Urban Vancouver

We're moving the site and upgrading our software over the next little while. I'm taking about a week off while Brian does all the work. At some point, we'll be shutting down the comments to frustrate the spammers, but until...

I can understand why so many people were upset with the idea that HNiC would be getting a new song, but I don't really care myself. I think the CBC was wise to let it go rather than pay millions...

The most obvious reason the Red Wings won their fourth Stanley Cup in a decade is that top to bottom they are the best organization in hockey and in the end it is the organization that wins. The Wings have...

I learned via Mirtle tonight that Alex Ovechkin won the Hart Trophy. And people sometimes wonder why I call the NHL the worst run sports league in history....

[The Toronto] Star produced an internal NHL financial document that supports our contention that the rise in the Canadian dollar and the performance of Canadian teams is obscuring major problems elsewhere in the league -- problems not solved by the...

[Hockey Night in Canada's] grudge against Crosby has gone well beyond ridiculous. Yes, host Ron MacLean interviewed him last Saturday, but the show's most influential commentator, Don Cherry, doesn't like him. And MacLean certainly defers to his elder. - William...

Gary Bettman's new front man in Kansas City, er, Nashville is the latest NHL owner to run afoul of the law. (Ottawa's Eugene Melnyk and Anaheim's Henry Samueli are the other NHL owners currently under investigation.) On the surface the...

The Toronto Star has obtained a leaked report of team by team ticket revenue. I don't think there is anything surprising in the data. Revenue disparities - the league's biggest problem - continue to grow. To me, the key paragraphs:...

Its a sad day for the Bourdon family, the Vancouver Canucks organization and hockey fans across the continent. My thoughts are with his family and friends....

I disagree with Matt Fenwick about once every blue moon, but I have to take issue with his post about experience yesterday morning: Experience is valuable insofar as most NHL players get better at their jobs over their first few...

If there was any doubt about who was going to win the Stanley Cup after the first game, its gone today. For the second game in a row the Red Wings completely dominated and showed that they and the Penguins...

Bruce Dowbiggin makes a couple of unrelated points in his Monday column that I thought were worth noting: The next time the NHL wants to send a message, try dialing 1-800-FLOWERS instead of disallowing goals. Since when did Tomas Holmstrom's...

Much has been made of the fact that the Penguins-Red Wings matchup is an attractive one for the league and for the TV networks. Here's William Houston: For NBC, which will begin its Cup final coverage on Wednesday with the...

Jamie Fitzpatrick sticks his tongue in his cheek and skewers the NHL over the playoff scheduling: As part of its ongoing effort to drive hockey fans away from the game, the NHL has imposed a five-day break before the start...

Late Wednesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit in California accusing Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III of manipulating stock options over a five-year period to attract coveted employees to their company, Broadcom Corp. The SEC has...