The Vig

It was a brief comment a few years ago by Winter Hawks announcer Andy Kemper that first made me sit up and pay attention to Tristan King.
I’m going to go on record here in the blog and say that before he graduates, Tristan King will be a star in the WHL.
For most of his rookie […]

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My favorite skater from this last season was dropped by the Winter Hawks today.  He was promptly picked up by the Edmonton Oil Kings.  I understand the need to get younger.  I understand they’re high on the kids they have coming up.  But come on, guys.  Are you seriously going to make what’s left of […]

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Arizona Cardinals: They seem to be getting B-pluses for their draft yesterday. I still don’t get the Dominique Rogers-Cromarte thing. The Deion Sanders seal-of-approval is just too much for me to overcome. I wonder if they’ll come to regret not drafting Mendenhall and cutting Edge. We should know around week […]

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Report: Bonner agrees to Blazer deal, presser set for Tuesday.

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Shout-outs are in order for Gregg Drinnan and Dylan B. for linking to me the last day or two.
I’m with Gregg when he suggests a major clearing of the air is in order. It may be best if it’s Robison who takes the helm as I don’t believe either Goldsmith or Donovan have the […]

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The Trib’s Jason Vondersmith has a good article out this morning about the coming audit.  Since the director of finance was one of those let go yesterday, it will be interesting to see how smoothly the audit process goes.   This may be the minor leagues, but you still need competent professionals to run a business […]

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Rumors out if the Hawk camp this afternoon suggest the front office was let go. If true, it’s a dark day in Hawk history. This does not bode well for the future of the franchise, either in Portland or elsewhere. It’s time for the league to step in and take over.
Update: Well, it’s true. […]

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Steve, proprietor of the excellent More Hockey, Less War, gives us another perspective on the battle between the Winter Hawks and the Blazers. This time from the perspective of Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard:
I do not believe the issue of re-negotiating a lease with the Trailblazers is exclusively because of the Trailblazers conduct. I […]

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Vancouver’s fantastic Orland Kurtenblog has an awesome interview with WHL referee Matt Kirk.
I think our linesmen do a very good job of breaking up fights when a player is hurt or has become disadvantaged or when there is clearly a mismatch in the fight. But otherwise, if two players are both willing combatants, why not […]

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It’s OK to fast-forward to 3:20 and the goal. It seemed much slower when I saw it live. You’ll want to rewind it and watch it a few times. It really did happen. Congratulations to the Winter Hawks on winning their final game of the year.

Here’s the other video. […]

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