civilized ku # 926-29 ~ hooky for hockey
Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 02:53PM 
The press ~ USA Rink / Olympic facility - Lkae Placid, NY • click to embiggen
The millonaires club / AKA - thte Boston Bruins ~ USA Rink / Olympic facility - Lake Placid, NY • click to embiggenHugo didn't go to school yesterday AM so that he could join me, a friend, the wife, and his dad at the Boston Bruins' practice.
The Bruins came to town late Monday night after their first round / 3rd game Stanley Cup Playoff game against Montreal (in Montreal). For a number of reasons the team decided to spend the 2 day break between games 3 and 4 in Lake Placid. Amongst those reasons was the desire for a bit of relaxation (in addition to their regular workout / practice schedule) away from the crazed hockey fever that grips Montreal this time of year. The team left Lake Placid for Montreal after practice.
Hugo got an autograph from Tim Thomas, the Bruins goalie. The center picture above is Thomas at work. The right-hand picture is Thomas signing his autograph for Hugo. The left-hand picture is of the Bruins huddled around their coach at the end of practice.
And speaking of work, hockey wise, the average salary amongst those huddled masses is approximately $2,400,00 per season/year. Mr. Thomas, for example, is currently making $6,000,000 per season which, according to his season (2010-11) stats, equates to:
a) $1,783.59 / minute (3,364 minutes played), although conditioning and practice adds considerably more minutes.
b) $105,263.16 / game (57 games played) - not including a few pre-season games or the playoffs.
c) $3,531.49 / save (1,699 saves), although who knows how any saves he makes in practice and on-ice goalie workouts.
That's nice work, if you can get it.
an aside - Of course, all of the players are represented by a (gasp) union and they have the freedom to go on strike. I find it very interesting and very telling that Republicans aren't yammering on about and attacking unions when they represent the wealthy as opposed to when they represent the middle and lower class. WAKE UP, AMERICA.
Reader Comments (1)
The most interesting part of the large photo is the line of photographers (still and video). I am someone who has no interest in spectator sports and find the hoopla around such activities amusing. There are more photographers than team players (at least in this shot). I don't get the attraction.