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Bloggin' about Saskatoon.
Bloggin' about Saskatoon.
Barry Melrose, patron saint of the site, has decreed that Saskatoon should be home to an NHL franchise . For those that don't know, Saskatoon is the largest city in the forgotten province, Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan is also the home of Mr. Melrose and the RoughRiders of the CFL. Everyone ...
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Afternoon Delight: Saskatoon Berries
IllegalCurve.com — ... Barry Melrose Rocks advocates for an NHL team in Saskatoon.  I for one support the addition of the Saskatoon Berries to the NHL. ...

The NBC thinks nobody lives west of the Mississippi
Barry Melrose Rocks — Awful Announcing branched out from their critique of awful announcing to bring us a look at some awful programming decisions. NBC released their preliminary TV schedule for the NHL season last week, and it has a very distinct East Coast bias. It also has the bias of a major corporation that hasn't really followed hockey for a few seasons. To wit: Of the 22 games scheduled on NBC, 6 of them involve Western Confernece teams. Of those 6, only 1 involves teams that aren't Detroit or Chicago. That game is between Dallas and Colorado, which would have been awesome about 5 years ago. Don't even ask about Canadian teams.What does Canada have to do with hocket? Call ...

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