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NHL 2021: I Pledge Allegiance to Gritty

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Houston certainly has a large enough TV market but it is SOUTH SOUTH Texas.

Why not Portland? (surely there must be a reason I guess if they're not there already but it's west coast and they're Top 25 for market).

Perhaps it's the same for Salt Lake.

Kansas City? Austin?
 
It’s either Houston or Kansas City, and Houston is the larger TV market.

SLC is way too small and I don’t think the NHL wants to go full Cascadia. Plus Portland throws off the division alignment.
 
Jimjamesak said:
It’s either Houston or Kansas City, and Houston is the larger TV market.

SLC is way too small and I don’t think the NHL wants to go full Cascadia. Plus Portland throws off the division alignment.
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Not saying you're wrong that it won't happen, but SLC is a bigger market than Columbus, KC, LV, Buffalo and right behind Nashville.
 
Slap Shot said:
Not saying you're wrong that it won't happen, but SLC is a bigger market than Columbus, KC, LV, Buffalo and right behind Nashville.
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Fair enough.

SLC’s problem is the lack of a suitable arena. TAFKAT Delta Center (I have no idea what it’s current name is) is not arranged for hockey and would be worse than Barclays and The E Center is nowhere near big enough.
 
JF_Gophers said:
I wish Minnesota was in the east. 10 pm starts suck.
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I really wish they would experiment with the Towes/Pandemic schedule alignment. Towes was a big proponent of "series" scheduling (like college hockey or baseball) where you'd play the same team back-to-back, like they did (more extreme) in the pandemic schedule.

I'd be fine with eliminating the "see every team in the league every year" and go to a "see everyone in your conference and half the other conference every year" schedule to allow more in-conference and divisional games.
 
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Not without plenty of kicking and screaming. Those games against the Kings and Ducks are pretty lucrative.
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They wouldn't really have choice. Doubt they move a team on the coast and they certainly wouldn't split Calgary and Edmonton.

But again, this is all moot. Houston is where they end up and nothing shifts.
 
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Why not Portland? (surely there must be a reason I guess if they're not there already but it's west coast and they're Top 25 for market).
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I love Portland.
I love hockey.
I love Portland hockey.

We can't support a team. It is ironic given what Portland's rep is nationally, but Portland hockey is lower income working class. They simply cannot afford the N's obscene prices. A few corporate as-sholes would love having the luxury box write-off, and a few guys like me would love to relive their college fandom glory days, but the Portland hockey community makes Philly and Boston look like the wine & cheese crowd. They are based, but they are also poor AF.

The Winterhawks are perfect for Portland.
 
One of the comments touched on the time difference between China and North America.

Do we know a schedule? 3am games are kinda useless and 11pm or 7am starts are only slightly better
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Regarding 2, were there any large outbreaks among athletes in Tokyo? I know there were some cases, but I believe most of those were people testing positive upon arrival.
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Edit: Had my quarantines mixed up. but fixed upon research!

Japan had 3-day quarantine on arrival, and a covid hotel for ongoing issues.
 
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To be frank, while I can sympathize with the league's concerns, I'm getting tired of the brass and the players treating the Olympics as a bargaining chip. I fully understand that if they don't go, the Olympics will likely be dominated by Sweden, Finland, and Russia sending their top remaining pros, but they need to stop jerking around the fans, and the hopes of the top amateurs and minor leaguers who might otherwise get to go. Either send your players every time, or don't - make a fucking decision and stick with it.
 
It’s the owners, and only the owners, fucking around with this. The players have repeatedly made it clear they want play, it’s the owners who keep insisting on negotiating this BS.

The only reason this is a problem is because NHL owners are collectively the dumbest in all of sports. Because only the NHL finds it impossible to use the Olympics to grow their sport.
 
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