The Iron League: Pasta Is Delicious!

Up The Pucks is being taken over by The Iron League! Cait and Shane are back for week two to talk about all the week's NHL news.  Contracts, suspension, teachable moments, and more! Plus the Oilers are not the butt of the laughter this week. 

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How To Tank: A Guide For Fans And Teams

With a couple weeks left in the season, the noise about playoffs and the draft is becoming hard to ignore.  As we all know by now, the top half of the league starts making moves before the trade deadline and the bottom half starts gunning to be the NHL’s Next Edmonton Oilers.  But in the middle there’s that barren wasteland, where a team must decide if they have chance to make an ernest effort to and in the playoffs or if they should just attempt to align themselves to improve their drafting position.  

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The AHL Moves West

After years of speculation, the American Hockey League is finally moving westward. At a press conference today in San Jose, the league and several team officials announced the relocation of five East Coast franchises to California, creating the long-awaited Pacific Division. The ECHL will also receive a bit of a shake up, with some California teams moving east to start playing in the soon-to-be former AHL markets.

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An Open Letter To Frustrated Fans,

(National Post)

You drop whatever amount a ticket is in your respective city. $100 $200 $800 whatever the hell it is.  You spend good money on a personalized sweater.  What’s a game without snacks, maybe some alcohol or a stop to the team store.  The grand total for an average hockey game is more than I can imagine, more than most of us can imagine.  

SO WHY IN GOOD HELL DO YOU THROW YOUR SWEATER ON THE ICE?

Fuck off.  Seriously.  

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Ep. 101 COME BACK, REGGIE!

You see what happens when there's no NHL to look forward to! We're joined by Steve Gunn to talk about documentaries, Peter Pocklington, the Edmonton Oilers arena situation, NHL 13 and more.

We chatted about Canadian politics a bit, and Steve mentioned this site, Shit Harper Did.

Music Featured This Week:

12:34 by Ages

Trying To Breath by Off With Their Heads

Duplicate Keys Icaro(An Interim Report) by Propagandhi

Tonight, Come Home by Jr. Juggernaut

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