Fat wallet doesn’t make brilliant hockey mind
Thanks, Jeremy May (July 9 letter to the editor). I thought I was the only one in Colorado who was disgusted at Avalanche management. Anybody can look like a genius when your owner has deep pockets. But when the salary cap takes place, we give away (for nothing) the best player on the planet, and one of the best defensemen, too. Duh, did you even try to keep one of them? No. You insult both and both leave.
Our new general manager has let defensemen, wingers and role players go who were the heart and soul of the team. Losing skilled and role players, keeping guys unable to play at a professional level and no-longer-needed thugs has gutted our team like a fish. Who leads our division? Yeah, you guessed it. The team that has taken most of our castoffs – Calgary.
If I were Mr. Kroenke for a day I’d do some house-cleaning in the front office. Cellar-dweller, here we come. Go figure.
Bill Smith, Aurora
Good work on Tour
I would like to say thank you so much for the articles on professional cycling last week. I am originally from New York and never have I seen so much coverage of cycling in a newspaper, although I think more would be better. I would ask that you please keep up the coverage.
Moreover, I would like to express my gratitude in your coverage of the current doping scandal in cycling. No one stateside is really aware of how intense this problem is in cycling. Many people believe that professional athletes are just superior to others, which some might be, but professional sports have become a business. This means that many different means may be used in order to “bring in the dough.”
Shaun K. Riebl, Colorado Springs
No love for our Wimbledon coverage
It seems to me that an article about Roger Federer’s fourth straight Wimbledon win, which was relegated to Page 7 of the Sports section, is a lot more deserving of front-page coverage than an article about measuring baseball home runs. And that’s not to mention Rafael Nadal’s breakout performance on a surface he’s not known to be comfortable on.
Candace Taylor, Lakewood
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