Interesting article from Forbes.

They might worry that their fans prefer this to watching hockey, though.

In this week's four on four over at LAKings.com, we take on the subject of changing player contracts, the Caps in the playoffs, best & worst jerseys, and advertising on sweaters. Head over and check it out.

The Wild had the best record in the NHL for some time last year. Then you guys spiraled out of control quicker than Martian Brodeur at an all you can eat buffet (this is a BSB joke from when Sean Avery called Brodeur "fatso"). Now you have a lethal goal scorer, and a premiere defenseman, how does this change your expectations for next year?

Nice read from Ben Goessling of the Pioneer Press. The quote to end all quotes from Zach Parise is found above, but the article is a good read, so go check the whole thing out. (stick tap to Pro Hockey Talk on this one)

I'm not sure if you guys remember, but a few years ago the SB Nation hockey websites paired up and did a Q&A session during the offseason to help break up the dog days of August. Back in 2009, our partner was Hockey Wilderness, SB Nation's Minnesota Wild blog. This year? We got Hockey Wilderness, SB Nation's Minnesota Wild blog. And you know what? That's not a bad thing. We still have Marian Gaborik, they just took Zach Parise away from the New Jersey Devils -- thanks for that, by the way -- and also added Ryan Suter to boot.

Original up close video chronicling Zach Parise’s appearance at the Best Buy store in Roseville on Sunday. The Minnesota native was an abolsute class act when interacting with Wild fans.

In case you needed a little chuckle today, Disalmanac pokes some fun at that place in Canada that for some reason has a hockey team. The jury is still out on whether or not it is professional hockey, but they do have hockey.

Here is the post I wrote to update the SB Nation Minnesota hub on the CBA talks. Give it a read, then let us know where your confidence level is at.