There was a considerable dose of apprehension permeating Europe when Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan – a member of the ruling family of trillion dollar fortune in Abu Dhabi – established a majority stake in English Premier League (EPL) club Manchester City. As the economic climate looked to be turning grim heading into August […]

With the Toronto Maple Leafs in the midst of a rebuilding project that started at the beginning of this season, it was inevitable that general manager Brian Burke would have to rely on his team’s AHL affiliate, the Toronto Marlies, to provide recruits for on-ice auditions. That, coupled with a host of Leafs injuries, forced […]

The Florida Panthers were thought to have extinguished the stigma commonly pasted on expansion teams in their first years as an NHL franchise. Just two seasons removed from their inauguration, the Panthers had not only established themselves as a legitimate force, but threatened to become world champions in 1996. However, years succeeding that majestic ascent […]