Advantage -- NHL 2011-2012!

I'm enjoying the heck out of the flurry of signings and Free Agent team-switching as the NHL enjoys its new, augmented salary cap. The new cap is $64.3 million, where the old one was $56.8 million.

No one in the NHL front-office is saying this publicly, but I think the impetus for hiking up the salary cap, despite an economic mega-recession and fairly flat revenues, is the demise of the NBA. The NBA (Negroes Behaving Arrogantly) is virtually certain to enter a long stretch of "Labor unrest" as the spoiled punks refuse to play. With the specter of empty arenas during dates that the NBA would normally dominate, the NHL rushes in to fill the void.

I think it's great for hockey. The old salary level was insufficient to put maximum talent on the ice. Now nearly every team in the league has gotten what it wants in terms of talent and players. Few teams can complain of truly being "constrained" by the cap.

So Long Live the NHL Champion Boston Bruins! and bring on 29 challengers!

Tell you what, it's been borderline impossible to keep up with all of the moves the Flyers have made lately. The Jagr signing is funny and was more than likely just to stick it to Pittsburg. Not saying I'm going to mind being able to watch old #68 skate all the time, though.

I'm glad Jagr didn't sign with the Penguins. The fans treated him like crap from the day he was traded to the Capitals, and the local media was just as harsh. He had some speeding tickets and was petulant at times, but was hardly in the same league with countless black athlete criminals and thugs. He mainly just had an unrestrained exuburance for life when he was in his late teens and early 20s -- babes, fast cars, gambling, lots of money, quite a change from his earlier life in Czechoslovakia.

But Jagr is no airhead -- he wore number 68 in honor of his country's aborted attempted to overthrow communism in 1968. He was a helluva a talent and helped the Penguins win two Stanley Cups when he was 19 and 20 years old, and at times almost single-handedly kept them playoff worthy after Mario Lemieux retired the first time at the age of 31.

Don Wassall said:

I'm glad Jagr didn't sign with the Penguins.  The fans treated him like crap from the day he was traded to the Capitals, and the local media was just as harsh.  He had some speeding tickets and was petulant at times, but was hardly in the same league with countless black athlete criminals and thugs.  He mainly just had an unrestrained exuburance for life when he was in his late teens and early 20s -- babes, fast cars, gambling, lots of money, quite a change from his earlier life in Czechoslovakia. 
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He was no different than Jordan. He and Lemieux had clashes about his after hours lifestyle conflicting with job. But the numbers don't really justify that concern. I wonder what he has left now though as he is about 40.

Well, Lemieuxwasn't a carouser, but he was hardly the epitome of a fitness buff. He smoked most of his career and never exercised other than practice and actual games, and by playing golf. Many wondered if his passion for golf didn't exacerbate his endless back problems.

He was a great great player, but could have done a lot more to help his physical fitness than he did. By contrast, Jagr had legs as strong as oak trees even as a teenager and was always very strong and had great endurance.

Don Wassall said:

He was a great great player, but could have done a lot more to help his physical fitness than he did. By contrast, Jagr had legs as strong as oak trees even as a teenager and was always very strong and had great endurance.

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Lots of teams wish they could sign Jagr. He was the all-time NHL possession king, i.e. by far the most difficult player to separate from the puck. I enjoyed his time in Washington, because he was a big-time Caps-killer when on the Pens!

[My first "reply" on the upgraded CF site, trying to get the hang of it. Outstanding new site, DW!]

NHL Hockey training camps start today Sunday 11 Sept 2011

Thank Goodness the NHL season kicks-off with Rookie camps this week, and training camps next week. Allows me to jump straight from Major League Baseball to the National Hockey League and completely skip over the odious NFL, College Football, and their overtly anti-White policies. My only regret in 2011 is that the NFL didn't go on strike for, oh, about ten years. With any luck, the NBA (Negroes Behaving Arrogantly) will strike, fold, and disappear forever