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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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

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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..

Ginger1 wrote to The Hockey Writers <=-

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

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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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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.

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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