Confirmed with Link: Binghamton Senators Moving To Belleville

[Uchiha]

https://www.nhl.com/senators/news/o...-partners-with-city-of-belleville/c-282137476

http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hoc...orth-to-bellevile-say-broome-county-officials

Hopefully Baby Sens get one last run at the Calder cup this year!

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[Six Assets]

good stuff

 

[Sun God Nika]

Thank god Bingo got a calder cup with us.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Great . Commuting distance for me right now.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Good news

A bit sad for all the good Bingo folk we've come to know over the years though

 

[HousePerseus]

Could explain the big money being spent for one last run.

 

[Ouroboros]

Is the plan for the Senators to buy the franchise, relocate it and operate it themselves or will it be owned by local interests like in Binghamton?

 

[Here I Pageau Again]

This makes me happy! Looks like I'll be seeing some games in my future

 

[Blueshirts]

Stupid move, they lust added thousands of travel miles to their prospects. Binghamton is right in the middle of the AHL east. But this is Ottawa, they have a history of stupid moves.

 

[Caeldan]

Stupid move, they just added thousands of travel miles to their prospects. Binghamton is right in the middle of the AHL east. But this is Ottawa, they have a history of stupid moves.

Well, per the article it's occurring in the middle of another set of re-alignments. And Binghamton is receiving a replacement team.

It'll be closeish to Toronto, and Laval is still further out than anyone else.
The advantage will be that it's only a couple hours away so you can send kids up and down on game days easily without even worrying about passport checks. So probably opportunities for cap/salary savings.

 

[5 Minute Major]

Makes me sad. Enjoyed having the Sens in town. Caught a glimpse of players the Sabres would be facing off against in future seasons.

As you can imagine, I was thrilled about the Lehner trade, especially after witnessing him here in Binghamton.

I guess I can get back to totally hating the Sens organization once again?

 

[IamJust0ne]

Glad to see Bingo will get another AHL team to replace the BSens immediately

 

[Senscore]

Glad to see Bingo will get another AHL team to replace the BSens immediately

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Yeah I'd feel pretty bad if that wasn't the case.

We'll always have that magical summer of 2011.

 

[Micklebot]

Thanks for all the reports over the years from the good posters watching games in bingo. Sorry you guys are losing your team...

edit: Just saw you're getting another one. Ok, not as bad. Hope the new team treats you guys right,

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I won't be making any more trips to Belleville as I would to Bingo, so personally this doesn't mean much, but I suppose for the org. this is a pretty major advantage to have both teams in Ontario.

Still sad to have to say goodbye to our Bingo friends though, and hopefully some of you Binghamton guys will stick around the forum.

 

[dumbdick]

Good move by the team. Belleville is close enough that we could add to our NHL fanbase there. Nobody in Bingo was rooting for the Sens.

 

[Laoghaire]

Good move by the team. Belleville is close enough that we could add to our NHL fanbase there. Nobody in Bingo was rooting for the Sens.

This is a big part of it I think. Try and convert Belleville and the surrounding area to Sens fans.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

This is a big part of it I think. Try and convert Belleville and the surrounding area to Sens fans.

The question is, do we really want Belleville fans?

 

[ZekeA]

Good move by the team. Belleville is close enough that we could add to our NHL fanbase there. Nobody in Bingo was rooting for the Sens.

"Fenix Rises #2026":


Must be that I don't rate then I guess after all these years.........

 

[dumbdick]

"Fenix Rises #2026":


Must be that I don't rate then I guess after all these years.........

Haha. I knew somebody was going to call me on that. Maybe you should move to belleville.

 

[Laoghaire]

The question is, do we really want Belleville fans?

If we did this early enough we'd have picked up Matt Cooke and prevent ourselves losing a year of Karlsson.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Haha. I knew somebody was going to call me on that. Maybe you should move to belleville.

Seriously. Zeke is great. We need to find a way to get him to Belleville.

 

[Here I Pageau Again]

Seriously. Zeke is great. We need to find a way to get him to Belleville.

I'll take over! The bf has been trying to convince me to move to Belleville when we are tired of the city. Although I've been rooting for
Guelph.

 

[starling]

Thanks Zeke, Ski, Maindot and all other fine folks in Bingo for all those years.
I will secretely cheer for the next Binghamton team n AHL whichever it will be.

 

[dumbdick]

Can't we just move Elmira to Bingo?