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Well, Glenfail just authorized $6,000,000/yr in "arena management fees" for the next five years, so they're probably not going anywhere.

Picture of Glendale's Mayor

POTD

I'll be sad to see them go. Nice identity overall, especially the original set. I've still got the original white jersey tucked away somewhere.

^ Gary Bettman is Commissioner of the NHL. Any American city with a guy who says he might be interested will take precedent to a Canadian city with a complete ownership group, arena plans, season tickets sold and uniforms already manufactured.

Winnipeg.

Were there any other real options at that point though? The cities that had arenas (KC, Houston, etc.) had no interest whatsoever in a team. Seattle wasn't in the mix yet.

^ Gary Bettman is Commissioner of the NHL. Any American city with a guy who says he might be interested will take precedent to a Canadian city with a complete ownership group, arena plans, season tickets sold and uniforms already manufactured.

For hockey, I realize that they want Pittsburgh in with Philly and Washington, but wouldn't it be more logical to bump Columbus and Pittsburgh to the Northeast; and Florida and Tampa Bay to the Atlantic?

We can have a

East Canadian Division

Mon, Que, Ott, Tor

A Turnpike Division

NJ, NYI, NYR, Phi

Northeast

Bos, Buf, Pit, CBJ

NASCAR

Car, Fla, TB, Was

Cental

Chi, Det, Stl, Min

West Canada

Cgy, Wpg, Van, Edm

Country Western

Col, Dal, Nsh, Phx

Pacific

LA, Sea, SJ, Ana

This reminds me of back in 2002 when the NFL realigned, some columnist on some site recommended that the NFL realign based on team names

It went more or less like this:

Birds division: Eagles, Falcons, Ravens, Cardinals

Cats: Lions, Panthers, Bengals, Jaguars

Barnyard animals: Rams, Colts, Chargers, Broncos

Historical: Chiefs, Redskins, Patriots, Cowboys

Mythological: Giants, Titans, Vikings, Saints (I realize Vikings and Saints are/were real)

Industrial: Steelers, Jets, Packers, 49ers

Aquatic: Bucanneers, Raiders, Dolphins, Seahawks

Leftover: Browns, Bills, Bears, Texans

EAST

Northeast

Montreal

Toronto

Ottawa

Buffalo

Boston

Quebec

Pittsburgh

Atlantic

New York

New York

New Jersey

Philadelphia

Washington

Carolina

Florida

Tampa Bay

WEST

Central

Detroit

Columbus

Nashville

Chicago

St. Louis

Winnipeg

Dallas

Minnesota

Pacific

LA

Anaheim

San Jose

Edmonton

Calgary

Vancouver

Colorado

Division winners + 6 best teams per conference make playoffs. Done.

playoffs. Done.

Out of curiousity, what's the Yotes attendance during the playoffs been?

If this team was in Kansas City, Pittsburgh or Baltimore, where the fans are loyal but hungry for a winning team, they would sell out every single night.

Are there any cities with an MLB-ready baseball stadium? I don't think there is.

But as far as markets, I think that Portland is the only realistic option, they just have to build a park.

Vancouver would be nice, but I understand the MLB's reluctance to try Canada again.

I'm just curious to what their attendance was for the last 10 or so games of the year and the 2 playoff games. This season should have seen a huge spike, especially at the end, considering they beat out the team that 'stole' their superstar in Carl Crawford, the Red Sox.