BLUELANDbeliever

Falcons, Braves, Gladiators, UGA: I'm from here. Grew up cheering for them. (will never support the ATL Hawks as long as ASG owns them)

Pittsburgh Penguins, Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates: My family is from Pittsburgh and i grew up having my mom and grandmother cheering for these teams as well as ATL teams.

Nashville Predators- Closest NHL team (now....)

Minnesota Wild- Dany Heatley is my favorite NHL player. Will support him and any team he is playing for.

Why do i get the feeling that this downturn (excluding economic woes for all of the general public) started with the NHL and ESPN parting ways?

I'm not averse to melted cheese with fries, but I can't see it occurring to me to order them in the near future. I guess I don't really like fries all that much.

Anyway, I guess I misunderstood Blueland Believer's "10 minutes" thing. I didn't realize he was talking about the city council thing, because I thought 15 minutes was the meme on that one. I thought he thought someone called the office to buy the Thrashers ten minutes after the True North sale closed. Though I guess there were some groups that wanted to keep the Thrashers local despite not actually having money to buy the team. I guess they figured it hadn't stopped this league before.

yes there were. but ive said my statements before and nobody listens to me (because they probably dont want to, im done trying to explain the situation to yall)

Please.

and thank you? Yep, i was taught that.

I'm not averse to melted cheese with fries, but I can't see it occurring to me to order them in the near future. I guess I don't really like fries all that much.

Anyway, I guess I misunderstood Blueland Believer's "10 minutes" thing. I didn't realize he was talking about the city council thing, because I thought 15 minutes was the meme on that one. I thought he thought someone called the office to buy the Thrashers ten minutes after the True North sale closed. Though I guess there were some groups that wanted to keep the Thrashers local despite not actually having money to buy the team. I guess they figured it hadn't stopped this league before.

yes there were. but ive said my statements before and nobody listens to me (because they probably dont want to, im done trying to explain the situation to yall)

I was 10 minutes away from keeping my team.

I'm not sure that I agree with you 100% on your police work there, Lou.

yeah, how do you figure?

the meeting was almost over before they could come to a consensus to vote. The vote only occurred because the chairman of the city council heard the views of the citizens as well as the other council members on the matter and decided to call it to a vote. 10 minutes remained in the meetign meeting when this happened.

I am all for the coyotes moving...anywhere. I was 10 minutes away from keeping my team. Move em. Test the waters of QC first i think. I remember the 'Nordique Nation' earlier this year were loading up tour buses and going to NYI and Devils games.

Oh, Christ... not this again.

don't worry, i'm done.

*slow clap*

Well played Commissioner, well played.

U MAD ATLANTA?

no sherlock. FU*K You Coyotes. FU*K YOU BETTMAN. FU*K YOU ARIZONA.

Atlanta might be in business if Atlanta Spirit soon sells the Hawks and Philips Arena to a prospective owner that wants to give hockey half-a-chance.

The NHL let the Thrashers relocate because they wanted to rid themselves of the Atlanta Spirit under any means necessary. On some reports, Atlanta Spirit wouldn't sell the Thrashers to local ownership because they didn't want to give up 41 dates for hockey unless the prospective owner paid rent fees out the ass.

With Winnipeg out of the way, there's very few realistic places (and just as many prospective owners) that are breathing down the necks of Glendale and the NHL to get a deal done.

This. Media MArket dollars are to be had here. This wasnt a failure of fanbase, it was a mass murder of hockey by the owners.