It’s good to be back after a hiatus from writing for the site. The old saying goes that in law school they scare you to death in the first year, work you to death in the second year, and bore you to death in the third year. Consider me officially bored, but unfortunately that doesn’t […]
Category: Hockey
On October 13, 2008 Gary Bettman stated the NHL is still in growth mode despite the global economic downturn. While the rest of the world has been rightfully nervous about the months ahead, Bettman seemed pretty confident. If his statement seemed odd to you, you were not alone. Bettman came off as either naïve to […]
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Mike Danton’s Lovely Life
Does anything work in favor of former NHL player, Mike Danton? He went to jail for plotting to kill his former agent, David Frost. Frost was not only his agent, but took Danton as a part of his family after Danton disowned his own kin. Danton definitely had a tough chlildhood, and it seems like […]
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Frost Left Out In The Cold
Barring an agent from a training camp may come off as extreme, but not when the agent in consideration is one who once quit the profession after becoming the target in a murder-for-hire plot involving one of his clients (Mike Danton) and is still awaiting trial on sexual exploitation charges. I am talking about the same guy who a […]
For the past few weeks, one of the hot topics in hockey circles has been the stream of NHL talent heading across the Atlantic to join teams in the new Russian Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Players leaving the NHL to play in Europe is nothing new. Leagues in Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Germany, and other countries […]
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July 1st Post Mortem
I wrote an article a few weeks ago in anticipation of the start of the NHL free agency period. I described it as the NHL’s “silly season”. I had no idea it would be as silly as it was. In an off-season where very few marquee free agents were available, teams paid major dollars for […]
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Buyer Beware: The NHL’s Silly Season
On July 1st, millions upon millions of dollars will be spent by NHL clubs looking to strengthen their teams for a run at the Stanley Cup. But only one of those teams will make the acquisition that will win them the Cup. Last season, the Detroit Red Wings’ decision to sign defenseman Brian Rafalski played […]
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Phenom Fires His Agent
Next year, fans of the bottom feeders of the NHL will be rooting for their teams to lose enough games to have a shot at John Tavares, the 17 year old star of the Ontario Hockey League. Much like a Crosby or Ovechkin, Tavares has the hype behind him to capture interest from local fans […]
Current MBA/J.D. student and avid reader of SportsAgentBlog.com, Jared March, decided to write a guest contribution after Kenji’s Love On Ice post and its controversial comments: This year, the NHL enjoyed its most successful season compared to any other year in the past decade. In America. Attendance figures represents the league’s ability to actually get […]
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Love on Ice
So the NHL has finally completed their comeback. When was this, you ask? Look no further than the upcoming Mike Myers, Justin Timberlake, and Jessica Alba film. Hockey purists may argue that the NHL has never fallen off but numbers don’t lie. Since returning from the league’s lockout a few years back, attendance and viewership […]