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Steve Zipay takes you inside the locker room, home and on the road, with the New York Rangers, and also writes about the NHL, off and on the ice.

On the ship of fool-ishness...

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly takes questions outside

Photo credit: AP, 2009

The ship of foolishness sails on...

Money is draining from the league day by day in gate and exposure; players will lose their third paycheck Thursday. There is no way on earth that revenues will grow this year; my guess is that they will be down 7-10 percent, even with a December start.  Remember when the league predicted an annual five percent increase in revenuesand based its projections...

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