Around The NHL 2018/2019

[kelownabomberfan]

11 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Sunrise is basically Miami.

Bettman isnt the bad guy here.

Bettman isn't the bad guy, he just plays one on TV.

[The Unknown Poster]

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Per Kevin Allen in USA Today, the following names are possible:

Seattle Cougars
Seattle Eagles
Seattle Emeralds
Seattle Evergreens
Seattle Firebirds
Seattle Kraken
Seattle Rainiers
Seattle Renegades
Seattle Sea Lions
Seattle Seals
Seattle Sockeyes
Seattle Totems
Seattle Whalers

Whalers???!

[Floyd]

Seattle Grunge!!!

\m/

[JCon]

8 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Seattle Grunge!!!

\m/

I saw in a tweet earlier... 

The Seattle Nirvanas. 

Smells Like Team Spirit

[bustamente]

Florida has a sweet heart lease, they could care less if anyone shows up and you can tell by their attendance. NHL will keep Quebec in their hip pockets in case some owner throws the keys on table.

[Brandon]

No way would they use the Whalers.... but if they do.... can we get some more brass bonanza??

 

[JCon]

19 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Florida has a sweet heart lease, they could care less if anyone shows up and you can tell by their attendance. NHL will keep Quebec in their hip pockets in case some owner throws the keys on table.

They do care. That's the only way they can increase their revenue. 

When the new ownership group took over, a few years ago now, they said that paid attendance was a major issue. They stated that they were eliminating the free seats that the old ownership would hand out and make people pay to see the product. They also said it would take several years before the trend would turn around. 

Icing a terrible team does not help. 

[bustamente]

 

 

41 minutes ago, JCon said:

They do care. That's the only way they can increase their revenue. 

When the new ownership group took over, a few years ago now, they said that paid attendance was a major issue. They stated that they were eliminating the free seats that the old ownership would hand out and make people pay to see the product. They also said it would take several years before the trend would turn around. 

Icing a terrible team does not help. 

Viola and his partner have owned the Panthers since '13 the team average attendance has decreased steadily the past 4 years, more than enough time to put more people in the arena,  the Panthers are just there to fill dates in the arena that Broward County owns and in turn the county re wrote the lease and gave ownership a 86 million package.

[Mark F]

1 hour ago, JCon said:

I saw in a tweet earlier... 

The Seattle Nirvanas. 

Smells Like Team Spirit

 .....Seattle Haze.

 

Edited December 4, 2018 by Mark F

[Goalie]

Kraken would be cool. Whalers would make sense but wonder if that's even allowed

[iHeart]

it should be Kraken alot of people think it should, it should not be whalers at all, if you think the fans in QC are mad, imagine how mad the Hartford Whalers fans will feel if they become Whalers

[JCon]

I've heard Seattle Metropolitans. 

Which would be odd, having the Mets not in the Metropolitan division. 

[iHeart]

5 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Sunrise is basically Miami.

Bettman isnt the bad guy here.

okay then why does the league keep making excuses?

[JCon]

1 hour ago, iHeart said:

okay then why does the league keep making excuses?

The "league" is the owners. The 31 teams own and operate the league. 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

3 hours ago, JCon said:

I've heard Seattle Metropolitans. 

Which would be odd, having the Mets not in the Metropolitan division. 

Kraken is a killer nickname. Mets was the Seattle team 100 years ago i want to say.

Edited December 5, 2018 by FrostyWinnipeg

[The Unknown Poster]

NHL owns the Whalers so they could do what they want with it. But that’s a kick in the nuts of Hartford.  

I like Kraken 

[Floyd]

Um hello... the Space Needles!!!

[FrostyWinnipeg]

 

 

[17to85]

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/statscentre-the-hitch-effect~1559227

 

but it was the roster and not the coach..... Yeah right. 

[HardCoreBlue]

20 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/statscentre-the-hitch-effect~1559227

 

but it was the roster and not the coach..... Yeah right. 

Yea they're a powerhouse especially when McJesus isn't on the ice. 

[17to85]

5 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Yea they're a powerhouse especially when McJesus isn't on the ice. 

They are 6-2-1 with Ken Hitchcock behind the bench and as the video shows, playing good defensive hockey. Yet everyone said it wasn't McLellans fault... well clearly it was.

[HardCoreBlue]

8 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

They are 6-2-1 with Ken Hitchcock behind the bench and as the video shows, playing good defensive hockey. Yet everyone said it wasn't McLellans fault... well clearly it was.

I could care less about the Oilers but you're calling it after nine games? Give it time. Oilers suck. So much dead weight on this team. They are playing with danger playing McDavid so much I.e greater risk for injury.

[17to85]

Mcdavid played big minutes last season too. He's a freak, it doesn't bother him. Only injury he has had so far is a dirty play.

[HardCoreBlue]

2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Mcdavid played big minutes last season too. He's a freak, it doesn't bother him. Only injury he has had so far is a dirty play.

Even a freak like him can be susceptible if he's overplayed plus bigger picture they are way to reliant on him. If McDavid goes down for an extended time how confident would they be in weathering the storm? Ask any HardCore Oiler fan and you'll get your answer. Unfortunately I'm surrounded by them.

[Noeller]

18 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

I could care less about the Oilers but you're calling it after nine games? Give it time. Oilers suck. So much dead weight on this team. They are playing with danger playing McDavid so much I.e greater risk for injury.

Excellent... So you do care. That's what's important... As is grammar.