TBGKon

I'm really hoping for Crescents. I know it doesn't fit the recent fun and catchy to be marketable (like Yard Goats, Fireflies, etc) but it does have history in NOLA.

New Orleans has been tossed around too. Not too long ago they were a target of the Astros. They wanted to move the Zephyrs to the Houston metro area. While Vegas has gotten to the point where they are always the last AAA affiliate left at the dance in agreements, and I wish they would bounce, I have a gut feeling it's New Orleans who is the team to leave. If they want, I could see NOLA possibly as a Texas League team down the road if they choose to reemerge

Red, white, and a dark purple would have been a nice compromose though...

Here's a better pic of the new banners. I like the uniform design but different logos for the different eras. Heres a look at the old ones...

This should happen once more teams go out west.

Where is Tampa Bay?

Thrashers sale happened end May/early June 2011 and announced immediate relocation. There's kept the Jets in the southeast division for that immediate season and possibly the next if I recall. I wouldn't think a movie east would happen now, but a move west would be possible as divisions could remain the same.

Not bad....still wish they went with Morgantown as an identifier rather than West Virginia, since the name West Viriginia is used in the Sally League. The incorporation of blue and gold of WVU with the primary black is nice.

I find it hard to understand that it's the sites responsibility to assess an individual's on-site issues. As Pollux said, can you provide some screenshots of your side of things so we can better understand the issue?

Norfolk's AHL squad wasn't for sale but once the possibility of a Pacific division came about, $$$ talked and BS walked. Anything is possible.

I would think multi-year affiliation means with the franchise itself, not necessarily the city.

Maybe Orlando for the Lightning AHL affiliate and then move Orlando ECHL to Worcester.

Nice try, but no. You cant have the essentiall best two teams per conference (the # 1's) play eachother in Round 1. The setup they have now is pretty much perfect where it creates division rivalries until the conference finals.

True, but im sure all Hartford ownership wouldve had to say to the crazy ideas is NO. They didnt and we're where we are today.

So is Montreal moving the AHL Bulldogs to St Johns and the current St Johns to Winnipeg or is Montreal sigining a deal with the current St Johns franchise and Hamilton is off to Winnipeg?

As stated in the link, the move of the Icecaps to Winnipeg could be temporary until a new facility is found (ie. Pretty much what we all assume the Sharks are doing with the AHL Sharks in SJ)

I think you would see some affiliation shifts too as with the Central-ECHL merger left some teams without affiliates and some with 2 affiliates.

After looking why wouldn't Vancouver and Arizona want Utica and Portland closer?

So now with Worcester and Norfolk rumored to be moving, who else would be an option to go out west?

If it's San Jose, they'll almost certainly adopt the current NHL Sharks logo - otherwise they'd have to repaint the logo at center ice on every changeover between the NHL and AHL Sharks. They'll probably go with a different uni style and a variation on the Sharks name for the AHL team, in order to differentiate it from its parent club/arena-mate. Tiburones (Spanish for "Sharks"), perhaps? Yeah they've said they're going to rename the team, but not to what. But it'll undoubtedly be Shark related but distinct. How about NorCal Makos or Bay Area Makos?

This was posted to a popular USF bog site today and provides some excellent considerations as to why the pair of the Bulls and Knights of UCF should be considered for the Big 12: http://www.voodoofive.com/2014/12/10/7357673/big-12-expansion-add-usf-and-ucf-first-bob-bowlsby-playoff

Shuckers rhymes with.......anywho good luck to the team. They have a great GM who knows MiLB like no one else.

It was a fashion jersey, many other teams had them. Correct, I remember seeing gold Rams, yellow Vikes, Chiefs, & Packers, silver Lions & Raiders, red Titans, etc....

News stories I have read state that this may not exactly be the final logo. Due to the timeframe at hand and the approvals that have to be done for logos thru MILB, USPTO, etc. they were able to provide this as a defacto placeholder.

Wow. 14 more years? How godsdamned long was the lease at inception? Why on earth would you commit to that if you're the Panthers - was there really a risk taht they'd be denied tenancy? $$$$$$ Talks....Im sure a buyout can happen for the right price.