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NHL 2015, Part 3: Stanley Cup and Offseason

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Saksatoon might fill a similarly-sized building, but it's not a TV market, ergo it will never happen. The Peg barely qualifies.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Saksatoon might fill a similarly-sized building, but it's not a TV market, ergo it will never happen. The Peg barely qualifies.
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It's also not a market that the NHL needs to grow. They are in Arizona, and soon to be Las Vegas, for a reason. Their business model is to expand the interest in the game rather than fill out a building. It's the give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach him a fish and he'll eat for a life time analogy. Saskatoon is already a hockey market, just not a large enough market.
 
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d3hockey57 said:
It's also not a market that the NHL needs to grow. They are in Arizona, and soon to be Las Vegas, for a reason. Their business model is to expand the interest in the game rather than fill out a building. It's the give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach him a fish and he'll eat for a life time analogy. Saskatoon is already a hockey market, just not a large enough market.
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Agreed
 
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MLB Advanced Media to make an announcement tomorrow alongside the NHL. Rumor is that MLBAM is taking over NHL Gamecenter Live and other NHL streaming media productions (and potentially NHL Network).

Yay!!! :D
 
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Reports out of Buffalo have Patrick Kane in a bit of (big) trouble with the law.
 
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joecct said:
Reports out of Buffalo have Patrick Kane in a bit of (big) trouble with the law.
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Hooooo boy. IF he gets charged, I imagine he'll be suspended immediately by the Hawks and/or the league.
 
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Put me in the "not very shocked at this news" camp.
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Same. Sad and pathetic, if true.

Of course, since this allegedly started at a bar, I'm not yet discounting the possibility that the alleged victim is now regretting a drunken, consensual encounter that she had with an equally drunk Kane.
 
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Not very shocked that he finds himself in this situation or wouldn't be shocked if he's a rapist?

I'm not surprised by the former, but the latter would definitely be an unwelcome surprise.
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Not very shocked that he finds himself in this situation or wouldn't be shocked if he's a rapist?

I'm not surprised by the former, but the latter would definitely be an unwelcome surprise.
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Not shocked he's in this situation.

He hasn't been especially....responsible....in the past. The stories about his drunken escapades from a few years ago were pretty eye opening. It was more than him getting drunk and having fun, it made it seem like there were some other issues going on.

edit: here's the Deadspin article: http://deadspin.com/5909246/reconstructing-patrick-kanes-drunken-weekend-in-madison
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Not shocked he's in this situation.

He hasn't been especially....responsible....in the past. The stories about his drunken escapades from a few years ago were pretty eye opening. It was more than him getting drunk and having fun, it made it seem like there were some other issues going on.

edit: here's the Deadspin article: http://deadspin.com/5909246/reconstructing-patrick-kanes-drunken-weekend-in-madison
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In his defense, "drunken weekend" in Madison is kind of a gimme.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
In his defense, "drunken weekend" in Madison is kind of a gimme.
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There's different levels...

Some of us get drunk in Madison and sing a fight song while harmlessly walking back to a hotel.

Others get drunk before noon, try to force themselves on girls, try to choke some too, have confrontations with police, and repeatedly get kicked out of bars.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Some of us get drunk in Madison and sing a fight song while harmlessly walking back to a hotel.

Others get drunk before noon, try to force themselves on girls, try to choke some too, have confrontations with police, and repeatedly get kicked out of bars.
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Leave Bret Bielema out of this.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
There's different levels...

Some of us get drunk in Madison and sing a fight song while harmlessly walking back to a hotel.

Others get drunk before noon, try to force themselves on girls, try to choke some too, have confrontations with police, and repeatedly get kicked out of bars.
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I bet he'd have done so much better in that town if he'd have told the ladies there that his name was Phil Kessel. Hockey fans in that town love Phil.
 
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I'm curious to see how this develops... I'm not shocked that Kane is still living the college, power-drinking lifestyle... At the same time, however, I do hope that this is a case of a chick having made a regrettable, but consensual decision... If the allegations are true, his stock will plummet...
 
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I bet this is the only hockey story ESPN bothers covering. :D

Not saying it doesn't deserved to be covered, but standard operating procedure for the mothership.
 
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