Merry Christmas!

Kent Wilson
December 24 2012 09:40AM

May all the Nations Network writers have a very merry Christmas today and tomorrow. Unless you're a grinch or something, then may you have a miserable humbug and successfully ruin everyone else's good time (looking at you, Bettman).

Kent is a published author and the Nations Network Managing Editor. His work has also appeared at Hockey Prospectus, Yahoo's Puck Daddy and the Score. Catch him regularly on the TEAM 1260 in Edmonton. For questions, complaints, criticisms, etc contact Kent @ kent.wilson@gmail. Follow him on Twitter here.

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Reply #1 antro December 24 2012, 09:57AM

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all you wonderful bloggers! I got hooked on hockey blogs during the last lock out, and I don't know where I'd be without now your collective good writing to help fill the void. Here's hoping that more and more readers will fill your stockings and the re-launch of NHL hockey (whenever that may be) will mean ever more success to your blogs!

(accidentally mis-posted to an earlier blog post)

Reply #2 Romulus' Apotheosis December 24 2012, 10:01AM

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Merry Christmas everyone!

Thanks to the writers and other posters for such a pleasant diversion from work throughout the year.

Reply #3 Skidplate December 24 2012, 10:05AM

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Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to all. Yes even you DSF.

Reply #4 Skidplate December 24 2012, 10:06AM

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And to all you Flamers as well.

Reply #5 Cam Charron December 24 2012, 10:09AM

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Do they know it's Christmas in Edmonton?

Reply #6 yawto December 24 2012, 10:17AM

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@Cam Charron

They get snow in Edmonton. Question is do they know its Christmas on the coast there hippie. No snow and special brownies can be confusing. Merry Christmas all.

Reply #7 bookofloob December 24 2012, 10:58AM

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HA HA SUCK IT COSTNER

Reply #8 Rama Lama December 24 2012, 11:02AM

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May the Christmas Season be a blessing to all the writers who manage to keep writing for our benefit!

I hope that Santa drops a big present in all of our laps, a NHL season! One can dream.

Reply #9 Lowetide December 24 2012, 11:04AM

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Cam Charron wrote:

Do they know it's Christmas in Edmonton?

Yes. The government dropped millions of one page news stories about it from aeroplanes.

Reply #10 Wäx Män Riley December 24 2012, 11:56AM

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@Lowetide

I saw those new fangled aero-thingies! What a marvel! Imagine travelling by air instead of by dogsled. What a world we live in!

Reply #11 ubermiguel December 24 2012, 11:57AM

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Happy Holidays to all the citizens of all the Nations. In the meantime everyone keep enjoying hockey in whatever form you find it. With that in mind I dedicate this to the Nations:

Bettman stared down at Hockeyville With his small elvish eyes!
Then he shook, What he saw was a shocking surprise!
Every Fan down in Hockeyville, the tall and the small,
Still loved Hockey! Without any NHL at all!
He HADN'T stopped Hockey from coming! IT CAME!
From rec leagues, KHL & AHL, it came just the same!

And Bettman, with his elf-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: How could it be so?
It came without Crosby! It came without the Leafs!
It came without $300 tickets, to his disbelief!
And he puzzled for weeks, `till his puzzler was sore.
Then Bettman thought of something he hadn't before!
"Maybe Hockey", he thought, "is more than the NHL."
"Maybe the fans won't come back we don't treat them well."

And what happened then? In Hockey-ville they say
That Bettman's small brain, grew three sizes that day!

Reply #12 Unknown Comic December 24 2012, 01:38PM

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Merry Christmas to all you guys at the Nations network.

Throughout the year, I appreciate the refreshing change of pace you guys offer over the monotonous and regurgitated offering of our mainstream sports writers.

Reply #13 Fatbob24 December 24 2012, 02:36PM

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Merry Christmas to all and to all a good...shortened hockey season.

Reply #14 Kevin R December 24 2012, 02:53PM

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Merry Christmas to all on the Nations & a special thanks to the writers on carrying on with great reading during these dark lockout times. All the best to everyone, be safe!