Miscellaneous NHL Talk -- The Triple X version

[Chicken Chaser]

Five years ago tonight this was my view:



Bah hum bug.

u watch the game or the blonde all night??

 

[FLYguy3911]

That would have been an interesting race to watch.

I'll take Morin goaline to goaline.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

It looks like things in Arizona aren't going too well. The city might nix an agreement with the team tomorrow when they take it to a vote at a meeting.

 

[PALE PWNR]

The never ending Phoenix drama.

 

[Curufinwe]

I'll take Morin goaline to goaline.

I'd take Coburn by a nose.

 

[Hiesenberg]

What's that mean for Phoenix if the deal gets kaboshed?

 

[healthyscratch]

What's that mean for Phoenix if the deal gets kaboshed?

Quebec Coyotes.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Quebec Coyotes.

Sweet.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Quebec Coyotes.

Las Vegas Coyotes.

 

[flyershockey]

Las Vegas Coyotes.

That sounds more like it. Then we'll get to have this same conversation again in like 10 years.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

seattle river rats

 

[Appleyard]

Centre Vidéotron is going to be fully ready for September no? It is supposed to be hosting a Habs vs Penguins pre-season game on the 28th of September.

Over 18k seats, designed for hockey, know what they are getting with the market.

If it was a short notice (ie less than ~6 months, which it would be I imagine if this meeting goes the way that Glendale seemingly want it to) move Quebec probably makes the most sense... if they have a year or notice so I imagine it will be Vegas.

 

[Curufinwe]

I don't think they can have a 17/13 split so Quebec would have to stay in the Pacific division. If they do another realignment with the Coyotes in Quebec, I would move Colorado to the Pacific, Columbus and Detroit to the Central, put the Atlantic teams back together again, and have Quebec in a Northeast division.

So just take Arizona and the extra Toronto team out of this.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Just get the loser teams out of the South. Christ, I'm sick of having teams support them.

 

[Lindberg]

Just get the loser teams out of the South. Christ, I'm sick of having teams support them.

It is incredible that guys like Gary Bettman get paid millions of dollars by basically trying to shove square pegs in round holes. Is there a single team in the south that really turns a profit? I am not a lawyer (degreed EE) but it seems like I could do a better job than most of the employees (non-players) in the NHL.

The whole notion of growing the game in the south is kind of a silly idea since hockey is expensive, requires you to always go to a rink to play, and street hockey isn't popular either.

 

[flyershockey]

Nashville and Carolina are doing fine. Florida, Anaheim and Arizona are the only real dead spots, imo.

 

[sobrien]

Breaking up the Penguins rivalries with Philly, NYR, NYI, and WAS isn't something the NHL will want to do.

 

[Lindberg]

Nashville and Carolina are doing fine. Florida, Anaheim and Arizona are the only real dead spots, imo.

I wouldn't consider operating at a loss as doing fine.

http://www.forbes.com/nhl-valuations/list/

From the little knowledge I know about life the point of starting a business is to make money and not lose money. Revenue sharing is a good thing for the NHL but propping up a franchise like ARZ doesn't seem like a good business practice to me.

 

[Hiesenberg]

NHL released a statement saying the city of Glendale has no merit to do this.

Should be fun.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Move AZ to QC, new teams in SEA and LV in 2018. Seattle Super Slews and the Las Vegas Pawn Stars

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Move AZ to QC, new teams in SEA and LV in 2018. Seattle Super Slews and the Las Vegas Pawn Stars

Let me call my buddy down the street who's an expert on Las Vegas NHL teams.

 

[Striiker]

 

[TheLegendkiller]

Let me call my buddy down the street who's an expert on Las Vegas NHL teams.

I know they aren't even the worst of the worst but the NHL should move Carolina because of how utterly useless they are as a team. They don't generate hate or love, no really marketable stars, terrible jerseys, no rivalries. They're just basically a slice of plain white bread.

 

[OriginJM]

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Thank you. Now I was Chicago to win just for this reason.