• 2 Bruins Prospects May Have Been Free Agented Off the Roster

    From The Hockey Writers@1:123/115 to All on Sun Aug 8 04:40:00 2021
    When free agency began on July 28, the Boston Bruins were one of the most active teams. General manager Don Sweeney had a lot of needs and he attempted to...

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  • From Ginger1 to The Hockey Writers on Sat Aug 14 15:29:41 2021
    Re: 2 Bruins Prospects May Have Been Free Agented Off the Roster
    By: The Hockey Writers to All on Sun Aug 08 2021 04:40:00

    https://thehockeywriters.com/bruins-prospects-free-agented-off-2021-22-roster/

    Shame that the format of these messages has changed from the full posted write-up, to just a URL. I'm here via dial-up without access to internet at home - enjoyed this internet-less avenue to catch up on hockey news.

    What I would really love is a weekly hockey magazine on the newsstands - but here in the UK the market for that would be pretty small I suppose. Maybe even in North America now, hockey magazines and newspapers would be struggling..
  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Ginger1 on Sat Aug 14 16:00:00 2021
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    Re: 2 Bruins Prospects May Have Been Free Agented Off the
    Roster
    By: The Hockey Writers to All on Sun Aug 08 2021 04:40:00


    https://thehockeywriters.com/bruins-prospects-free-agented-off-2021-22-roster
    /

    Shame that the format of these messages has changed from the full
    posted write-up, to just a URL. I'm here via dial-up without
    access to internet at home - enjoyed this internet-less avenue to
    catch up on hockey news.

    Yes, I understand and agree. These messages are auto-posted here from
    my BBS using an RSS feed, and the website changed the format of the feed
    a while back. I've tried to manipulate it back to how it was, but
    can't.

    What I would really love is a weekly hockey magazine on the
    newsstands - but here in the UK the market for that would be
    pretty small I suppose. Maybe even in North America now, hockey
    magazines and newspapers would be struggling.

    Glad to know there are some hockey fans in the UK! Yes, I think
    (printed) magazines of all kinds are struggling, or even gone, now that everything is mostly available digitally/online. I like being able to
    access things online, but yes, sometimes a paper magazine is preferable!

    I'll continue to watch the website and try to get the format back to how
    it was, but... I'm always on the lookout for other feeds that I could
    utilize also. Thanks for reading.



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  • From Ginger1 to Dan Clough on Mon Aug 16 20:37:37 2021
    Re: Re: 2 Bruins Prospects May Have Been Free Agented Off the Roster
    By: Dan Clough to Ginger1 on Sat Aug 14 2021 16:00:00

    Yes, I understand and agree. These messages are auto-posted here from
    my BBS using an RSS feed, and the website changed the format of the feed
    a while back. I've tried to manipulate it back to how it was, but
    can't.

    Ah, I see. Well, thanks for trying to change it back - but I guess if that's how the feed has changed from the site. Just guessing - but maybe they get advertising revenue through banner clicks etc - which get lost via the RSS feed...

    Glad to know there are some hockey fans in the UK! Yes, I think
    (printed) magazines of all kinds are struggling, or even gone, now that everything is
    mostly available digitally/online. I like being able to
    access things online, but yes, sometimes a paper magazine is preferable!

    It's a bit of sub-culture and a lot of people in the UK would be surprised too that it exists. The top league here is called the EIHL (Elite Ice Hockey League) and they have some decent-ish arenas (but not NHL standard, of course) and a fair few ex-NHL imports (or imports that never quite made it to the NHL). They've got up to some pretty decent attendance figures in the past - up to about 17,000 for the big games!

    There are some home-grown players too in the top league - and better youth programmes are helping more of these to come through. One guy was drafted to a junior NHL program this year I think (Kirk Liam I think). In the lower leaguges, its a lot more local lads but they still take things pretty seriously, from the few games I've attended!

    Was watching Slapshot the other day - was nice to see them all in the smokey bars, reading the hockey newspapers, watching the games on TV. And none of the players wearing helmets apart from the netminders.

    I'm still learning the basics of hockey though - it's a fairly new/rekindled interest (with the seed planted when living in Calgary some 20-odd years ago)!

    Anyway - a rambling reply! Sorry! And thanks for your reply too.
  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Ginger1 on Mon Aug 16 20:45:00 2021
    Ginger1 wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    Yes, I understand and agree. These messages are auto-posted here from
    my BBS using an RSS feed, and the website changed the format of the feed
    a while back. I've tried to manipulate it back to how it was, but
    can't.

    Ah, I see. Well, thanks for trying to change it back - but I
    guess if that's how the feed has changed from the site. Just
    guessing - but maybe they get advertising revenue through banner
    clicks etc - which get lost via the RSS feed...

    Glad to know there are some hockey fans in the UK! Yes, I think
    (printed) magazines of all kinds are struggling, or even gone, now that
    ever
    ything is
    mostly available digitally/online. I like being able to
    access things online, but yes, sometimes a paper magazine is preferable!

    It's a bit of sub-culture and a lot of people in the UK would be
    surprised too that it exists. The top league here is called the
    EIHL (Elite Ice Hockey League) and they have some decent-ish
    arenas (but not NHL standard, of course) and a fair few ex-NHL
    imports (or imports that never quite made it to the NHL). They've
    got up to some pretty decent attendance figures in the past - up
    to about 17,000 for the big games!

    There are some home-grown players too in the top league - and
    better youth programmes are helping more of these to come
    through. One guy was drafted to a junior NHL program this year I
    think (Kirk Liam I think). In the lower leaguges, its a lot more
    local lads but they still take things pretty seriously, from the
    few games I've attended!

    Was watching Slapshot the other day - was nice to see them all in
    the smokey bars, reading the hockey newspapers, watching the
    games on TV. And none of the players wearing helmets apart from
    the netminders.

    I'm still learning the basics of hockey though - it's a fairly new/rekindled interest (with the seed planted when living in
    Calgary some 20-odd years ago)!

    Anyway - a rambling reply! Sorry! And thanks for your reply too.

    Great post, always glad to hear/learn more about hockey interests around
    the world. Thank you for that glimpse into the UK hockey scene, very interesting and hope you continue to enjoy!



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