Squiddy said:You guys are kidding right? Regina would lose a team in like 6 months and Halifax... well they don't even have a CFL team yet. CANADA IS NOT GETTING ANY MORE TEAMS. Six teams is enough for the country considering it has only 30 million people... You guys are just being naive.
Squiddy said:Yeah ok... 32 million people and most of that population is spread out in cities that already have teams. There might be a handful of people in Nova Scotia and pleaseeee stop bringing up that poker crap because whenever a local team in the NHL is in the playoffs the arena is sold out. Nova scotia is to fricken small for any real pro sport (CFL is only pro in canada) and Regina is still really small. The oilers are fighting for survival and I'm seriously doubting their survival with their lousy tv deal and lousy arena. The NHL is doing their best to keep that team affloat and overzealous fans want more teams because in your small city has no NHL team in close proximity. It isn't going to happen so please give up these useless threads and if you really want a NHL team in your city i'd suggest you move.
Newfie Jesus said:In most optimistic of circumstances, Halifax could pull it off in 10 years or so. I can easily see people making the long trek outside the city to see their favourite team, superstar players, or Canadian teams... if they landed a corporate contract with an airline who could offer cheap flights to ticket holders, they'd be in business...
Ahh, who'm I kidding. Despite all the rabid hockey fans in Atlantic Canada, they'd be shy of cutting the mustard as a break-even NHL team even then. Halifax put on a great show for the WJC and is one of the best homes for a Q team... the NHL is still be out of their reach unless the local population doubled in size.
JKP said:And the population doesn't always matter. Look at baseball. Montreal is one of the biggest cities in North America (3.5M) and couldn't support a baseball team. Why? No baseball fans anymore.
Jyroe Habs Fan said:Saskatchewan Economy was in the toilet in the mid 1990's when I left. The majority of professional young people are leaving Saskatchewan in droves for better and higher paying jobs.
I certainly didn't leave Saskatoon because of the city, but because of EMPLOYMENT. Thanks to the NDP goverment that is. I will never move back there until the Sask Party is in power and they start that province moving again. I swear Saskatchewan is 15 years behind Alberta.
Saskatoon is regarded by everyone I have talked to in Canada as a great and beauful city. I have NEVER heard that talk regarding the Pile of Bones. Saskatoon is a mini Edmonton with the River winding through it and the miles of River Valley mulit-purpose trails. What the hell does Regina have, a lake that is full of goose **** that stinks.
Saskatoon has set the RECORD for attendance at a Brier twice and is a great sports town.
We hosted the Canada Games 15 years before you did.
We hosted a Memorial Cups 15 years before you could.
We have hosted NHL pre season games, Canada Russia pre -Olympic games, the list goes on and on, why a 11,500 seat arena!
We are Curling and Hockey central my friend.
Regina has good people living there as well, but the city is flat and is a mini Winnipeg in many people eyes.
It's nice to have our backwards goverment insisting on keeping the Crown Corporations instead of privatization at the mercy of the taxpayer.
Do you want is happening in Saskatchewan? The majority of the people are either retiring or on welfare and the minority of the working class are supporting them.
Saskatoon doesn't care about Regina, they have a light Synetron the only one in Canada that is creating thousands of jobs and attacting the best research people in the nation. When Saskatoon is pushing 300,000 people by 2030 and Regina is still hovering 200,000 you see the Head offices move my friend.
Enjoy your small and cozy Brandt center bud.
CCF said:Regina has hosted the Brier, the Scott, the Memorial Cup, the Canada Games, Agribition, the Grey Cup....how many Grey Cups has Saskatoon had? Oh right. Your initial quote was "We have hosted 10 times the sporting..." Then you just named off a list of sporting events that both cities have hosted, good work. I am in awe.
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Didn't you understand my point, we been there, hosted that already. 1989 vs. 2005 Canada Games
Saskatoon is a leader, not a follower.
Jyroe Habs Fan said:CCF said:Regina has hosted the Brier, the Scott, the Memorial Cup, the Canada Games, Agribition, the Grey Cup....how many Grey Cups has Saskatoon had? Oh right. Your initial quote was "We have hosted 10 times the sporting..." Then you just named off a list of sporting events that both cities have hosted, good work. I am in awe.
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Didn't you understand my point, we been there, hosted that already. 1989 vs. 2005 Canada Games
Saskatoon is a leader, not a follower.
Scott Torunament of Hearts - Regina 1982, 1998, Saskatoon 1991
Memorial Cup - Regina 1980, 2001, Saskatoon 1989
Regina also holds the record for largest attendance in Canada for the Scott.
What were you saying?
Squiddy said:Stop with the battle of saskatchewan please... this is like relevant to 5 people on this message board.
Because Houston has an AHL franchise whereas Saskatchewan does not???CCF said:Says the guy from Houston on a hockey messageboard....
CCF said:Says the guy from Houston on a hockey messageboard....
Squiddy said:If you believe that you are very wrong. Montreal has a great Baseball fanbase... I guess you don't know how much the strike of 94 killed the Expos. Huge revolt from the expos fans when they basically got robbed of an World Series.
JKP said:Off topic, but... I've been an expos fan for over 30 years. Bronfman bailed on the team long before '94 because he saw the future. The fanbase wasn't big enough to support the escalating salaries. The great baseball fanbase you refer to largely left when many of the anglo businesses pulled up stakes and moved to TO. Believe me, more than anyone I wish the 'Spos could have stayed, but Montreal just isn't a baseball town.
And it wasn't the strike and 94 series being cancelled that did them in, it was the owners then signing a deal that did squat for the "small market" teams (which the Expos very clearly were considered one of). That led to trading away Grissom, Hill and letting Walker walk away without even a qualifier in the first 36 hours of '05 spring training. They couldn't afford to keep the team intact because it wasn't a baseball town despite a population bigger than half the teams in MLB. (And I won't even begin to get into Loria...)
Squiddy said:All good points but I was an expos fans and when I talk to many expos fans they blame the strike. Baseball does have the worst economics of all the pro leagues though. I still think baseball will do good in montreal if they had better management than what the spos had.
futurcorerock said:Because Houston has an AHL franchise whereas Saskatchewan does not???
Squiddy said:If you believe that you are very wrong. Montreal has a great Baseball fanbase... I guess you don't know how much the strike of 94 killed the Expos. Huge revolt from the expos fans when they basically got robbed of an World Series.
I too would want to have an WHL Franchise, instead of an AHL Franchise.CCF said:I don't think anyone in Saskatchewan would rather have an AHL franchise over a WHL franchise.