The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Ryan Kesler penned an interesting piece for [The Player’s Tribune] about “American hockey”. As a Canadian, what Kesler describes as “American” seems to read as quintessentially “Canadian” as well. Let the debate begin! Last week had a lot of…
It is the NHL’s trade deadline today, an event that not only sees players moved from city to city and team to team but that has also become a major television (and new media) spectacle on Canadian sports networks like TSN and Sportsnet. Hockey in Society writers have written about a number of relevant posts…
At noon EST today, the NHL’s free agency period opens. At a basic level, this means that players whose contracts have expired or been bought out, and who are eligible for unrestricted free agency (UFA), can begin fielding offers from NHL teams and are free to sign contracts as of 12:00 PM. But over the…
Welcome to Hockey in Society’s Weekly Links post. This feature highlights articles or blog entries that are related to Hockey in Society’s areas of interest and that may be of interest to the site’s readers. Hockey Links If you haven’t done so, please check out the great posts by Matt Ventresca and E.M. Nolan this…
By Matt Ventresca I think the powers that be at TSN are going to start wondering about me. It may seem to some readers that I can’t make up my mind whether to praise the Canadian sports broadcasting powerhouse or criticise them. In my last post about the World Junior Hockey Championship, I applauded the…
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