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  1. Unless there are 7,500 fans hiding in the bottom right corner out of camera view, all I have to say is, "10,074 my ass!"
  2. I thought this was going to be a link to The Onion. This is an identity so bad, that if they copied the story verbatim, it'd look like their own work.
  3. My solution to the issue of realignment in the NHL: Move Detroit to the Central time zone.
  4. http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/01/add-another-city-to-the-coyotes-relocation-rumormill-portland-oregon/ Apparently the guy who owns the Portland Winter Hawks of the WHL may be interested in the Coyotes. Gotta say, Portland would make a whole lot more sense than Phoenix, and possibly more than Seattle, too. In Seattle, the NHL would definitely be #4, maybe even #5 behind MLS. In Portland, the worst they could be is #3, and the market is still a decent size.
  5. You are aware that the Harlem Globetrotters are essentially theatrical performers, right?
  6. Go. Away. Read the first 50ish pages of this thread, and compare it to the babble you have written. The 'pointlessness' of this thread is that the moderators got tired of people posting realignments in every other sports-related thread, so they created one thread for all of them. You're more than welcome to post your realignment proposals here, but if you have nothing to contribute, please stop posting. You seem to have a very weak grasp of English and you are annoying many people by posting things that don't belong here. You're also probably going to end up in trouble yourself if you're reporting people who haven't done anything that's actually frowned upon.
  7. I'm not sure how much of what you're smoking, but I'd like to speak to your dealer.
  8. Atlanta kinda kills that one, but there isn't much you can do without going to 8 divisions of 4 instead of 4 divisions of 8.
  9. I imagine it has a lot to do with two MLB teams and four double-A teams. So it's still got 7 of the top 90 baseball clubs in Canada and the US.
  10. If I could make a suggestion, it'd be to swap Erie with London, and keep the border-hopping to a minimum by having all three American teams in one division.
  11. Umm, pretty sure that's the most painfully obvious case of collusion any court has ever seen... If that happened, where would their 2012 Pacific Division Champions banner hang? This reminds me of the 'If a tree fell in the forest' question. Will anyone see it even if they hang it at Jobing.com Arena?
  12. I just have to post a link to this blog because it's so stupid. I almost laughed over it until I realized how many people believe everything they read is the gospel truth. http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Richard-Cloutier/NHL-Lockout-Could-Kill-Coyotes-Franchise/131/47230 Just a sample: Umm, pretty sure that's the most painfully obvious case of collusion any court has ever seen...
  13. It feels like Brampton is out of place now, separated from the other GTA teams, but I suppose there isn't much you could do about it. In the actual alignment of the OHL, Owen Sound is also definitely in the wrong division. There is no reason whatsoever that they should be in the Midwest while Niagara is in the Central.
  14. Stop reading hfboards. I can honestly say I've never intentionally ventured onto hfboards. Been there a couple times after a google search, but that's it. Did someone say something similar there?
  15. I could really see Bettman using the contraction of Phoenix as a bargaining chip against the NHLPA, saying "If you don't back down on this and this, we will have no choice but to contract the Coyotes because we can't find an owner for them under these financial circumstances." From there, the NHLPA will call Bettman's bluff, knowing full well that the NHL will not be able to run a league with 29 teams for very long, and will likely end up expanding to 32 after the contraction. Bettman ends up folowing through, contracting the Coyotes, and due to them becoming defunct, Glendale will have an empty arena with no leaseholder for the foreseeable future. If 3-4 years, the NHL will announce expansion, and give one of those teams back to Phoenix, who are now forced to accept a lowball offer on a new lease deal from the team's owner simply because they desperately need the money. The NHL gets to keep their 'large media market'. ^^ Just my predictions.
  16. And, as is the tradition, the fans of Kansas City will manage to make the fans of Phoenix look spectacular by comparison. I pity any team that would actually move there.
  17. It would have been potentially bad, but he would have funded his purchase of the Coyotes by selling RIM stock, right? So he would have run out of excess money, but as long as the Coyotes themselves turned a profit, I don't think he'd have gone broke. He would have just become the CEO of the Hamilton Coyotes instead of wearing two hats and being an actual businessman as well. And the Leafs sell out all their games even when they suck... unless they can pack in 20,000 more fans into the ACC with standing-room-only tickets, the Hamilton team would be fine. Toronto would always be by far the more popular team, but Southern Ontario already supports two NHL teams, and one isn't even in our country. And most of us hate them. Even playing in Copps, I would be shocked if a Hamilton NHL team didn't sell out every single home game.
  18. Yeah, those would be 2010-11 figures... should have clarified that. Forbes wouldn't have the 2011-12 figures yet, I'd imagine. I'm not certain about the deal with Phoenix, but if they lost $24.4 million after that subsidy, then Glendale should seriously consider burning down Jobing.com Arena and collecting an insurance settlement on it.
  19. I was curious about this after reading it, so I looked it up. It's not official NHL info, but it's Forbes, and Forbes knows money so I am inclined to trust their valuations. Anaheim: Worth $184 million, lost $8.4 million in 2011 Carolina: Worth $169 million, lost $4.4 million in 2011 Tampa Bay: Worth $174 million, lost $8.5 million in 2011 Nashville: Worth $163 million, lost $7.5 million in 2011 Florida: Worth $162 million, lost $7 million in 2011 Phoenix: Worth $134 million, lost $24.4 million in 2011 Columbus: Worth $152 million, lost $13.7 million in 2011 The Islanders, Sabres, Devils, Sharks, Wild, Capitals and Jets also lost significant money, though I think it could be argued that the Caps, Wild, Sharks, Sabres and Jets are all on stable ground due to strong ownership and/or fan support. The Devils, despite having a solid team for most of the last 20 years AND a new arena still fail to draw decent crowds and the Islanders are stuck in the arena that time forgot, and both are overshadowed by the Rangers. If the Devils and their arena teleported to where Nassau Coliseum currently stands, they'd have a solid franchise. But that's not going to happen, so both franchises will remain stuck in a rut.
  20. It's probably also worth mentioning that when the Phillies and Pirates started out in the same league, there was only one major league. The AL didn't exist yet.
  21. They're not gonna put both NY teams in one league. Why wouldn't they? It's RE-alignment. This isn't something you are coming up with, it's something someone else is coming up with. Yes, and when you post it in here, it's up for discussion and other people's opinions. And I'm stating, as both opinion and to a degree nearly fact, that, unless you're completely splitting the league into an East-West format, having both NY teams in the same league does not make any sense. In baseball, with the two different types of play between the two leagues, when you have two teams in one market, you split them up so as to appeal to fans of both leagues. THAT'S why they brought in the Mets to replace the Dodgers and Giants in the first place, to get another NL team back in New York. It's not as big of a deal as you're making it, though. The Phillies and Pirates are in the same league, and soon, the Astros and Rangers will be in the same division. Yes, I realize that those are same-state teams and not same-city teams, but if MLB were that hellbent on keeping same-city teams in different leagues, then they'd do the same with same-state teams. Apparently they don't care as much as you think they do. Having same-city teams in the same league isn't that far out of the realm of possibility. It's because TV deals are sometimes split along league lines (just like in the NFL where its split by conference). If the Yankees and Mets were in the same league, NYC would end up with no local coverage of the National League. Now, a New Yorker can tune into two different channels and see an NL game or an AL game. Not to mention the biggest issue with the Mets moving over in exchange for the Rays is that over time, that division is going to be even more brutal for the Jays. The Mets might suck now, but they're still in a HUGE market and will be able to afford a lot of good players once their asshat ownership situation is sorted out. The Rays, on the other hand, will always be dirtpoor... the overacheiving will probably end eventually.
  22. Now that you mention it that way, yep, that's exactly what it looks like. My French is by no means perfect, but I'm reading it as 'housekeeping' as a euphemism for 'packing your crap' as well. A good sign for Quebec hockey fans and anyone who doesn't like Patrick Roy.
  23. A. Other than Bud Selig, East-West seperation of MLB doesn't really fly with most fans. It's basically taking the tradition of the NL and AL and chucking it into an old, burning trash can and then putting the flames out by pissing on it. B.The DH rule you've suggested makes absolutely no sense and would never work. You can't leave it up to individual teams. You may end up with like 21 non-DH and only 9 with the DH or vice versa. It has to be one way or the other for each league or for both, not based on each team's preference. I don't think the DH rule would cause any trouble as long as teams couldn't change year-to-year. Odds are, it'd stay mostly as old NL teams with no DH, and mostly AL teams with the DH. In a perfect world, the designated hitter wouldn't exist, but I think the MLBPA would flip their lids if anyone suggested the DH be abandoned. As far as the AL/NL separation goies, we're already travelling down that slippery slope... first with interleague, plus two teams switching leagues, and then starting in 2013 interleague games being played every day of the year. The sanctity is gone, the names are relics, and the leagues are already merged anyways. Swapping half a dozen more teams to create a more geographically logical layout hardly seems out of the realm of possibility. You're going from "some changes" to "blow the whole damn thing up" in 60 seconds. None of the changes you've mentioned are anywhere near the the apocalypse of the sanctity of the game. Interleague everyday doesn't mean half the league is playing interleague games. Just one series at a time (maybe 3 here and there to meet the minium). In actuallity, interleague every series would reduce the total number of interleague games. However the league decided to maintain the total as it has been. And no, leaving teams to decide their own DH rules will not go as smoothly as you think. It's a rule that can drastically alter the make-up of each individual game and not something that can just be "however you want it ("you" meaning each team). It has to be a leaguewide rule. Either stays as is or both leaguse with or without. No individual teams. What would you say if the season structure was used with the 2013 leagues (same as 2012 except with Houston in the AL), and no divisions?
  24. A. Other than Bud Selig, East-West seperation of MLB doesn't really fly with most fans. It's basically taking the tradition of the NL and AL and chucking it into an old, burning trash can and then putting the flames out by pissing on it. B.The DH rule you've suggested makes absolutely no sense and would never work. You can't leave it up to individual teams. You may end up with like 21 non-DH and only 9 with the DH or vice versa. It has to be one way or the other for each league or for both, not based on each team's preference. I don't think the DH rule would cause any trouble as long as teams couldn't change year-to-year. Odds are, it'd stay mostly as old NL teams with no DH, and mostly AL teams with the DH. In a perfect world, the designated hitter wouldn't exist, but I think the MLBPA would flip their lids if anyone suggested the DH be abandoned. As far as the AL/NL separation goies, we're already travelling down that slippery slope... first with interleague, plus two teams switching leagues, and then starting in 2013 interleague games being played every day of the year. The sanctity is gone, the names are relics, and the leagues are already merged anyways. Swapping half a dozen more teams to create a more geographically logical layout hardly seems out of the realm of possibility.
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