[LeaferSutherland]

Please select 5 of the following blogs that you would like to see make the next round in our Blog-Off Tournament...

Coyotes Hip Check
Five For Howling
Hip Checks
Yotes Gurl
Larry Halliday
Reflections From The Yotes Diva
Coyotes Rising
One Fan's Perspective
The Western Hockey Exchange

For every member that takes the time to click these links, check these blogs out, vote in the poll and impress me with a critique on any one blog mentioned, I will be giving out Jersey Awards throughout the contest.

So let's hear what you have to say... and let's please try our best to be constructive with our words.

(This tourney encourages fans of all teams to participate and not just fans of the team in question.)

[DropTheGloves]

I might be a little bias since Z's my girl but this is the way I see it.

Hipshot blog: Anyone who reads this has to walk away knowing how much she loves her team. How passionate her posts are. She has very nice content using her own opinions, very knowledgable. Speaks it as she see's it. Then she even throws in a little Coyotes advertising as well as her views on current Coyotes news and issues. Very nicely done blog!

[Z4dfence]

Its great to see so many blogs about the Yotes. I remember when PB was the lone voice in the desert with his One Fan blog. Always insightful and thoughtful very rarely homer or reactionary Paul was then and is once again, a treat every week.

I love the honesty and the 'preach it girlfriend' nature of the Diva. Usually uplifting but sometimes things just need to be let out and she doesn't mind baring her soul even in the face of the usual haterism.

Odie was a great guest on Coyotes Hip Check, his humor is unparralleled and his previews and attention to small details that might be missed elsewhere are always good. There is always a guest or 2 that have nice input and plenty of statty details to catch there.

Coyotes Rising and Western Hockey Exchange have good points of view told in straightforward bluntness. Much like One Fan it is their honest opinion and always worth a stop by.

For pure funny the Yotesgurl is great. Its not always about the game, sometimes its about the fun. Love the pictoral nature of this one and everyone else is pretty much covering all the opinions and day to day minutuae so she is a good change of pace.

I guess I won't give my opinion on the Coyotes Hip Check since I write it LOL and I have been sidelined for a few weeks by real life and (I admit it totally) burn out. I am back now but it was touch and go for a bit. Thanks Cityhockey and goldenbear for the kick in the asp to get me movin again.

This point has been edited by Z4dfence: 28 November 2009 - 01:37 PM

[pbcoyotes]

Z4dfence, on Nov 28 2009, 01:35 PM, said:

Its great to see so many blogs about the Yotes. I remember when PB was the lone voice in the desert with his One Fan blog. Always insightful and thoughtful very rarely homer or reactionary Paul was then and is once again, a treat every week.

I love the honesty and the 'preach it girlfriend' nature of the Diva. Usually uplifting but sometimes things just need to be let out and she doesn't mind baring her soul even in the face of the usual haterism.

Odie was a great guest on Coyotes Hip Check, his humor is unparralleled and his previews and attention to small details that might be missed elsewhere are always good. There is always a guest or 2 that have nice input and plenty of statty details to catch there.

Coyotes Rising and Western Hockey Exchange have good points of view told in straightforward bluntness. Much like One Fan it is their honest opinion and always worth a stop by.

For pure funny the Yotesgurl is great. Its not always about the game, sometimes its about the fun. Love the pictoral nature of this one and everyone else is pretty much covering all the opinions and day to day minutuae so she is a good change of pace.

I guess I won't give my opinion on the Coyotes Hip Check since I write it LOL and I have been sidelined for a few weeks by real life and (I admit it totally) burn out. I am back now but it was touch and go for a bit. Thanks Cityhockey and goldenbear for the kick in the asp to get me movin again.

First, thanks Z. :-) I appreciate your kind words. I missed writing it and I'm slowly getting back into the groove again - hopefully you can join us soon.

Ditto to what Z said. Every voice is very unique and I think we complement each other quite well. During the summer was the most intense time for the Coyotes and for me personally, and it's too bad that I couldn't be there with Diva or with Odin. Their work was simply awesome - they took the hits for all those out there that hockey doesn't work here. I would put those two at the top for that reason (Reflections and Five for Howling). Yotes' Gurl cracks me up.


PB

This point has been edited by pbcoyotes: 28 November 2009 - 01:59 PM

[Yotesgurl]

I always read Z's blog for Coyotes news.

I always read Hip Checks to see how similarly Jenna and I word things since we may share a brain.

I've been such a slacker with actually writing lately so I just picture it all up! :gap:

[HockeyKate30]

I voted for Z's, Odins's, Amy's, Jenna's, and Larry's blog. I would have voted for H too but last time I checked it she wasnt updating anymore bc she updates the Save The Coyotes site. Sorry H! :lol2: I like reading everyones thoughts on the games and whats going on with the team. Amy's pictures and captions are funny. I like reading Larry's blog to know how practices go on top of his game analysis.

[DropTheGloves]

HockeyKate30, on Nov 30 2009, 02:33 PM, said:

I voted for Z's, Odins's, Amy's, Jenna's, and Larry's blog. I would have voted for H too but last time I checked it she wasnt updating anymore bc she updates the Save The Coyotes site. Sorry H! :goallightsmall1: I like reading everyones thoughts on the games and whats going on with the team. Amy's pictures and captions are funny. I like reading Larry's blog to know how practices go on top of his game analysis.

Well you should have checked. Divas was updated.

[HockeyKate30]

DropTheGloves, on Nov 30 2009, 03:44 PM, said:

Well you should have checked. Divas was updated.

I checked not too long ago. Then I checked after I already voted. I still love it anyways!

[DropTheGloves]

Quote

Vote for Five for Howling as Your Favorite Coyotes Blog!

The NHL Arena is doing it's usual "who's the best (insert team here) blog" contests. be sure to log on and vote for Five for Howling or the Communists have already won.

Look at what Odie has on his blog. I guess if you don't vote for Odie you're a communist!

[SharksGirl]

I voted.

[The Bad One]

I personally like the HipCheck blog, but Five For Howling has been regularly featured on Yahoo!'s Puck Daddy site as the blog that says "Hey! There's Hockey Fans In Phoenix!"

I voted for both of those.

[goldenbear64]

while i regularly follow the diva and ffh, and occaisionally the others, hipcheck blog is my first and favorite. onyx starr, monique, mo, z4defense, zmo, whoever/whatever, all samey-samey(and she answers to all of the above). the difference between her blog and the others is this.....some may be pressed for time, not feeling well, the muse is not on their shoulder...whatever...sometimes the quality slips a little...Z consistently has keen insight and a little more depth of analysis(sic?) at least to me....as a longtime hockey fan(40 years) i've followed the game and the players without getting really deep into strategy, tactics, systems and so forth....Z delves into those areas and broadens my knowledge and understanding of what i'm looking at...sometimes it's on patio 6, or on the phone, or in the blog...maybe it's a factor that she coached her kids when they were little and had to get deeper into the nuances of the game and is now better at explaining it...idk...but i throughly enjoy reading her output and am generally in agreement with her....no disparagement to all the other blogs nominated...as i said, i follow some of them regularly and others not so much, but i usually get a tidbit of info, a new insight, or at least a chuckle when reading them...but Z gets a little deeper than most on a more consistent basis...and yeah, i missed her not posting anything new and did give her a little kick in the butt to remotivate her...lol...so if any of ya don't like her more recent stuff, blame me....

[NetMinder]

All pretty good choices. I voted!!!

This point has been edited by NetMinder: 02 December 2009 - 12:06 PM

[Agitator]

Voted

[LeaferSutherland]

If you haven't voted yet, now is the time to do so.

We begin round 2 tomorrow.