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   #35   Biscuits and Breezers         Welcome back to another blog of Biscuits and Breezers! In this blog it will all be about the NHL lockout. As you probably already know, the NHL has locked out for the 3rd time under the control of current commissioner Gary Bettman. The third time. In my mind, that is quite ridiculous. Once in 1994-1995, 2004-2005, and now in 2012-2013. Why? Why do we, as the fans and the players, let this happen? I mean as fans we pay $80-$400 on tickets alone, parking, food, expenses, merchandise, and take time out of our schedules to see our favorite players/teams battle it out on the ice. Now the owners won't even make an agreement to let us see them because nowadays the contracts always have to be bigger and better and if the owners can't have the biggest and/or the best contract, they won't let the season happen. Ridiculous! I mean the players came out and said they would take less just to play this year. No...

#34   Biscuits and Breezers           Welcome back to another blog of Biscuits and Breezers! In this blog we will be talking about the impending lockout and Shane Doan's final decision in where to sign. Starting off with some bad news unfortunately. Coming this Sunday, there could be no NHL season. The league will officially lockout at midnight on Saturday if no deal is reached. That is when the old collective bargaining agreement expires. A press conference was held on Thursday this week and things are not looking good. Sidney Crosby, captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins and image of the NHL, basically said that the players are willing to give up a lot just to play but the league is just not addressing the issues that they, as the whole players of the NHL, feel are important issues that need to be looked at. Especially that the league is not looking at the players as individuals. They are looking at them like property or cattle. Th...

#33    Biscuits and Breezers             Welcome back to another blog of Biscuits and Breezers! In this blog we will talk about Gabriel Landeskog's crowning moment and a little AWHL preview!! Starting off with Gabriel Landeskog. Gabriel will now be wearing the "C" for the Colorado Avalanche. Milan Hejduk has handed down the leadership to now the youngest captain in NHL history. Yes Landeskog has beat out my favorite player in the NHL, Sidney Crosby, for being the youngest captain at 19 years, 286 days which is 11 days younger than Sid. Gabriel was even surprised when this monumental event happened. Now you have to ask yourself, is he ready for it? Is this a logical choice for the Avs? We shall see if he can prove himself in later seasons. It seemed to be a decision on Milan's part of not being on the top two lines and not being a huge factor like Landy was on the team. Many feel though that he will be the captain for a very ...

#32   Biscuits and Breezers          Welcome back to another blog of Biscuits and Breezers! In this blog we will talk about the Oilers' team regrowth and Wild prospect Mario Lucia breaking his leg. Starting off with the Edmonton Oilers. I have recently talked about Taylor Hall's signing and now we have another. This time it's Jordan Eberle's turn. He was just inked to a 6 year $36 million contract extension on Tuesday. With one year left on his entry level contract, this extension will keep him as the new youthful generation of players until the 2018-2019 season. Hopefully with Nail Yakupov, Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, they can produce a team almost as good as in the Gretzky era. Just give them a few years and maybe they will rise up and become a main threat again. We will see! Good luck Jordan with the new contract! I am quite excited to see the upcoming team.     Next thing we will talk about is Ma...

#31    Biscuits and Breezers          Welcome back to another blog of Biscuits and Breezers! In this blog we will be talking about Taylor Hall's new contract with the Oilers and a special segment about one of the best hockey consulting companies that has been associated with this blog. But for now let us move on to the extension. The Edmonton Oilers have just inked one of their star players to a 7 year $42 million contract. Yes, Taylor Hall will be an Oiler for another seven years. Being the Oilers' first pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, he is among the Oilers' top line in remodeling their team alongside Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle. Then most recently, key player Nail Yakupov. Slowly building their team back up, the Oilers could actually be a threat in future NHL playoffs and in the regular seasons. Watch out they could go from #29 to #1. Back to Taylor. He recently signed a contract that will keep him in Edmonton for much longe...

#30 Biscuits and Breezers           Welcome back to another blog of Biscuits and Breezers! Sorry beauts I have been away from my computer for awhile! Summer has just been to good to waste! Anyway, have you heard about the impending lockout? Well you probably have, I certainly did. It turns out that if the NHL and the NHLPA don't come to terms by September 15th, lockout. Now, if the two "parties" don't agree on the new CBA, collective bargaining agreement, the players and whole NHL will be locked out. This has happened twice already under the command of Gary Bettman. Once in the 1994-1995 season and in the 2004-2005 season. The difference was though that the '94-'95 season wasn't completely out, they played 48 games instead of 84. The '04-'05 season was locked out indefinitely. The current CBA expires the 15th of September and if things don't happen, we all know what is to come. Players all around the league from different teams, mostly c...

#29 Biscuits and Breezers     Welcome back to another blog of Biscuits and Breezers! In this blog we will be talking about New York Rangers right wing Marian Gaborik's progress on his shoulder surgery and Jeff Skinner's contract extension with the Hurricanes. Starting off with Marian Gaborik. As we all know Gaborik had shoulder surgery on June 6th to repair a torn labrum. Basically, the labrum is located by your shoulder socket, it is almost like cartilage that deepens the surface of your shoulder joint. If you got that I am glad I could help clear things up, if you didn't it's ok I admit I am not the greatest at describing the human anatomy sorry if you didn't! Anyway, he had his surgery and it came out that his rehab for his shoulder has been going well. Currently, he has moved from simply riding a bike to lifting weights again. This is very good because shoulder surgeries can be very tricky and if they aren't performed well or something goes wrong, it...