Martin and Advertising Fail

One last post about our pickups. Jacky Martin, as well as a different kind of scam.

Jaques Martin. Solid coach. No, really.
He turned an incompetent Ottawa team into a conference leader, and turned some decent though not stellar talent into superstars. While some would argue his brand is not exciting, I'd disagree, especially given he has a speedy front line to work with and, trying to avoid the cliche, knows what it takes to win. He was strong with Ottawa and St Louis, and.. er.. lets not talk about Florida, but Florida doesn't have the player pool Montreal has.




Now kids, I'm going to talk to you about a special kind of scam.

You all may be familiar with hockeybuzz.com?
No, this isn't a "EKLUND LIES!!1111" post.

I read hockeybuzz. I'm a huge fan of Eric Engels, and Howard Berger is at the very least entertaining.
I do not like the autoplay videos. I actually realize I spend so much time there I paid for a season ticket to avoid them.
But Eklund, please do not pretend they are necessary for anything more than selling season tickets.

Eklund claims he needs the autoplaying videos to pay for his site. Advertisements do not work that way - there is no premium for having the ad play automatically, and seeing how high Hockeybuzz is on alexa [coupled with how weak the server is judging by how it crashes on important dates], he should have no trouble "keeping his site afloat" (ignoring the fact that hockeybuzz makes frankly hilarious amounts of cash).

Hey, feel free to beg for money, but please don't pretend the inconveniences you give us are out of any kind of necessity other than trying to get us to pay you $20.