Monthly Archives: August 2011

Devils switch to tiered pricing for home games

In the last few years, ticket buying and ticket selling has changed dramatically with the boom of the secondary market and more and more teams responding to that by going to tiered pricing. What tiered pricing is, in a nutshell, … Continue reading

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A Mixed Bag: Drury, Islanders, Zajac, Rick Rypien

With less than 10 days left in August, hockey’s around the corner with Traverse City getting underway in the second week of September, just as the U.S. Open finishes. Yes, I’m a huge tennis fan who follows the grand slams … Continue reading

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Zajac tears achilles, out three months (at least)

This is what technology has done for us…during a boring day at work, I was surfing the internet on my phone and came across a Devils tweet that said ‘Zajac had successful surgery to repair a torn achilles’. WHAT?!?!?! I … Continue reading

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Doughty, Selanne lead remaining FA’s, Devs/Rangers go young on D

Believe it or not, there are 16 days left in August. That means hockey’s around the corner. It still is offseason with some names still lingering around like former Ranger captain Chris Drury, who hopes to get a tryout somewhere. … Continue reading

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Miller passes up North Dakota for Plymouth

J.T. Miller decided to take the quicker route to the NHL. The New York Rangers’ 2011 first round selection will pass up a full athletic scholarship to North Dakota. Instead, the 15th overall pick from East Palestine Ohio, who signed … Continue reading

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Avery Arrest not encouraging sign

Sean Avery is a lot of things. Up till this past weekend, one of the NHL’s bad boys had never been in trouble off the ice. The controversial Ranger antagonist was arrested for pushing a cop while at his Hollywood … Continue reading

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My take on Islanders Arena

As many of you already know unless you were living on a different planet, the New York Islanders took a hit seven days ago when a majority voted against the referendum for a new Coliseum complete with a minor league … Continue reading

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Devils buy out White, who moves on to San Jose

After being waived by the Devils and then bought out once he cleared waivers yesterday afternoon, it didn’t take two-time Cup winner Colin White long to land on his feet. Today Whitey signed a one-year, $1 million deal with the … Continue reading

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Islander Arena Referendum Vote Today

The moment has finally arrived for Islander fans. For days, Long Islanders counted down to today’s pivotal Referendum Vote for a new arena in Nassau County. New York Islanders team owner Charles Wang pitched his new proposed arena that would … Continue reading

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Devils continue to shift things around, put White and Hunter on waivers

With a second buyout period available to the Devils starting today, few thought anything earth-shattering would happen, especially with the Devils a little under the salary cap with a full roster. Maybe it was somewhat expected that new acquisition Trent … Continue reading

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