mr gib
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yes i've heard this about oklahoma - the pittsburgh situation resolved plus two expansion team's is what the nhl is looking at doing
Yup, no bias in that presentation by you. Especially considering that OKC has won the overall minor-league attendance title three out of the last six years (with over 8,000 per game every year), finished 2nd two of those years, and not been any lower than sixth at any time in the past seven years................. in the catagory of I do not know a hockey puck from a cow pie, but if that NBA thang don't work (they literally say that in the article, how welcoming). . .
Huge mistake (expansion). Regardless of the NHL propaganda, there will continue to be teams struggling in their existing markets, and putting expansion teams into the two best markets without hockey currently would water down the talent pool AND handcuff the league and team owners when the next Pittsburgh-type situation arises.yes i've heard this about oklahoma - the pittsburgh situation resolved plus two expansion team's is what the nhl is looking at doing
Huge mistake (expansion). Regardless of the NHL propaganda, there will continue to be teams struggling in their existing markets, and putting expansion teams into the two best markets without hockey currently would water down the talent pool AND handcuff the league and team owners when the next Pittsburgh-type situation arises.
Yup, no bias in that presentation by you. Especially considering that OKC has won the overall minor-league attendance title three out of the last six years (with over 8,000 per game every year), finished 2nd two of those years, and not been any lower than sixth at any time in the past seven years...
But sure, none of them know a hockey puck from a cow pie.
We've been relatively free of the six-toes thing for a couple of generations, now ...Yeah I should clarify i think columbus is a good market... for a bunch of six toed hicks who couldn't tell you who Stan Smyl was!
My point was mainly in reference to people citing strong attendance for OKC's minor league franchise, not Pittsburgh.No offense to pittsburgh fans, but they are a distant third in that city. It's all steelers steelers and god forbid if the Pirates actually did something they would take over the pens in popularity quickly. I mean they had a Cowher press conference headlining the news when their hockey team got the offer to move to KC.
Bull. The "sentiments" of "we don't know a hockey puck from a cow pie" were all yours. Yes, the article did make clear that the NBA was favored over the NHL, but the stereotyping and dismissal of an entire fan base's knowledge came from you, and you alone.The sentiments were OKC's not mine. Read the article. Hockey is a very very second class citizen in that reporting and in the quotes from the OKC Mayor. If we do not get basketball, OKC said, what the hell, we would settle for that red headed step child, hockey. Don't you all feel welcome now?
In the last round of expansion, OKC was cut in the first round but apparently they had a very strong presentation - even stronger than the two Houston groups. The sole reason they were turned down is because they were the smallest market presenting and the league worried about local support.
This is how I remember it, too.Actually, OKC was the last team cut from the last expansion. The NHL strung them along as they continued to drag out the process because Columbus and St. Paul had yet to secure their arena funding.
After Nashville and Atlanta had been given franchises. There was a stage in the process ( as I recall) where there were four finalists for the two spots that went to Minny and Columbus.Nashville...
Marc
mfosterftw said:Mmmm, that's right... I think your original thought is correct, but can't remember if it was HR or Houston.
Marc
The "joke" is the multiple posters on this Board who (a) think they know what a "hockey town" is and (b) think that there is even a single additional Canadian market that could handle an NHL franchise (and yes, that includes the idea of second franchises in those markets already served by one).Frankly, i dont understand why the NHL is obsessed with finding some nonhockey town. The gap between the american and canadian dollars make it more viable for canadian franchises. They keep following this pipe dream. What a joke.
Can't argue with gscarpenter.The "joke" is the multiple posters on this Board who (a) think they know what a "hockey town" is and (b) think that there is even a single additional Canadian market that could handle an NHL franchise (and yes, that includes the idea of second franchises in those markets already served by one).Frankly, i dont understand why the NHL is obsessed with finding some nonhockey town. The gap between the american and canadian dollars make it more viable for canadian franchises. They keep following this pipe dream. What a joke.
The idea of a seventh Canadian franchise is a joke.
Even the notion that there is such a thing as a "hockey town" is a joke.
At this point, I pretty well label anyone who uses the term "hockey town" (except in a rejection of the concept) as someone who in all likelihood has no clue what they are talking about and simply spout the traditional gum-flapping standard "wisdom" without having expended an ounce of critical thought in the process.