-Binghamton defeated Rochester 3-2 last night in a game I was unable to watch. Robin Lehner stood tall in making 49 saves while Derek Grant had a pair and Shane Prince scored his first professional goal (it looked like Silfverberg‘s on the replay, incidentally). Here are the highlights.
-Elmira pummelled Trenton 5-1, with Gazley picking up three points, Caporusso, Downing, and New having singles (Cheverie served as the backup, Kramer did not play). Here’s the recap.
-Every once and awhile Marc Spector writes a problematic column, one filled with unsubstantiated facts and assumptions. I’ll just pick one element to illustrate the point. In the midst of his “Bettman is bad and the players are bad” column (they just are, don’t worry about how or why), he writes
players raking in 75 per cent of league revenues
Are you sure Marc? Only 75%? It could be higher, right? I mean, when we’re making up numbers, why stop at seventy-five? [Apparently this number comes from the Levitt Report which reviews the 02-03 season–what fan hasn’t read an 85-page pdf about ten years ago, right? Presumably Spector thinks there’s no question it is spot on, because reports don’t have bias….] This kind of thing drives me crazy. If you are going to use numbers say where they came from and add some context–is the source credible? has it been challenged? Instead it just serves as a piece of his completely uninformed diatribe.
This article is written by Peter Levi (@eyeonthesens)
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