NHL All Star Game

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pgiaco

That sucks, not sure how the NHL thinks a team will stick in Winnipeg when it couldn't before. I mean how the hell does a Canadian city lose a hockey team? That being said, putting a team back in Atlanta after the Flames left in the first place wasn't the sharpest move either. While I feel for Atlanta, I'm glad it wasn't Phoenix.

Atlanta had another hockey team? Was Jim Craig the goalie?

[slotdirt]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Atlanta had another hockey team? Was Jim Craig the goalie?

Calgary nee Atlanta Flames.

[pgiaco]

Phoenix definitely is not out of the woods by any stretch. But, I'm one of the few that thinks it could work there. The Coyotes were bad for a long time and did little in the community. Now they are promoting the team, they are fun to watch, and the arena is awesome and they are starting to draw. If they get a decent owner I think it will work. Quebec and Winnipeg didn't work because there wasn't the corporate support the teams needed. It sucks that just filling the seats isn't enough for teams to make it, but that's just the reality. I give the new Winnipeg team 5 years before they are in Hamilton or somewhere else that can support a team. Not sure if the Islanders or the Panthers are leading the Quebec City derby, but I hope its the Panthers.

[slotdirt]

I hope it isn't the Islanders. There's more history in that franchise than there was in the Nordiques and Jets combined.

I think the Canadian teams have a much better chance at survival now than they did in 1996, though that is at least partly because the dollar has steadily plummeted in relation to the loonie since then. Earning revenues in Canadian dollars isn't as awful as it used to be.

[MaTH716]

Nassau country is supposedly very close to finally building the Isles a new arena.

[pgiaco]

Nassau County could screw up a wet dream. I hope they get the new arena built.