I don’t know if you’re new to this website or what, but “balanced perspective” and “Hamilton Nolan” are what we like to call mutually exclusive.

Have you ever read this “writer” before? He hates anyone who is successful and/or makes money. This is his tired old schtick.

An alternate perspective in the interest of sanity:

You mean... like what it says in the article?

Let’s all agree there was a wolf that may have been doing some sort of steps.

I’m always torn by this stuff.

And did you know that “Kenny wasn’t made for this system” back in 2008? No...because how could anyone know which GM was “made for this system” only three years into the cap era. And...how in the hell does Yzerman’s talent as a player mean he’ll automatically be a good GM? How’s Trevor Linden doing in Vancouver? Sakic…

Do you think their parts are on opposite sides because they look at each other instead of mirrors when they do their hair?

Yes, when “basketball” is a stand-in for “you are black and therefore you should not be playing hockey.” It’s clearly intended to reference a racial stereotype, and deploying it to taunt and unsettle a black man makes it obviously racist as hell.

Whether Bettman is good at his job (I personally think he’s fairly decent, but that’s a much different discussion) or a good negotiator has nothing to do with this. The NHL was in a complete position of strength. As Norm Charlatan points out in his reply to me, the NHL was already trying to monetize it’s Olympics-type…

Nice Spengler Cup reference. But this isn’t about Bettman. It’s about the fact that the IOC wasn’t willing to give the NHL literally anything for the NHL shutting down for 3 weeks (even if the IIHF stepped in at the last minute) and the fact that sending players to the Olympics has netted the NHL almost nothing.

they did, but it was six million $CAN.

Technically, I think LeBron drafted “R. Westrook.”

Hopefully all of it.

Falcons beat Patriots in Superbowl after being down 28-3.

I will thank you. Soccer is much more entertaining than NCAA football.

Sherman drug Julio Jones to the ground, which was obviously PI, to win the regular season game against Atlanta last year. There’s one obvious one.

Very over aggressive?? As in Mr. Classless, Michael Bennett, trying to take out the knees of a Jags player? Is that what you’re referring too? Also, spare us non 12's your ‘non-call’ outrage. The Seahawks have had more of those calls go in their favor for 4 lifetimes.

Let’s go easy on the new Jags fans.

No, shit got thrown at him as he was headed for the tunnel. That’s what caused him to deviate over to start yelling. Then more shit started getting thrown, leading him to try to climb the wall and go Artest on someone.