Subj : Re: 2 Bruins Prospects May Have Been Free Agented Off the Roster
To   : Ginger1
From : Dan Clough
Date : Mon Aug 16 2021 20:45:00

-=> 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.

 Gi> Ah, I see. Well, thanks for trying to change it back - but I
 Gi> guess if that's how the feed has changed from the site. Just
 Gi> guessing - but maybe they get advertising revenue through banner
 Gi> 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
 Gi> ything is
 > mostly available digitally/online.  I like being able to
 > access things online, but yes, sometimes a paper magazine is preferable!

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

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

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

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

 Gi> 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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