Stop Me If You Have Heard This One Before . . .
By: Jeff Little • May 22nd, 2009
Work has been a nightmare for the past few weeks, so I have been unforgiveably absent from the blogosphere for that period of time. For better or worse, I am back, and am working on several pieces on the draft, broadcasters, etc. Watch this space!
Anyway, could not resist the opportunity to point everyone to
this piece, written by one of my colleagues over at
Inside Hockey, bemoaning the mercurial Nikolai Zherdev, his lack of work ethic, consistency and long term reliability. He concludes that the Rangers cannot afford to sign Z this summer, and should package him while they can.
So, does this refrain sound at all familiar to anyone??? All hail, Scott Howson . . . we are not worthy!!!
A native of the SF Bay Area, my first exposure to hockey was the SF/Oakland/California Golden Seals, including Charlie Finley and the white skates. Fast forward to the late 1980's when Gretzky and the Kings came up to the Bay Area for an exhibition game at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, for which we had glass seats. I was at the first San Jose Sharks game in the Cow Palace, and followed them for their first few pathetic years, before moving to Columbus in 1994. I attended the first pro-NHL rally downtown, and have been a season ticket holder since Day 1, wife & I are active in the Jacket Backers, and son is an avid fan as well. I cover the Jackets for Inside Hockey, and contribute regularly to a variety of hockey sites. I maintain contact with the Jackets organization, and like to dig into stories, bringing a fresh, and sometimes irreverent perspective to hockey.
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Comment by roadman on 26 May 2009:
Glad to have you back, understand entirely about work dragging down the Hockey side of things. Actually was forded to listen to game four against the Wings, had to be in NC, no way out. Man that was a bummer, one of the best games of the year and I'm on the radio. Oh well!! Lots coming before long, pre-draft trades? The Draft, Nash et al signings, UFA's?. Can't wait. Look forward to hearing from you and comparing notes & opinions.