On Hockey night in canada’s pre-game segment of Inside Hockey, Elliotte Friedman and Ron Maclean discussed the new wave of hockey reporting, the blogosphere. The bloggers, and we are many, do it, for the fun of it, but also to get our points across on how we see the game of hockey. Some are hoping that they can eventually do it for a living, and join the boys and girls on the beat in the pressbox.
Friedman and Maclean discussed about the many blogs and sites they visit to get their information. We saw Ron zip thru a few sites. One of them was James Mirtle’s blog. We also got a glimpse at Kukla’s Korner, operated by NHL.com’s own Paul Kukla, also another blogger and writer. Spector, Lyle Richardson, who blogs and writes for Foxsports. So if one of those sites has a link to your blog, make sure you keep it updated on regular basis, who knows it may just might be seen on Hockey night in Canada, if they decide to add more to the story later on in the season.
On Kukla’s Korner, on the links page, you will find a multitude of blogs and hockey sites, the same with Spector’s and James Mirtle’s. You could spend hours surfing from one blog to an another. So hopefully, bloggers will get there just due in the future.
The Pittsburgh Pittsburgh have put veteran winger,Mark Recchi on waivers, hoping that he will be claimed. In return the Pens would be off the hook for the remainder of his 2 million dollar salary and cap hit. If he goes unclaimed, but is put back re-entry waivers, the Pens would be on the hook for half of the remaining salary if a team chose to pick him up. Is there a market for a 39 year old right winger, even at half the salary ? We shall find out.
