
According to the fine print of the email I received yesterday: “This offer does not include a 6” Subway sandwich.” Which has me confused. I’m on the mailing list for the Ottawa Senators hockey club, and yesterday’s discount ticket offer had that message, indicated by an asterisk beside the ticket price. The Senators have been […]
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