Special Guest Haiku!
By Tyler Smith

“Netminder” is gone
Transformed into Doug Brumley,
The guitar hero.

Do you feel a draft?
The Ottawa breeze whispers,
“NHL is back”

Fourteen hours Thursday
Significant talks at last
It’s about damn time

There’s good hockey on
But U.S. fans wouldn’t know
We get taped poker

Now they’re on a roll
League cancels this summer’s draft
I hear Easter’s next

Bettman and Goodenow,
I call upon Scott Stevens
To check your egos

Unprecedented Bonus Haiku!
Public reacts to
The NHL’s darkest day:
“That league still exists?”

A player brings hope
Leading when officials won’t
Bettman, pack your things

World’s longest face-off
You can’t win if you don’t play
Someone drop the puck

Kudos on the gold
Flyers’ prospects: impressive
Gretzky, watch your back