ESPN Page 2 - Page 2: Time for an NHL renaissance

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 ESPN Page 2 - Page 2: Time for an NHL renaissance
Travel back with us to the year in sports that was 1994, when hockey was at its zenith of popularity. Mark Messier led the New York Rangers to their first Stanley Cup in 54 years. Wayne Gretzky made pucks fashionable in Hollywood. NHL '94 was one of the coolest sports video games available. Michael Jordan was out of basketball, and Sports Illustrated even hinted that the NHL could be poised to ... [link]

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How the NHL Can Rise Again
Published 5/12/2008 at Kuklas Korner
... “glow skates,” “glow beards” and “glow blood!” • Encourage players to start showing more raw emotion. • Foster the return of real rivalries. • Have players get into the public eye more often by hanging out with Hollywood types. • For the same reason, have Elisha Cuthbert date every North American-born player … and have Anna Kournikova date every Russian-born player. more ideas that would make ESPN fall in love with hockey…

News You Can Use
Published 5/12/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (kanadienkyle) at IllegalCurve.com
Al Strachan comments on Playoff Justice. Martin Erat has signed a 7 year deal with Nashville. What does Chris Osgood need to due to be respected? Spector with some interesting rumours, including a tampering accusation by the Wild. Page 2 with its thoughts on what would make hockey great.

Leaping the Selachimorpha
Published 5/20/2008 by Ryan (noreply@blogger.com) at The Goose's Roost
... it was no contest. The problem with Page 2 is that they just don't get it anymore. They found a model that worked and ran with it to a fair amount of success. But when your stars disappear and you try to run that model with Jemele Hill, well, good luck buddy. As great as Uni Watch is, he has his own blog with much more content on it and notifies of an ESPN update. No sense in checking for that. The fact of the matter is that Page 2 has "jumped the shark", and this post is more than enough proof. I mean, seriously? F#$k that post. ...

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