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Driv		#41	[-]
Posts: 6576 06/28/11 02:57 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Balsille has more important things to worry about than buying a hockey team. Have you seen how RIM is performing these days? :c\
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9RedWing19		#42	[-]
Posts: 4816 06/28/11 04:17 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Senhor Muggles wrote: 9RedWing19 wrote: Senhor Muggles wrote: The chances for an eighth Canadian team just increased exponentially The most likely candidate (Quebec City) does not have an arena that meets current NHL requirements, and at this point there's nobody willing to write the cheque to build one. Yeah, but does anyone other than Portland, OR have an arena right now in an NHL-ready market that meets those standards? Kansas City, but given how much of a flop St. Louis is right now, I'd be skeptical going back to Missouri. Key Arena is such a disaster that no one would dare go there. Houston is a market that I think the NHL would rather stay away from, especially given it would be perceived as a lateral South-for-South team move. That leaves Hamilton and QC. Hamilton has an arena, but I seem to remember reading that Bettman and the league had issues with it and that Balsille would have to front millions of dollars of renovations to bring it up to standards. QC, who although the Colisee is a less than ideal interim arena and the NHL would have to deal with the Quebec government, at least has the plans and legislative bills moving forward to fund construction of a new arena. That's more than any other city in North America can say save for Portland. The "problem" with Hamilton is that the Leafs and Sabres do not want another team in the area (particularly the Leafs). Toronto itself could support anther team, but there's no way the Leafs want to share their goldmine (particularly when they know they will make money regardless of how shitty the team does on the ice).
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Posts: 3792 06/28/11 04:56 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	ginaf20697 wrote: Can ANYONE stand him? Heh, FINALLY an import that I am glad is being dickpulted back to the U.S. I would cringe every time they brought him on sports radio to jerk off on air.
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Posts: 3792 06/28/11 05:02 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	9RedWing19 wrote: Senhor Muggles wrote: 9RedWing19 wrote: The most likely candidate (Quebec City) does not have an arena that meets current NHL requirements, and at this point there's nobody willing to write the cheque to build one. Yeah, but does anyone other than Portland, OR have an arena right now in an NHL-ready market that meets those standards? Kansas City, but given how much of a flop St. Louis is right now, I'd be skeptical going back to Missouri. Key Arena is such a disaster that no one would dare go there. Houston is a market that I think the NHL would rather stay away from, especially given it would be perceived as a lateral South-for-South team move. That leaves Hamilton and QC. Hamilton has an arena, but I seem to remember reading that Bettman and the league had issues with it and that Balsille would have to front millions of dollars of renovations to bring it up to standards. QC, who although the Colisee is a less than ideal interim arena and the NHL would have to deal with the Quebec government, at least has the plans and legislative bills moving forward to fund construction of a new arena. That's more than any other city in North America can say save for Portland. The "problem" with Hamilton is that the Leafs and Sabres do not want another team in the area (particularly the Leafs). Toronto itself could support anther team, but there's no way the Leafs want to share their goldmine (particularly when they know they will make money regardless of how shitty the team does on the ice). Bettman has already said, as has other NHL execs, that Toronto has no veto on a second franchise. Bettman is also counting on a massive nine figure franchise fee to the league, in excess of the team cost, for a second Toronto franchise. The Greater Toronto Area market can support three sold out franchises, easily. The waiting list for season tickets is more than 20 years in Leafs Nation. I know, I was on it for 13 years. As for Quebec City, the Conservative Prime Minister (who has been writing an encyclopedia of Hockey History for a decade) has wanted to help QC build a new arena for yeeeears. It will happen. No doubt. Despite taxpayers not liking it one bit.
9RedWing19		#45	[-]
Posts: 4816 06/30/11 08:41 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Jagr needs to get off the pot and decide where he wants to play next season. This procrastination is getting annoying.
ChimpOnSkates		#46	[-]
Posts: 1961 06/30/11 08:57 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	-worst FA crop ever -Someone might put up an arena in Bellevue within a few years and that's the only way the nhl would get to Seattle. There's zero chance of the city getting an arena if it has any funding dependent on taxpayers. Even the TBirds bailed on Key Arena. Their new (and size appropriate) arena down in Kent is sweet.
ginaf20697		#47	[-]
Posts: 54640 06/30/11 08:58 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Ugh I dread tomorrow. It's almost a given Sather will do something extremely stupid and people might get suspicious if another one of his mistakes drops dead.
9RedWing19		#48	[-]
Posts: 4816 07/01/11 10:52 AM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	ginaf20697 wrote: Ugh I dread tomorrow. It's almost a given Sather will do something extremely stupid and people might get suspicious if another one of his mistakes drops dead. The good news is that so many teams are below the Cap minimum that someone may be persuaded to take Wade Redden off his hands.
twistedzman		#49	[-]
Posts: 12762 07/01/11 11:04 AM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	wow I forgot about Redden. just thinking about Mr Softie gives me a splitting headache.
ChimpOnSkates		#50	[-]
Posts: 1961 07/01/11 12:13 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	stars sign adam pardy HHHEEELLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO stanley cup
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ChimpOnSkates		#51	[-]
Posts: 1961 07/01/11 12:30 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Jagr to Flyers.
ginaf20697		#52	[-]
Posts: 54640 07/01/11 12:48 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	3.3 for Jagr. The Flyers have plum lost their minds. That said though I'm sure he will score a hat trick against the Rangers sometime this year.
DeadTwista		#53	[-]
Posts: 11517 07/01/11 12:53 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Didnt Jagr quit 3 years ago because he didnt like getting hit? Good luck with that.
ginaf20697		#54	[-]
Posts: 54640 07/01/11 12:58 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Philly is really close to AC. Jagr will probably spend half his time and money there. I saw him on the boardwalk once when he was with the Pens.
9RedWing19		#55	[-]
Posts: 4816 07/01/11 01:03 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	ginaf20697 wrote: 3.3 for Jagr. The Flyers have plum lost their minds. That said though I'm sure he will score a hat trick against the Rangers sometime this year. The Wings and Penguins still have some financial discipline.
ginaf20697		#56	[-]
Posts: 54640 07/01/11 01:24 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Varlamov to the Avs for a 1st and 2nd round pick? WTF?!?!??! Caps might be picking 1st next year as bad as the Avs are. Varlamov sucks.
twistedzman		#57	[-]
Posts: 12762 07/01/11 01:49 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	lmfao @ the Flyers signing Jagr Drury is available so they might as well sign him too.
ginaf20697		#58	[-]
Posts: 54640 07/01/11 02:02 PM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Yuck, Rangers sign Rupp. WTF do they need another 4th liner for?
9RedWing19		#59	[-]
Posts: 4816 07/01/11 02:08 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	4 years and $16.5M for Jonavoski to Florida - WOW - IIRC, Florida is one of the teams struggling to meet the Cap floor, so in a perverse way the deal makes sense. I don't think any team in a "normal" situation would have given him that kind of $.
Senhor Muggles		#60	[-]
Posts: 4920 07/01/11 02:11 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	My gosh, the Flyers have gone insane. Colorado is not THAT bad of a team. They made it to the playoffs last year with almost the exact same team this year. They just lost like seven forwards over the course of two months to injuries and had to trade away their best forward so that they could at least say they were somewhat competitive this past year.
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