commentary...

now that the 2011-2012 NHL season is over,i am taking a few days off from serious blogging,but will do some hockey trivia every day... this season was very difficult,and i simply need a break... the NHL collective bargaining agreement(CBA)expires,before next season starts,i believe,on September 15th,so i am preparing for a delay on the start of the 2012-2013 NHL season... however,it will not hopefully be like 2004-2005,when the NHL became the only professional league,in pro sports history,to lose a season,due to a lockout... cross your fingers!!! i am mentally preparing to cover the American Hockey League(i was a fan of the Hershey(PA.) Bears,and the Grand Rapids(MI)Griffiths),the East Coast Hockey League(the Stockton(CA.)Thunder,anyone?),and the United States Hockey League(the Green Bay Gamblers,anyone?)... you would not believe what trivia,and simple facts that i can dig up,folks(laughing)!!! by the way,those hockey teams do exist,and the Gamblers won the USHL title this season!!! the last time,the NHL lost a season,i listened to AHL hockey on satellite radio,but i honestly do not believe the NHL would be that stupid,again,and yet,i would not put it past the NHL,and NHLPA brass,to be idiotic... with Donald Fehr in charge,of the NHLPA,i do not what to expect,but he is notorious for being a hard nose negotiator(note:1994-1995 Major League Baseball strike,which wiped out the Montreal Expos' best chance at glory(best record,in MLB,at that time),and the final nail in the city's chances to keep MLB baseball in town)... the franchise moved,from Montreal,to Washington,D.C.,now as the Nationals,soon after the strike... so be warned,it may be a long off-season...