Quebec and hockey - the discussion

[william_adams]

If the US economy tanks most likely Canada's will as well.

Ah... but that's why I caveated that with "because of high oil prices"... Canada (not necessarily all, but most certainly some regions) will be just fine even in a US recession if oil prices stay nice and high... The dollar is geting higher and higher, our fiscal balance is getting better and better, it's a bit of a dream, but there are possible stars that could align to make some wealth fools that just might buy a hockey team!

 

[Spawn]

Red Bull tastes like a donkeys piss left out in the sun for 3 months, then left in a rotting dead camel. It is then refrigerated and carbonated. Monster is the greatest energy drink there is.

Quebec City Monsters I THINK AWESOME!!!!!

Monster>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>everything else in existence

 

[Hasbro]

Red Bull tastes like a donkeys piss left out in the sun for 3 months, then left in a rotting dead camel. It is then refrigerated and carbonated.

How would you know that?

 

[Kostolany]

I dare to say Pittsburgh Red Bulls!! According to an austrian newsarticle he is in

negotiations with the current owners of the Penguins.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I dare to say Pittsburgh Red Bulls!! According to an austrian newsarticle he is in

negotiations with the current owners of the Penguins.

Wem?

 

[Kostolany]

Wem?

Could you please state more precisely your question? Wem means

whom.

source is www.krone.at

 

[PoutinePourMoi]

Isnt it too late? I thought Gottesdeiner and the other dude were the only 2 left in the bidding. if he brings them to Quebec, do you think he would consider the Nordiques name?


I hate this pro-Quebec and pro-Hartford and pro-Winnipeg hype when it always falls through.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Could you please state more precisely your question? Wem means

whom.

source is www.krone.at

Right, who is doing the negotiating? Wem ist aushandlen mit dem Pittsburgh Penguins?

(Sorry, I'm just kind of looking for an excuse to practice my very rusty Deutsch.)

 

[HandshakeLine]

Isnt it too late? I thought Gottesdeiner and the other dude were the only 2 left in the bidding. if he brings them to Quebec, do you think he would consider the Nordiques name?


I hate this pro-Quebec and pro-Hartford and pro-Winnipeg hype when it always falls through.

All the Pittsburgh papers are saying that Gottesdeiner seems to be a distant second in the bidding. Fingold is the front runner.

 

[PoutinePourMoi]

All the Pittsburgh papers are saying that Gottesdeiner seems to be a distant second in the bidding. Fingold is the front runner.

Thats why I am praying....

 

[Ted Hoffman]

The two threads on Quebec and hockey are now merged - any further discussion on this should go here and *not* on a new thread.

 

[Kostolany]

Right, who is doing the negotiating? Wem ist aushandlen mit dem Pittsburgh Penguins?

(Sorry, I'm just kind of looking for an excuse to practice my very rusty Deutsch.)

I was only referring to this article in our newspaper, but unfortunately I could not find any proof in NA newspapers. Dietrich Mateschitz (half owner of RB) is always making quick decisions. Wait and see what will happen in the near future.

 

[thebigstubbs*]

Identify those owners. Then demonstrate how they hold those views.

I doubt you can.

If you cannot, then identify your meanderings as mere opinion and move along.

It came from Bettmen, Wirtz and a few others during the lockout

HIs excact comment was the NHL was going forward and not backwards

Houston nearly got he oilers a few years ago

feal free to move along

the nhl will never be back as a team in either Quebec city or Winapeg

some people just to refuse to face the truth

 

[Jumptheshark]

too nasty of a response

But

yeah

it has been repeated by severel NHL talking heads that for hockey to go back to Quebec city alot would have to happen

incueding a new arena, quebec tax system reformed and a few other things.

Some people are just in complete deniel over the fact that the nhl will never go back to Quebec city

Anyone who lived in Canada knows that the Montreal Canadians rule Quebec like Toronto rules Ontario

No matter how good Ottawa is--they barely get any talk in the province during hockey season

it is almost impossible to survive in either provinces with the leafs and canadians

I had the link to the comments about Quebec and Winnapeg the Bettmen made

but at the news conference was the guy that owns the Hurricanes and I believe the bruins

The NHL has no interest in going back to Quebec or the peg

 

[WestgateCoyote]

Could you please state more precisely your question? Wem means

whom.

source is www.krone.at

The Kronen Zeitung (that´s how the newspaper is called) isn´t a very reliable source coming out of Austria. They don´t know anything about NHL hockey.

Maybe Quebec City doesn´t have a NHL caliber arena - at the moment. If Mateschitz gets a chance to get a team there he´ll build that arena all by himself - I promise.

 

[blackhawksmaniac]

I'd rather someone piss in my mouth and poop in my eyes than drink Full Throttle

Quebec Rockstars would be tight, though

Or the Quebec Gay Fuels!

 

[Flukeshot]

I'm sorry I don't have a link because it is just something that I've heard of TV many times before whenever this kind of topic makes it on TSN or something. But... The minimum arena capacity for the NHL is (or at least was) 15,000. When the new Winnipeg arena was being built they wanted to make it with the minimum standards for the NHL, just in case. Perhaps someone in the Peg can confirm this. And I also remember hearing that it was easily expandable.

So Quebec would be okay capacity-wise. Not that I think it matters, just trying to clear that up.

 

[WestgateCoyote]

I'm sorry I don't have a link because it is just something that I've heard of TV many times before whenever this kind of topic makes it on TSN or something. But... The minimum arena capacity for the NHL is (or at least was) 15,000. When the new Winnipeg arena was being built they wanted to make it with the minimum standards for the NHL, just in case. Perhaps someone in the Peg can confirm this. And I also remember hearing that it was easily expandable.

So Quebec would be okay capacity-wise. Not that I think it matters, just trying to clear that up.

Actually the NHL doesn´t require a minimum capacity for an arena.

 

[Jumptheshark]

no they don't have a min capacity rule

but commen logic would dictate certain things

anything under 20k seeting that does not have lots of private boxes--the nhl will not look at the city

 

[Butch 19]

--American just can not get into hockey and when a Canadian team does well--

Hey, don't take it personally. (We like you, we really really like you.)

Actually, America doesn't get into hockey even when American teams do well.

 

[jamiebez]

I'm sorry I don't have a link because it is just something that I've heard of TV many times before whenever this kind of topic makes it on TSN or something. But... The minimum arena capacity for the NHL is (or at least was) 15,000. When the new Winnipeg arena was being built they wanted to make it with the minimum standards for the NHL, just in case. Perhaps someone in the Peg can confirm this. And I also remember hearing that it was easily expandable.

So Quebec would be okay capacity-wise. Not that I think it matters, just trying to clear that up.

There is no minimum capacity for NHL arenas, and True North (the company who built the building) did check with the NHL if 15,000 seats would preclude them from future consideration. The NHL did not, and does not, have a problem with the size.

As far as expansion goes, there is the possibility of adding 12 additional suites below the current row of press boxes, as well as the possibility of adding one more extra row at the top of the rink. This would add about 500-600 more seats and could easily be done in the offseason.

Beyond that, though, it is not easily expandable. Doing so would require raising the roof and probably annexing at least one of the surrounding downtown streets.

 

[Flukeshot]

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Hey, don't take it personally. (We like you, we really really like you.)

Actually, America doesn't get into hockey even when American teams do well.

America as a whole, sure. But America as a whole is a lot larger than Canada, population-wise.

Certain American markets get very into hockey. Others, well, I'm not going to lie and say they do. But to say that Americans do not care about hockey is an overgeneralization.

 

[Jumptheshark]

America as a whole, sure. But America as a whole is a lot larger than Canada, population-wise.

Certain American markets get very into hockey. Others, well, I'm not going to lie and say they do. But to say that Americans do not care about hockey is an overgeneralization.

Grammer Police


Yes, America is larger when taken from a population point of view

however from a land size perspective Canada is the larger country

 

[GSC2k2*]

Grammer Police


Yes, America is larger when taken from a population point of view

however from a land size perspective Canada is the larger country

Perhaps you might want to consider resigning from the "grammer police" until you can actually learn how to spell "grammar".

You might also want to learn how to use punctuation and capital letters.

Grammer police indeed.