18 March, 2010

Category Archives: Toronto Globe and Mail

"He's great for the game and a great personality."

12 January, 2009

[Ovechkin] might have been the first MVP winner in recent history to join the team’s rookies for training camp, a week ahead of the veterans. At the end of the week, he took all 26 of them out for dinner, the closest most of them will ever get to an NHL per diem.

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$1,850,000 – A Pretty Good Average Salary

12 August, 2008

It was my understanding that there would be no math . . . (bonus points if someone posts a link to the old SNL Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford video, which I could not find). The illustrious James Mirtle has posted a brief NHL salary analysis today, with the promise of more to come on [...]

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Arbitration Ain't About Summer Love

29 July, 2008

In Tuesday’s Globe and Mail, James Mirtle uncovers the unpleasant side of the NHL’s arbitration system, in which clubs make the case that their player ain’t all that while the NHLPA suggests that the club pretty much can’t live without him. “When cases go to a hearing, they can often get ugly, as players, agents [...]

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