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NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
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MavHockey14
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MountieBoyOz
Eater of Worlds
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
Found this gem on Youtube.
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Found this gem on Youtube.
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MountieBoyOz
Eater of Worlds
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
This line in the story makes me say "Hmmmm."
L'il John, aka Jonathan Mortimer Smith, was born on January 17, 1971. That would make him all of 9 when the Flames moved to Calgary.
I'm just sayin'.....not sure it passes the smell test.
This line in the story makes me say "Hmmmm."
L'il John, aka Jonathan Mortimer Smith, was born on January 17, 1971. That would make him all of 9 when the Flames moved to Calgary.
I'm just sayin'.....not sure it passes the smell test.
aparch
Well-known member
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
Lil' Jon has been part of the Thrashers culture for a good portion of the franchise, especially for the Kari Lehtonen era. Kari even had the "Yeeeaaaahh!" with a caricature on the back of his helmet for a few years. (Hence the photo I posted)
Are we sure the editor didn't mix up Knights and Flames?This line in the story makes me say "Hmmmm."
L'il John, aka Jonathan Mortimer Smith, was born on January 17, 1971. That would make him all of 9 when the Flames moved to Calgary.
I'm just sayin'.....not sure it passes the smell test.
Lil' Jon has been part of the Thrashers culture for a good portion of the franchise, especially for the Kari Lehtonen era. Kari even had the "Yeeeaaaahh!" with a caricature on the back of his helmet for a few years. (Hence the photo I posted)
Biddco
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Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
What you cannot be a fan if you're under ten?
This line in the story makes me say "Hmmmm."
L'il John, aka Jonathan Mortimer Smith, was born on January 17, 1971. That would make him all of 9 when the Flames moved to Calgary.
I'm just sayin'.....not sure it passes the smell test.
What you cannot be a fan if you're under ten?
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
I was thinking the same thing. I was barely ten when the North Stars left. I was a huge fan, and since I was so young, it seemed like it was a traumatic experience at the time. I remember it very well.
I was thinking the same thing. I was barely ten when the North Stars left. I was a huge fan, and since I was so young, it seemed like it was a traumatic experience at the time. I remember it very well.
unh_hockey
pain is temporary pride is forever
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
a lot of my friends who were serious about hockey were fans of a team before 9 years old. it happens...a lot.
a lot of my friends who were serious about hockey were fans of a team before 9 years old. it happens...a lot.
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
No NHL teams below 39 degrees 40 minutes. 39-40 or fight.
No NHL teams below 39 degrees 40 minutes. 39-40 or fight.
huuunnnhh????
Yeah, I doubt that they would have time to really do a whole scale realinement of the whole league. That would be something where everybody is going to fight about who gets to go where and with whom. Hell, the league might be better off just putting all of the teams that didn't make the playoffs on ping pong balls, and alternate which team goes in which conference. After that, let the owners and GM's get together and let them draft the rest of the teams that made the playoffs. And if there's a team in one conference that clearly would rather be in the other conference, and that conference wants them, then they can work out a trade. Seems to me that it would be about the fairest way of doing it.
jmh
win or lose, we booze
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
Bettman's folly wasn't in the mere idea of putting teams in the south, it was that he chose his cities poorly. There was never any need for two teams in Florida or two teams in Southern California, for example.
I hate to go against the crowd here, but I can't agree with this. Hockey is an awesome sport, and I think it's selfish of those of us who live in the North to say that we're the only ones who should get to have local NHL teams (and, for that matter, excludes some teams that aren't particularly "Southern"; even the Avs just barely make the cut). Some teams below that line (Blues, Sharks, Caps) draw well, and some teams above it (Islanders, Blue Jackets, this year even the Avs) draw poorly. If a Southern city has a solid fan base and supports their team well, why shouldn't they be able to do so? Southerners are people too.
Bettman's folly wasn't in the mere idea of putting teams in the south, it was that he chose his cities poorly. There was never any need for two teams in Florida or two teams in Southern California, for example.
bronconick
Yep, still here
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
The problem repeatedly has been a failure of the NHL BoG to properly investigate their prospective owners, except apparently for Jim Baisillie. Every other case they basically take the cash and ignore how it got there.
Dallas' owner: Hicks is an obvious failure, though he did have a baseball team too, so Selig didn't do his diligence either.
Phoenix: Lack thereof, and a bad arena choice
Tampa Bay's owners after Davidson sold: real estate speculators. You can guess what happened to them.
Atlanta: Some of the worst owners in history, tied up in court for years.
Nashville: Leipold and his group were dumbasses, and now they're turning gold into lead in Minnesota, of all places for hockey. New owners have gotten corporations to buy in and they added over 1,000 to their paid attendance this year.
By comparison:
Los Angeles, Anaheim, San Jose, Carolina: Sometimes lose money on their books, but you don't hear about it too much. Owners are making a solid effort locally to grow their fanbases.
Florida: losing money, but the owners seem to be fine with it.
The problem repeatedly has been a failure of the NHL BoG to properly investigate their prospective owners, except apparently for Jim Baisillie. Every other case they basically take the cash and ignore how it got there.
Dallas' owner: Hicks is an obvious failure, though he did have a baseball team too, so Selig didn't do his diligence either.
Phoenix: Lack thereof, and a bad arena choice
Tampa Bay's owners after Davidson sold: real estate speculators. You can guess what happened to them.
Atlanta: Some of the worst owners in history, tied up in court for years.
Nashville: Leipold and his group were dumbasses, and now they're turning gold into lead in Minnesota, of all places for hockey. New owners have gotten corporations to buy in and they added over 1,000 to their paid attendance this year.
By comparison:
Los Angeles, Anaheim, San Jose, Carolina: Sometimes lose money on their books, but you don't hear about it too much. Owners are making a solid effort locally to grow their fanbases.
Florida: losing money, but the owners seem to be fine with it.
jmh
win or lose, we booze
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
Are they? I don't really know how their finances are. Seems to me that both of them will draw pretty well when they're competitive, poorly when they're not. Not convinced there's enough demand for both teams if both were playing well, though.
True, maybe poor choice of owners is a better way to put it than poor choice of cities.
collegehcky2
Vinegar Strokes
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
Personally I think the biggest problem with southern teams is having non-hockey guys buying or starting teams. I think a guy like Terry Pegula or Jeremy Jacobs would find a way to have southern hockey teams be profitable. Having someone with little understanding of hockey's structure and costs associated with even marginal success puts them at a disadvantage before the team plays one game.
Personally I think the biggest problem with southern teams is having non-hockey guys buying or starting teams. I think a guy like Terry Pegula or Jeremy Jacobs would find a way to have southern hockey teams be profitable. Having someone with little understanding of hockey's structure and costs associated with even marginal success puts them at a disadvantage before the team plays one game.
MountieBoyOz
Eater of Worlds
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
Hmm... so those complete boobs get teams, but Baisillie doesn't?
Let stupidity reign.
Hmm... so those complete boobs get teams, but Baisillie doesn't?
Let stupidity reign.