Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Random hockey related links

Predictions for this year are still to come, but here's a couple of random links related to hockey:

- NHL.com has gotten a makeover of sorts. The end result? Things are easier to find, but the page looks completely cluttered. (In fairness, MLB.com isn't much better, and it's considered to be the gold standard of official league sites.)

- On the bright side, NHL Radio is back and free on NHL.com. So for those of us who are too cheap to buy Centre Ice, this is a fine alternative.

- The Globe and Mail have launched a new sports website, called unoriginally enough GlobeSports.com. The new site is easy to traverse, so it gets a hearty thumbs up from me. One of the features that they have added is an NHL Game Predictor, where they come up with a percentage chance of a team winning. Today's had Carolina (58%) over Buffalo (42%), Colorado (57%) over Dallas (43%) and Ottawa (64%) over Toronto (36%). I would imagine they will post their success rate, but if not, I'll try to track it to the best of my ability.

- One of the odder rules that I have found: The Bell Centre does not allow cameras during a game. Is this true for other locations? The Vancouver Canucks are vague about this, while the Maple Leafs allow non-flash still photography so long as the lens is less than 75 mm if detachable (no restriction if it's not detachable, I guess).

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