RyanB06

No, it's all bad. *rimshot*

Clarendon.

if you don't attribute Manny to the Red Sox then who the hell do you think of Hanley Ramirez. Former Marlins shortstop and Red Sox farmhand. Part of the deal that brought Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell to the Sox. (BTW, pic no worky.)

He also made it sound like the situation could be Seattle/Quebec/GTA 2...in some combination of expansion and relocated Coyotes.

I'm forced to agree: the BE would be better off booting the football schools and living as a basketball conference...kinda like it used to be.

Boise State staying put in MWC: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8796807/boise-state-broncos-staying-mountain-west-conference-sources-say

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8745235/seven-schools-agree-leave-big-east-debating-process-source-says The Big East as we know it is dead.

I think this almost makes UConn to the ACC a fait accompli. They need someone to replace Maryland, and they'd get NYC penetration as UConn is broadcast on SNY. This also brings about, sadly (and finally), the death of the Big East.

Which means we get at least one more year of this. Joy.

Keith Primeau as a Hartford Whaler:

*AHEM* For one thing Hamilton used to be in the NHL. Secondly Hamilton can support an NHL better than either Winnipeg or Quebec put together. So it would be nice if you can put away your anti-Hamilton bigotry for once and all... *AHEM* Two reasons why Hamilton will NEVER sniff the NHL again: 1 - The arena sucks 2 - The juggernaut up the QEW known as Maple Leaf Sports and World Domination Entertainment The first is fixable. The second is not.

The first time I had a fried egg on top of a burger, I realized that the chef in that game was the one with the real problem. Nah, he was just ahead of his time.

Tickets for the Islanders-Devils exhibition game went on sale today - here's the seating map on the ticket page: I still can't believe they built an arena in New York City metro too small to accommodate every type of event that utilizes arenas. I don't just mean hockey either. Now you have fewer seats for concerts, you don't have room for motocross or monster trucks or the circus. Not that monster trucks are a big draw in New York, but why not leave open the possibility? It seems so stupidly shortsighted. Three words: Madison. Square. Garden. Between the Knicks, Rangers, and the other events held at MSG, there would be no open dates for another team to play. Also, I doubt the Isles would want to play on Rangers logo'd ice, and the Rangers certainly wouldn't change it. But it doesn't matter anyway, because of the first thing. Also, would the Islanders crowd (what's left of it) go into Manhattan for games? *facepalm* I was attempting to explain why the Barclays Center was built the way it was, not advocating for the Islanders to move to MSG. I think we all know that would never happen as long as the Dolans still run things over there.

Tickets for the Islanders-Devils exhibition game went on sale today - here's the seating map on the ticket page: I still can't believe they built an arena in New York City metro too small to accommodate every type of event that utilizes arenas. I don't just mean hockey either. Now you have fewer seats for concerts, you don't have room for motocross or monster trucks or the circus. Not that monster trucks are a big draw in New York, but why not leave open the possibility? It seems so stupidly shortsighted. Three words: Madison. Square. Garden.

Hartford 2014?

Now that you mention it that way, yep, that's exactly what it looks like.

"The gentlemen occupying the Colisee will have to make order of the mess in their place." I think Quebec City just evicted the Remparts I think your translation's off. Google Translate says: "People occupying the Colisee would have to order a "household" in their premises". I think what it means is not that the Remparts are out, but that they would have to be a secondary tenant in the case an NHL team moves in (until the new arena is built).

I think it makes sense, after all when one thinks of Arizona, everyone's first thought is hockey... Not me. When I think of Arizona, this is what I think of: 1. Smoking hot women 2. Smoking hot weather 3. Cacti 4. Mediocre football 5. Decent basketball 6. More cacti . . . 100. Hockey

This guy would like to take issue with that assessment:

1990 and part of 1991 - right at the tail end of his career.

Gilmour was also on that '93 Leafs team that lost to Gretzky and the Kings.

No, it's arguably worse. Time to pull the plug.

This means UConn to the ACC is a fait accompli. The Big East is dead.

Based on this, I'm predicting UConn and Rutgers are the next two teams to jump. Why? Well, you may not know this (and a lot of UConn fans don't either), but the Huskies play very good baseball. Lost to South Carolina in the Super Regionals this past year. So if you're looking for a 16th baseball team, you could do worse. As for lacrosse, there are only three teams in the BE that play both lacrosse and FBS football. Syracuse already left for the ACC. The second is Notre Dame, and we all know they're going nowhere. The third? Rutgers. They're not good, but they have a team. So there's a perfectly logical explanation. Which means none of it happens.