Vlad The Impaler
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Are you talking about Montreal or yourself?
NHL '09/'10 Season Thread
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Are you talking about Montreal or yourself?
Both Montreal and myself. We're both sexy bitches.
Vlad The Impaler
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I get it. Just putting a little pressure on them.
Vlad The Impaler
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I know Toronto's sexy. Is Montreal really all that sexy? The women are French Canadian so Yeh, it probably is sexy. We already knew you're sexy.
Not only sexy, but Le Sexy. All the time. It can be tiresome.
Vlad The Impaler
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Well if ya ever need a break let me know. Obviously I'm not as sexy as you but I'm sure it'll be alright for a few minutes.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
They do it all the time. Hell, even the owner of the Oilers once threatened to move his team to Hamilton once.
Vlad The Impaler
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Politics. I'd cry myself to sleep if the Rangers ever left. Unless it was to Elmira. Our arena only holds 5,000 though, so I don't think we're getting an NHL team anytime soon.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
I hope you won't cry if the Islanders leave. That's actually possible.
Vlad The Impaler
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That would have no effect whatsoever. I can't see why they need that many teams there in the first place. Why have you heard something?
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
The Islanders have been in trouble for well over a decade. They play in probably the worst (and one of the smallest) arena in the league. The owner has been trying for years now to get permission from the Town of Hempstead to build a project which would include a new arena, but the town frankly doesn't want it done. The arena problems have led to the owner talking about relocation. The team had a game in Kansas City to test interest there, and as recent as two weeks ago the owner of the Mets was talking about building a new arena for the Islanders next to Citi Field. It's a shame that the arena is so bad and the town is so reluctant to have the owner revitalize Long Island, because the fans there love the Islanders, but it's the same as it is in Phoenix; why come and watch a sub par team that might not be there in a year or two?
Vlad The Impaler
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Damn, you did your homework that time. What was the interest in KC, if any. And why is the arena so bad, was it there already or just bad design?
I wonder why the NHL is so against a team going back to Canada. It's like they can't admit they screwed up before with getting rid of a lot of them or choosing a bad place like they did to put Coyotes and their stadium. Would it be so horrible if Canada, where people care about hockey more than anyplace else, got a team back?
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Kansas City built a brand new arena a few years ago, which sounds just fine except for the fact they have no one to play in it. The people who run it want to bring in either a NBA or NHL team, but when the Islanders played there they only filled half the arena, so that's pretty much a dead idea until Bettman decides we need more teams in the South.
I'm not too sure what is wrong with the arena on Long Island other than the fact it is just really old. With every old arena it is hard for a team to make money because they lack things like luxury boxes and other modern features, not to mention it is the smallest arena in the NHL.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
The problem with a team in Canada is that outside of the cities that already have teams, there aren't a lot of big cities. That means that, although the Jets might get 15,000 people to every game, the television audience and merchandise sales do not have as large potential as bigger American cities. Also (In my biased opinion) The NHL would rather have teams in big Southern America cities because it makes the league seem more major league if they have a team in Atlanta, rather than in Winnipeg. An interesting piece of trivia: out of Winnipeg, Quebec City and Hartford, it is Hartford that is the biggest city.
Vlad The Impaler
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It's easy to forget that Canada is so sparsely populated because its so fuckin big. Mostly wilderness though, nothin wrong with that. I'd love to spend my golden yrs in a cabin all alone right in the middle of it.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Yeah. Outside of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver there aren't any cities that would be considered "major" by American standards. Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa apparently have enough problems keeping their teams. I remember reading last summer that the owner of the Senators actually loses money every year - to the sound of twenty million a year if I remember. I can't imagine that the Flames and Oilers are doing much better.
Vlad The Impaler
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Sometimes I wonder how the NHL stays afloat. But I guess ya gota give Betteman some credit. Like putting more teams in big American cities. It's for the good of the NHL overall.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
As odd as it sounds, putting teams in the South is good for the game as a whole. They're introducing hockey to new markets and they're getting more people to play it. It might not make much sense from a business point of view, but in the end, the game itself benefits more from having a team in Phoenix than having one in Winnipeg. The kids in Winnipeg are still going to put on skates and play hockey with or without a NHL team.
LOL @ the Sharks choking in the playoffs AGAIN!