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  1. Wow, I just can't believe Tempe (probably) doesn't want anything to do with the Coyotes either /s
  2. The impression I get isn't that the NHL doesn't want a Quebec City team at the expense of an American market; it's more that they don't want a Quebec City team, period. In any event, the Flames have 11 years left on their Saddledome lease, so even if they were considering it, they ain't moving anywhere anytime soon.
  3. NHL All-Star Hockey on the Sega Saturn: for some reason, every team in this game wears navy blue pants. Now, obviously the level of "inaccurate" varies from team-to-team. Teams like the Hartford Whalers, who already wear navy blue... ...it's not so bad. They basically look normal! For teams like San Jose... ...and Calgary... ...it's kinda bad, but it's still close enough to the black pants they wore IRL that unless you look closely, you might not even notice. For teams like the Detroit Red Wings, though... ...It just looks awful. Dunno what happened where this was basically the devs' only option, but I can't really imagine any other reason it'd be like this.
  4. To be fair, I'm not sure if people expected SLC to have a basketball culture either prior to 1979. If what I've read in the past was right the Jazz weren't even expected to stay there, hence why they kept their extremely regional name; but then they did.
  5. Speaking as the resident Whalers diehard who desperately wants them to return: Hartford ain't getting a team as long as the city's primary arena is still the one that the Whalers fled in the first place.
  6. I could see a second Toronto team working if they were to market themselves as, say, "the team Torontonians can actually afford to watch!" But regrettably I just don't see that happening in today's "make ALL of the money" economic climate.
  7. I guess I'm on Team Move The Coyotes, have been since the 2009 bankruptcy, but the ultimate kicker is I don't think it's impossible to make hockey work in Phoenix, just as I still don't think it's impossible to make it work in Atlanta. A decently-sized arena that people can actually get to easily, and a product that people will actually want to watch sustained over a few years; that shouldn't be that hard to put together, really. You just need people who care; and unfortunately for the Coyotes, the only person who seems to care, who seems to truly believe that Phoenix can work as a hockey market... is one of, if not the least competent businessman in the entire sport.
  8. Yeah, no kidding there's an agenda Gary, the agenda is "where's the money you owe us, you deadbeats?"
  9. How embarrassing would it have been for the league if the Coyotes had to up and relocate mid-season, like this was the WHA in the 70s or something?
  10. We've seen bad jerseys before but Smashville is unique in that it looks technically incompetent instead of just being a mere bad idea; like a ton of mistakes were made in the process of printing the jersey. The wordmark in particular looks less like a deliberate design choice and more like the person making it screwed the entire thing up and couldn't fix it in time. It actually looks worse the more I see it; this morning I thought it was merely "bad" but now I'm with a lot of y'all, it's a genuine W.o.a.T. candidate.
  11. No, they just had one pro team for 6 seasons almost a half-century ago, that folded basically the moment Gordie Howe wasn't playing for them anymore.
  12. Houston's the 4th largest metropolitan city in the US, but you know what the 5th largest is? Phoenix - the market that they're (allegedly) trying to buy the team from!
  13. God I love that new Penguins' alt. The lack of a golden triangle in the logo on the shoulders is still a bit weird looking, though. 8/10; now I know what the Penguins' jersey set's gonna be when they draft me in NHL 22:
  14. You and Jiggs McDonald during the opening ceremony last night.
  15. It's an interesting idea but I don't see it happening. What, are the Coyotes gonna start and end each season there on a long road trip, both to let the Dbacks get settled in to start their season and just in case they make the playoffs? And what if the Yotes themselves somehow end their tank rebuild early and make the playoffs themselves, let alone go on a big run? It worked for the Lightning because the Devil Rays didn't exist yet, but I just don't see this working out at all.
  16. And they certainly weren't gonna cheer for the Canadiens. In fact, thinking about it now, I wonder how many diehard Nordiques fans, rather than change allegiances post-relocation and cheer for the hated Habs, instead opted like southern wrestling fans post-WCW did 6 years later and just checked out of the sport (or at least the professional level of it) for good?
  17. Hey, speaking of which - and to try and move the thread topic away from the kind of "your fanbase is worse than mine" dick-measuring contest that I generally dislike (hot take: all fanbases are trash, my own included; the bigger the trashier, don't try to act like yours is any better/worse) - here we go again! https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/quebecs-premier-will-meet-with-gary-bettman-about-the-return-of-the-nordiques/ In all seriousness I'm not too surprised by this, nor am I expecting anything to come of it at this time. We all know Quebec City still wants an NHL team, just as we know the NHL wants to avoid Quebec City like death himself. Same as it ever was. Still, as someone noted pages ago, the Coyotes are essentially playing in a contract year, and I think it's safe to say they are not selling themselves very well right now. With all that in mind, if, say, Tempe balks at forking over arena money, and other American cities already with arenas and/or owners like Houston or Kansas City aren't interested in housing these jobbers either, I confess I would find it a little satisfying if the NHL returned to Quebec City, basically, against their will.
  18. Just for the record, and to maybe try and get this back onto some semblance of a rational discussion, I'm a Jets fan but I want Cheveldayoff gone. No ifs, ands, or buts. I don't care that he built the team from literally nothing into what they are, I don't trust him running things there anymore.
  19. You're terminally online, projecting your own views onto everyone else, and need to log off, that's what you are.
  20. "Oh woe is me, my team's being unfairly treated by internet randos because they covered up someone's crime for a decade!"
  21. With all due respect, what the is wrong with you, man? This isn't about "revenge" or any other juvenile internet BS, a man was sexually assaulted! If the Blackhawks were my team I'd want their heads too!
  22. It won't be a dead horse until the jerseys are replaced.
  23. I hope not. Devils, this is not that hard; all you need to do for a black alternate is use your old NHL '94 away jersey:
  24. I know it's a common refrain around here to wait until a new look hits the ice to form an opinion about it, and in a lot of cases said new looks turn out to look better in the context of an actual game; but honestly in this case? I think the blue numbers look worse on the ice than they did at the original unveiling. Why is that blue so bright?
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