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November 1, 2010
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Nashville
SEVERAL DAYS after the December 2002 trade of goalie Mike Dunham, I wrote a column that began: “Here’s the primary difference between Mike Dunham and Tomas Vokoun:…Dunham expected to be a No. 1 goalie in the NHL; Vokoun prepared to be one.” Nothing I’ve written generated so much first-hand feedback. To a man, the Preds players and staff told me I got it right. It’s still reassuring to know that I did, because that remains the franchise’s quintessential transaction. The Predators always have been more about work ethic and desire than talent and I have worked hard from the beginning to try and tell their story properly.…
FIGHTING IN WRITING
ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED, and retained, from Journalism 101 is the reporter shouldn’t be the story. It’s his or her job to hold up a mirror to the world, provide insight, analysis or perspective without interjecting the word “I” into copy. We’re relaxing that rule this week for our 30 NHL team correspondents, in part because of a tweak we’re introducing next issue (more on that later). We also thought it was appropriate to redirect some of the spotlight from the game’s rich and famous to the working-class craftsmen in this our “No Money Issue.” So we asked the writers to share a zinger from their pasts, an anecdote that has meaning to them and hopefully entertainment value for you. Those tales begin on pg. 36. In my experience, reporters…
Ask Adam?
What’s up, Adam? Edmonton’s great start to the season has us Oilers fans pumped up, but I’ve seen too much of this franchise’s woes this decade to believe we’re in the clear. Am I right to be a skeptic with this group of young guys? Bob Lanier, Prince Albert, Sask. What’s up, Bob? Yes, you’re right to hesitate before jumping on the Oilers bandwagon. Which isn’t to say Edmonton couldn’t be this year’s Phoenix or Colorado. But. It’s. Early. Repeat those last three words to Oil fans until December; after that, jump away. Hey Adam. Love the column. As I hear Quebec City and Winnipeg being thrown around as leading candidates for receiving a relocated club, one question keeps coming to mind: Why would the NHL send a franchise to a city that has…
WOMEN WORTH NOD FROM HALL
AT LONG LAST, the Hockey Hall of Fame is inducting its first female members Nov. 8. For its entire history, the HHoF’s induction committee treated the Hall’s highest honor as the sole property of those with both X and Y chromosomes. Although nothing in the Hall’s regulations specifically forbade women from being inducted, the lack of even a single female – even in the builders category – spoke volumes about the institution’s attitude toward half of the population. But with every passing year – and after other hockey Halls of Fame beat them to it (the IIHF and U.S.) – the HHoF finally did the right thing and announced that not one, but two women would be the first to go in and assume their rightful place among hockey’s immortals. And in picking…
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