Blogwatch: Jul. 25, 2005

Hockey bloggers, after railing at owners and players for wiping out an entire season, were relieved at last week’s tentative labor agreement but still angry at the sport’s leaders. With word of a salary cap being instituted, most agreed with the HOCKEY PUNDITS that the “owners won on almost all counts,” and many called for the union head and NHL commissioner to resign. (For the lighter side of the issue, check out GARY BETTMAN SUCKS.) Yet, as the HOCKEY CRITIC observed, “both parties have a daunting task ahead of them as they try to … win back the fans.”