You’re probably aware, but in case you are not, Vox Media/SB Nation announced last Friday that it would be shutting down just about their entire NHL network at the end of February, including us here at Broad Street Hockey. The news came as a surprise to us, despite worsening conditions for us working here at the blog over the last year or so.
Pressure came from above for us — and the rest of our friends at the other NHL blogs — to focus on clickbait, to forget about quality and focus on quantity and clicks.