Pre-Game Talk: 2014 Pre-Season/Training Camp

________ · Feb 12, 2014

Andy Strickland @andystrickland
Hockey fans in KC...#stlblues and Dallas Stars set to play a pre-season game Sept. 27th at Sprint Center. Internet pre-sale tomorrow 10-10

Stars99Lobo37 · Feb 12, 2014

Saturday night game. Might be a fun road trip to take.

piqued · Feb 12, 2014

Still amazes me that thing was built with no major tenant. Now going on 6 and a half years.

jhr1986 · Feb 12, 2014

Serious question, I know nothing about the area - could Kansas City support an NHL team?

oconnor9sean · Feb 12, 2014

piqued said:
Still amazes me that thing was built with no major tenant. Now going on 6 and a half years.

Did they think they were gonna get an NBA or NHL team at the time?

Stars99Lobo37 · Feb 12, 2014

Was around the time the Penguins were in danger of leaving, if I remember correctly.

Believe their mayor has since come out and said that they're doing just fine without a pro team there.

DaStars99 · Feb 12, 2014

oconnor9sean said:
Did they think they were gonna get an NBA or NHL team at the time?

I think there we're loose rumors of a NHL team moving there. I believe Pittsburgh

Cin · Feb 12, 2014

There were also rumors whenever Phoenix nearly fell out, that KC could've been the destination.

I could see Seattle and KC getting the next two teams actually. If they don't go Canada, obviously.

glovesave_35 · Feb 12, 2014

Cin said:
I could see Seattle and KC getting the next two teams actually. If they don't go Canada, obviously.

Kansas City getting an NHL team would be a disaster. The area is simply not that interested in hockey, those that are probably already follow the Blues. It's also just not that big of a city. I was born and spent most of my childhood in that neck of the woods, it would not end well. They would be better served by getting an NBA team, and I don't really see that league clamoring to put a team in there.

TrillMike · Feb 12, 2014

Aren't people who live in KC Blues fans?

Johno · Feb 12, 2014

glovesave_35 said:
Kansas City getting an NHL team would be a disaster. The area is simply not that interested in hockey, those that are probably already follow the Blues. It's also just not that big of a city. I was born and spent most of my childhood in that neck of the woods, it would not end well. They would be better served by getting an NBA team, and I don't really see that league clamoring to put a team in there.

Yeah, don't see KC supporting a NHL team. The best choices for expansion teams would be Seattle and Saskatoon.

Anhero · Feb 12, 2014

Houston needs a team it is the biggest city in US/Canada without a team and would easily support a team.

aloonda* · Feb 12, 2014

Anhero said:
Houston needs a team it is the biggest city in US/Canada without a team and would easily support a team.

aeros
natural rivalry with dallas
would love to have this happen

Stars99Lobo37 · Feb 12, 2014

Not gonna happen in Houston without a new arena. That obviously would be best thing for the Stars.

beepeearr · Feb 12, 2014

Stars99Lobo37 said:
Not gonna happen in Houston without a new arena. That obviously would be best thing for the Stars.

I would love to see an Aeros NHL team, not sure a new Arena is needed though, they just need the Rockets owner to be involved in the ownership, which is a long shot. Same issue with Portland.

jhr1986 · Feb 12, 2014

Why were the Aeros (ahl) moved out of Houston?

oconnor9sean · Feb 12, 2014

jhr1986 said:
Why were the Aeros (ahl) moved out of Houston?

They are Minnesota's farm team, and the Wild moved them to Iowa; closer to Minnesota.

Stars99Lobo37 · Feb 12, 2014

beepeearr said:
I would love to see an Aeros NHL team, not sure a new Arena is needed though, they just need the Rockets owner to be involved in the ownership, which is a long shot. Same issue with Portland.

Long shot indeed, which is why a new arena would be needed. :laugh:

jhr1986 said:
Why were the Aeros (ahl) moved out of Houston?

Couldn't negotiate a new lease so Wild moved them.

Anhero · Feb 13, 2014

jhr1986 said:
Why were the Aeros (ahl) moved out of Houston?

oconnor9sean said:
They are Minnesota's farm team, and the Wild moved them to Iowa; closer to Minnesota.

The Rockets owner Les Alexander charged them too much for rent and the closer to Minnesota thing was defiantly the major factor. They also made the hockey locker room smaller once they upgraded/expanded the Rockets locker rooms this summer.

I have heard Les Alexander still wants an NHL team though. I am pretty sure Houston could support an NHL team. I am curious how many Stars fans in H-Town there are? My uncle worked for the Aeros and was mad when they moved.

I am a Rocket/Astros/Stars/Cowboys fan btw its a weird combo.

I'm not trying to derail the thread but since we are playing in KC in preseason I thought it was pretty boring convo (no offense).

ElGuapo · Feb 13, 2014

Houston should be next in line. Florida has multiple teams, California has multiple teams, why doesn't Texas? And as already said Houston is the largest NA market without an NHL team.

BigG44 · Feb 13, 2014

Shady12 said:
Houston should be next in line. Florida has multiple teams, California has multiple teams, why doesn't Texas? And as already said Houston is the largest NA market without an NHL team.

And those teams in Florida are barely making money, and the once star of southern hockey Dallas has faded significantly as well. They just gave up on Atlanta. Phoenix is a mess.

It sucks, and I believe Dallas will bounce back in a big way, but the money is further north. They've been dealing with failing organizations in the South too long to take a chance on another right now.

Houston's almost never even mentioned when they talk about expansion. It's Hamilton, Quebec City, Seattle .. those seem to be the usual suspects.

Stars99Lobo37 · Feb 13, 2014

Houston is only mentioned as an hopeful, not an actual contender now a days at least.

I'd be shocked if Seattle isn't the first city to get one.

BigG44 · Feb 13, 2014

Stars99Lobo37 said:
Houston is only mentioned as an hopeful, not an actual contender now a days at least.

I'd be shocked if Seattle isn't the first city to get one.

If and when it happens I would expect them to do it all at once ... two team, one expansion draft. That'll be awful ... the expansion draft. Last time you didn't have to protect prospects IIRC so that's a plus.

Cin · Feb 13, 2014

glovesave_35 said:
Kansas City getting an NHL team would be a disaster. The area is simply not that interested in hockey, those that are probably already follow the Blues. It's also just not that big of a city. I was born and spent most of my childhood in that neck of the woods, it would not end well. They would be better served by getting an NBA team, and I don't really see that league clamoring to put a team in there.

You know I'm not sure what the hell I was thinking when I said this. Had them confused with OKC. OKC could fill the building with Barons games a few years ago.

Scratch that post.

Stars99Lobo37 · Feb 13, 2014

Cin said:
You know I'm not sure what the hell I was thinking when I said this. Had them confused with OKC. OKC could fill the building with Barons games a few years ago.

Scratch that post.

OKC lead the minor leagues (across all boards) in attendance for a couple of years. They routinely had 10,000 in their building when they had the Blazers.

But that was also before the Thunder moved in.

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