Paywall GREAT article on the Sharks Czech players and Czech hockey history

[spintheblackcircle]

Tomáš Hertl, Radim Šimek and Lukáš Radil: On the Czech...

look at Hertl!!

Click to read more...

 

[Munnyro]

Very well written article. Interesting to hear their perspectives. Esp related to the recent lack of Czech hockey players.

 

[Used As A Shield]

Gah, paywall.

 

[landshark]

Gah, paywall.

yah. we should have a paywall tag for these articles/threads.

 

[AgentCooper]

Yep. THIS is why the Athletic is worth paying for. Lombardi is a football guy, but apparently has a Czech mother, speaks Czech, and has spent a lot of time in the country.

 

[Used As A Shield]

yah. we should have a paywall tag for these articles/threads.

Actually, we do have a paywall tag on the sharks board!

 

[SactoShark]

That was a great read. Now, I gotta go to Pizzeria di Carlo.

 

[LadyStanley]

You can pay as little as $3 for a monthly subscription to the Athletic.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Really detailed read. Good stuff.

 

[Barrie22]

You can pay as little as $3 for a monthly subscription to the Athletic.

still 3 dollars a month to much.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

still 3 dollars a month to much.

I think its worth it. The big problem in todays world is that anything not free can be called 'too much'. That is how much free information is available to us.

 

[Used As A Shield]

How many good sharks article a month? Are we paying 3 bucks per article?

 

[hohosaregood]

How many good sharks article a month? Are we paying 3 bucks per article?

I wouldn't say Sharks content is the best just cuz Kurz's game to game stuff is kinda whatever. His in depth essays are good. I like The Athletic cuz it does give a lot of writers a lot more leeway to write some really big in depth stories that we didn't really get a chance to read when they were part of more traditional media conglomerates. I think it has the best value if you're vaguely interested in following the rest of the league or are also a fan of other sports. I think it's helped me learn quite a bit about football in the last year.

 

[Lebanezer]

Kurz doesn’t really write what I would call postgame articles. He writes articles after games about the team that incorporate the most recent game, but it’s not a recap really. Since he doesn’t do recaps he doesn’t seem to have a hard deadline so the articles come out quite a bit after the games end. There’s zero coverage of the barracuda and minimal coverage of Sharks’ prospects on the athletic. Any prospect info on there comes from Corey Pronman and he reviews every team so Sharks’ news is sparse. Overall the Sharks coverage is kind of underwhelming. The Giants by comparison have at least 3 writers on there.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Do you get access to the archive i.e. the older articles?

 

[Lebanezer]

Do you get access to the archive i.e. the older articles?

Yes

 

[AgentCooper]

I'll say what I always say about the Athletic. It's totally worth it. I think I paid $48 for the year, so 4 bucks per month.

Even if you're not the biggest Kurz fan (I'm not either), it's still worth it. We crap on him a lot, but he's written several really excellent pieces. There's some good general NHL content as well. If you liked Down Goes Brown, Sean McIndoe writes a lot of fun/amusing articles. David Pollak drops in once in a while. There are other contributors too.

And, if you're into other sports as well, it is DEFINITELY worth the money. The 49er coverage is great. Warriors and Giants too.

 

[LadyStanley]

There are perhaps 4-5 Shark-centric articles every week. Pollak does the occasional article too.

You also get LeBrun, Mirtle, Custance, Burnside, Pronman at least weekly.

There are one or more beat writers for each NHL team.

IMHO well worth the $$.

 

[ThePlanet]

A wonder how old that Hertl pic is. A week, maybe two?

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Even a younger baby Hertl.

 

[DeadGhost]

The Athletic is absolutely worth it if you're a sports fan. Even if you're just a Sharks fan and don't care about the rest of the NHL or other sports it's still the best Sharks coverage available.

 

[CrazedZooChimp]

How many good sharks article a month? Are we paying 3 bucks per article?

This article was about 4x the length of most stories, so does that count as 4? Kurz writes something every day, and there are a bunch of national NHL writers. Plus it's fun to see Pollak sometimes write things. Plus every other sport or teams if you have any interest in any of them.