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Yeah, it was inevitable, although I gotta tell you, the interest level in Canada , is somewhere between Meh and Who gives a Frab?
Especially since there are several actual hockey towns wanting teams, but hey, dollars uber alles, eh?

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And, it's not the WORST logo I've ever seen. Although they might have thought about something more contrasty for on the jersey. We'll see. They supposed to begin play next October.

Which makes- an odd number of teams. Was there no market for team #32? That would make playoffs, etc. make more sense.

kham wrote:Yeah, it was inevitable, although I gotta tell you, the interest level in Canada , is somewhere between Meh and Who gives a Frab?
Especially since there are several actual hockey towns wanting teams, but hey, dollars uber alles, eh?

Story at TSN

And, it's not the WORST logo I've ever seen. Although they might have thought about something more contrasty for on the jersey. We'll see. They supposed to begin play next October.

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Yeah it's an odd number, but they can worry about the uneven math there for a while before it would become a problem. I suppose. It's the Midget's NHL so it's likely not entirely logic-based. After all, he's the fuckwit who decreed that Winnipeg would never make it; Winnipeg promply sold out and paid for their first 4 seasons before his asshole quote was done echoing All these years and he's still a fucking asshole who doesn't know shit about the game. As for other teams, Quebec is the #1 must-have , and really, SHOULD have been up first. Which why I said Dollars Matter .... Same deal, they lost their team to Colorado (which promptly won the cup, and eviscerated Montreal as a bonus, so it was hard to take...) There's been talk about a Halifax team (meh, not sure there) and another Southern Ontario Team (Leafs and fans usually lose their shit there in short order, despite the NY area having 3 fucking teams you could see taking city transit...) And I've heard Oklahoma had been making some noise for a team. New Orleans, Atlanta rumbles, but insiders generally dismiss them with the "you had your chance" boot -- they in Calgary, eh? We'll see. It does come down to the money thing , but also the ability to draw players, not just fans. Warm-climate teams have indeed been drawing, and winning. It just comes down to selling the game, AND having hockey guys - eg - Tampa. Stevie Y as GM? Yeah, they serious guys who want the cup. That sort of organization

I wonder if there truly is a strong enough market for hockey in Vegas, or if the Golden Knights will go the way of the Golden Seals.

Stop trying to make sense, TSN will recruit you

I honestly have no idea. Hockey in the desert hasn't done great in Arizona, even if the team has been not awful. And you have to remember, logic and reason are not always used in the NHL - especially the midget's NHL. Remember Minnesota? The ORIGINAL ones. No problem moving to Dallas, Whereas Hartford, all sorts of roadblocks. Douchecock in Minnesota eventually used attendance as excuse to grease his exit. Never forgot the Hartford owner's riposte: " only averaging 10,000 fans a game?! If I had that, I'd hold a fucking parade!"
Yeah....

LOL time will tell of course.

A little OT but your (very interesting) comment about Minnesota and Hartford (Carolina, it's just not the same... but they did win one finally) reminded me of the old days of Sporting News. I recall the exact issue when they changed hockey writers to a person who didn't seem to know much, and most certainly did not like the game.

What was one of her first articles? What teams need to be eliminated in a trimmed-down NHL. Second team on the list? Our Pittsburgh Penguins.
Yeah, the team that won it all last year.

No logic, but then you didn't get a job for those rags if you showed logic or creativity.

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Now, I realize these days it's the "in" thing to employ total fucking imbeciles and retards, but MAYBE when their are millions and millions of dollars involved, Ya MIGHT just fucking want to think about checking everything out beforehand??
For fucks sakes, even I knew about a couple of these names; the NCAA bullshit, who gives a fuck there though? They aren't supposed to be a professional sports team, RIGHT? Whatever. Just complete amateur hour