ProctorSilex said:No more American teams. Period.
Original6 said:Well if it was so embarressing why can't I find any hard facts?
tangible_faith said:Why give them another chance? If there is any metro/populated area that gets another team it is Toronto.
trenton1 said:Wisconsin.
Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee...makes no difference to me. It's probably the last expansive area in the US that has the hockey culture and enough of a population to have a shot with an NHL hockey franchise. A nice potential rival for the Wild too, I'd say.
canucks666 said:All this leads me to conclude:
Winnipeg, Quebec City, Hartford, Hamilton, Portland = good.
the rest of the ideas = bad.
Which teams would I move? The ones with no history and poor attendanc:
Carolina, Phoenix - right near the top of the list. No support, no attendance, no roots. OUT.
Florida - two teams in that state? Can't move Tampa, so. OUT.
Chicago - horrible attendance, but the HISTORY! STAYS.
Pittsburgh - would've been right at the very top of my list to move, but Crosby has saved the franchise. STAYS.
Nashville - I would've also moved it but from what I hear people in Nashville are actually genuinly getting behind this team and getting excited. What'dyaknow. STAYS.
New Jersey - bad attendance but can't argue with teh dynasty. STAYS.
Funny how you guys want to get rid of Phoenix and give a team to Winnipeg considering the fact that our LOWEST attendance ever is 400 lower than Winnipeg's HIGHEST attendance ever.tangible_faith said:No. I am far from a team in the US. I am against putting ANOTHER team in the US. We have tried to kater hockey to the US for years now. We have been expanding since the 60's(post original 6) and they are still trying to sell the game. It is the real fans in Canada that are losing out....Get rid of Raleigh, Miami, Atlanta, Nashville, Anaheim, Phoenix, and replace them with Hamilton, Winnipeg, and Quebec City. I would rather see a team in Grand Rapids than Raleigh or Hartford than Miami or even ALbany/Syracuse.
You don't think that has something to do with the capacity of the rinks?coyoteshockeyfan said:Funny how you guys want to get rid of Phoenix and give a team to Winnipeg considering the fact that our LOWEST attendance ever is 400 lower than Winnipeg's HIGHEST attendance ever.
Hockey capacity of America West Arena: 16300 (3500 of which you couldnt even see the goal)Hockeycanada said:You don't think that has something to do with the capacity of the rinks?
Thing is Green Bay has to sell 8 games on weekends and gets susidised with a massive tv contract. They are publicaly owned and alot some of their games to Milwaukee. It's closer to a college football model than anything.Hockeycanada said:If Green Bay has a population of 100,000 and have the Packers thrive in the NFL I could see a team in Saskatchewan. Doesn't Saskatoon have the higher population right now(200,000), isn't Regina's population around 175,000? I'd put a team in Saskatoon and call them Saskatchewan ______, and there will be province wide support much like the Roughriders.
Saskatoon has double to the population and only has to sell 1/2 the capacity. I think having a team in Saskatoon would be really cool.Hasbro said:Thing is Green Bay has to sell 8 games on weekends and gets susidised with a massive tv contract. They are publicaly owned and alot some of their games to Milwaukee. It's closer to a college football model than anything.
KillerB 's said:I don't know if Baltimore would be a good spot for a team because they are squeezed between DC and NYC.
ProctorSilex said:No more American teams. Period.
GoLeafsGo BLEED BLUE said:I think Winnipeg should get a team again. If that were the case then The Brandon Weat Kings of the WHL would have to play all of there home games at the Keystone center and not some in Brandon and some in Winnipeg at the MTS center. So both of the teams would have their own arena.