From the iPad of BD....
I've been lucky in my several years of writing about hockey, where it is not too often when editors or publishers try to control, change or alter what I write about. That freedom allows an ability to hone in on what matters instead of someone else's concept or the cliche items of pre-game or post-game nonsense. I like features, thoughtful, insightful pieces that answer the "why" and give a valuable and sometimes alternative view of what is going on that the majority or casual fan doesn't always see.
In the sports blogosphere, fan and sports writers lines have and continue to blur. However, thanks to the crowd that has developed, there has become a serious need to filter, sort, and find valued information out of that many voices.
We seek to provide this to the reader and hockey fan.
While hockey staples like The Hockey News and magazines like The Fourth Period continue to chug along in print; an amazing feat in a day and age of radical publication change, we are not a replacement. We are merely an effort to provide enhanced value and information in the digital sense. We are not tied to the printed page or the static blog.
Each issue will be a living "place" that can have additions, interaction, updates, and more.
We will not be the be-all-end-all of hockey information. Nor are we breaking news. We are simply the quality writers who will give you something else to think about than the mainstream press, beats or peanut gallery.
We will seek to provide this in a new, creative, thoughtful, and enhanced way...
Welcome to HOCK.ly - a merging of technology and hockey blogosphere. This issue is part of a two issue trial to see if this should continue next season. First is the NHL Draft, and then next week is NHL Free Agency.
Hope you like. Let me know what you think.
- BD
Editor in Chief