News Article: Andlauer sells the Bulldogs to the Habs. Team moves to St. John for 2 years.

[ThaDevilGirl]

st jhons is not a 30hr car ride lol. More like 10-12.

St. John's Newfoundland. Not St-John New Brunswick. It definitely takes 2 days of travel to get to NL.

 

[Braun]

st jhons is not a 30hr car ride lol. More like 10-12.

You can drive 2000km in 12 hours? Impressive

 

[Sam I Am]

Not to mention the 14 hour ferry ride. I don't expect many call-ups will drive.

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

Not to mention the 14 hour ferry ride. I don't expect many call-ups will drive.

It would not be very efficient

 

[Canadienna]

I don't like this.

 

[DJ Breadman]

This is a great move, well for me living in Newfoundland, but seriously it's a great fan base nice stadium and it's not that far via plane from Montreal.

 

[canadiensnation]

Edit: Nevermind

 

[Habssince89]

nuts, was really hoping for Laval..

but at least st johns wont scare the bazeesus ouuta our prospects lol

Seriously Hamilton is fine. Nygren was being a complete spoiled brat

 

[Ezpz]

Seriously Hamilton is fine. Nygren was being a complete spoiled brat

Yeah, like when his brother got mugged. What a sissy.

 

[HamiltonOHL]

Yeah, like when his brother got mugged. What a sissy.

No matter what city you play hockey you have a chance at getting mugged

 

[BruinDust]

I can tell you guys one thing, if this is true, your prospects will experience something very close to the NHL experience in terms of atmosphere playing at Mile One in St. John's.

On a Saturday night for Ice Caps games the building is rocking. 6000 + sold out. Lively crowd, great acoustics, the sound just vibrates the arena. NHL quality lights and presentation for the player entrances. Just an all-around great atmosphere to play in. Hard to imagine many AHL arena's today can come close to atmosphere of a packed house at Mile One. Having the farm team of a popular franchise like Montreal will only help. Not many Jets fans in Newfoundland, lots of Hab fans.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

From Bulldogs to Sea Dogs

 

[JusticeBeaver]

When rumours started making their rounds last year that Winnipeg were moving their farm team to MTS center, a report came out stating something along the lines that the current ownership group of the ice caps retain the rights to the team name and any future team will be called the ice caps. Kinda like Syracuse did a few years ago I think.

This makes sense business wise, even on a Monday night Mile One Center would be rocking with a sellout crowd. Flights between St. Johns and MTL are roughly 3 hours, nothing that will jet lag a call up, emergency basis calls never happen so I doubt that argument gets much weight in these decisions. Plus I can actually make out players numbers on the Ice Caps feeds and the play by play is great. Would love for them to get HD cams going, they certainly can afford it.

 

[Shawarma*]

The airfare alone will be prohibitive.

 

[FerrisRox]

st jhons is not a 30hr car ride lol. More like 10-12.

What do you drive? Does it also turn into a plane or a boat?

 

[Brainiac]

I can tell you guys one thing, if this is true, your prospects will experience something very close to the NHL experience in terms of atmosphere playing at Mile One in St. John's.

On a Saturday night for Ice Caps games the building is rocking. 6000 + sold out. Lively crowd, great acoustics, the sound just vibrates the arena. NHL quality lights and presentation for the player entrances. Just an all-around great atmosphere to play in. Hard to imagine many AHL arena's today can come close to atmosphere of a packed house at Mile One. Having the farm team of a popular franchise like Montreal will only help. Not many Jets fans in Newfoundland, lots of Hab fans.

Thanks for the insight. Didn't knew about that. Kudos to the Newfoundlanders.

You have a very good point about the importance of a good atmosphere. Went to Hamilton a few times and it's a 'meh' place at best.

 

[FerrisRox]

This is a great move, well for me living in Newfoundland, but seriously it's a great fan base nice stadium and it's not that far via plane from Montreal.

It's not ideal to have a farm team in a market where its not uncommon for flights to be delayed or even cancelled due to fog.

 

[HamiltonOHL]

HABitual Fan who posted this on the OHL section has a good point

Considering that Andlauer is a partner in the Canadiens I doubt the Canadiens pulled their AHL team before he has something in place for the lease he has in Hamilton.

 

[Beaker]

 

[Redux91]

Beaulieu will feel right at home next time hes sent down

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

From Bulldogs to Sea Dogs

Not the same place.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Not the same place.

whatevs

 

[habsprospects]

When is the arena in Laval be ready anyway?

 

[montreal]

I can tell you guys one thing, if this is true, your prospects will experience something very close to the NHL experience in terms of atmosphere playing at Mile One in St. John's.

On a Saturday night for Ice Caps games the building is rocking. 6000 + sold out. Lively crowd, great acoustics, the sound just vibrates the arena. NHL quality lights and presentation for the player entrances. Just an all-around great atmosphere to play in. Hard to imagine many AHL arena's today can come close to atmosphere of a packed house at Mile One. Having the farm team of a popular franchise like Montreal will only help. Not many Jets fans in Newfoundland, lots of Hab fans.

sounds good for the players.

 

[DJ Breadman]

When is the arena in Laval be ready anyway?

There is an article in the paper down here in Newfoundland and the reporter is speculating that the dogs may come here for a couple seasons and then move to Laval when the stadium is done.