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Can we start selling 2016-2017 season tickets yet? I've seen significantly more advertising / branding around the building this season and I only like the idea of tanking for Matthews if LeBlanc and Barroway are getting all the bills paid.The prospect of having McEichel + Domi + Matthews as our future F core, really makes another tank next season hyper-appealling.
Can we start selling 2016-2017 season tickets yet? I've seen significantly more advertising / branding around the building this season and I only like the idea of tanking for Matthews if LeBlanc and Barroway are getting all the bills paid.
It was.... posted it in BoH a couple weeks ago. You should drop in more often.
It always gets me how little some people understand about the growth of youth hockey in Arizona.
The only thing that kinda bothers me is that I think the 'house league' numbers are still down. In the early 2000s I scorekept for youth games at Polar Ice Chandler, and there were always 6,8,10 teams in each level of the house youth leagues. The last time I looked, maybe a year ago, before all the changing of hands started, the Chandler and Gilbert rinks had a combined league that had maybe 4 or 6 each... a small sample size, I know.
I think at the high end (travel teams), we have plenty of quality coaches, players, and what-not, but I wonder about the lower levels sometimes.
I already ragequit the McDavid thread there. It's hard to maintain a sensible dialogue with the Legions of the Miserable there.
It's too bad no one ever bought Ozzie Ice and got it up and running again. My understanding is it was kind of small but if they could renovate it I think it's in a great location (just south of Shea on 32nd st). As it stands now those in North Phoenix don't have any rinks close by, they have to choose either Peoria Polar Ice or Ice Den.
Let's say this was a plausible scenario:
We draft Eichel. A year from now, the Oilers finish last and draft Matthews. Do you offer Edmonton a Eichel for Matthews trade?
Wasn't always the best neighborhood. Used to practice there when I played in HS. Employee got murdered by another employee there as well. The fake ice wasn't all that bad, but they had a real rink that was half size. Great for cheap practice.
The valley needs more ice sheets and facilities. Does anyone know what the Ice Den cost to build initially?
Can't find anything on the original cost but it took $5 million to add the third sheet.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2011/06/09/20110609scottsdale-ice-den-adding-3rd-rink-5-million.html