In graduate school I took a management course where we had to read canonical leadership books (most of which seemed to come from the 1960s and 70s).
I read THE PETER PRINCIPLE, which maintains that every employee within an organization rises to their level of incompetence. It sounds cynical, but the logic is that someone is [...]

Out in Denver, the Sharks are dealing with the fallout from Dan Boyle’s freak goal on his own team.
A day later, Boyle said he’s still not over the mistake, but he’ll have forgotten by tonight’s game.
Sharks coach Todd McLellan seems content to write the whole thing off as a freak accident, taking great pains not [...]

I loved the end of last night’s Vancouver-Los Angeles game because the final few minutes were a microcosm of the Canucks’ season.
You had Mikael Samuelsson, an off-season acquisition, scoring in overtime, proving his playoff experience and ability to get into the slot made him a solid pick-up.
You had Henrik Sedin setting the goal up, which [...]

I love how Adrian Dater’s pet issue is tracking attendance at Avalanche games.
Yesterday he posted some ideas on how to improve attendance.
It’s interesting stuff: brighter lights around the arena; classic rock music, rather than metal; and a high definition JumboTron screen.
Dater also talked to some players about the low attendance this season, with one player [...]

Adrian Dater points out Monday’s Avs-Flames game drew just 11,448 fans.
The comments on Dater’s post are interesting. Some say attendance is low because the Avs play the same teams over and over.
Other people said it’s a marketing issue.
One poster said Avs fans are still put off by last season’s debacles.
I’m going to throw out another [...]

I know this is hardly the most important story of the day, but I have to point out Jocelyn Thibault’s goaltending consultancy gig in Colorado:
Rather than being with the team full time, as goaltending coach Jeff Hackett was the past few seasons, Thibault still lives in Montreal and is spending occasional stretches with the team [...]

Forbes released their annual NHL franchise valuations and things actually look pretty good for the league. Or at least for some of the franchises. The average operating profit was $6.1 million, aggregate income increased, as did average franchise value.
Unfortunately, this wasn’t an across the board thing for the all of the franchises. While successful teams [...]

How shocking! Adrian Dater is hearing Peter Forsberg is a bit undecided about his NHL comeback. Although, this is actually a comeback from a comeback.
Dater thinks Forsberg is going to give the NHL another go once he’s extensively tested his foot.
Do they not get NHL news in Sweden? Has Forsberg not seen the laundry list [...]

Wednesday night’s Avs-Coyotes game was a Colorado record for low attendance. Adrian Dater asked fans what happened and he got back some very interesting responses.
According to Dater, a lot of fans reported ticket prices weren’t the only factor keeping them away from the Pepsi Center. Some fans reported problems with the Avs ticket office — [...]

What a crazy season.
Jeff Gordon says he’s already hearing trade chatter from certain NHL GMs, with many already thinking about giving up their season and trying to dump salary.
What separates NHL GMs from most other sports, is that NHL GMs only seem to think about salary implications after a contract is signed.
Vinny Lecavalier, under [...]