NJTank Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Here's an idea the Honalulu Islanders, according to Gary Bettman no state is more ready to embrace hockey than Hawaii. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Coyotes to Kansas City.If Kansas City really wants a franchise, they have a very good opportunity to show it. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Coyotes to Kansas City.Islanders to Quebec or Houston.Either that, or contract 'em both.Come to think of it, the NHL's upcoming realignment, from six balanced divisions back down to four unbalanced ones (i.e. two with 7 teams, two with 8), just might be a subtle hint that contraction to 28 teams (thus enabling the divisions to be rebalanced at 7 teams apiece) is now within the realm of actual possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eye Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Coyotes to Kansas City.Islanders to Quebec or Houston.Either that, or contract 'em both.Come to think of it, the NHL's upcoming realignment, from six balanced divisions back down to four unbalanced ones (i.e. two with 7 teams, two with 8), just might be a subtle hint that contraction to 28 teams (thus enabling the divisions to be rebalanced at 7 teams apiece) is now within the realm of actual possibility.I'm all for contracting the Coyotes and Islanders, but there would be no way that anyone would agree to that, right? I know it's OTGDNHL, so I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Coyotes to Kansas City.Islanders to Quebec or Houston.Either that, or contract 'em both.Come to think of it, the NHL's upcoming realignment, from six balanced divisions back down to four unbalanced ones (i.e. two with 7 teams, two with 8), just might be a subtle hint that contraction to 28 teams (thus enabling the divisions to be rebalanced at 7 teams apiece) is now within the realm of actual possibility.I'm all for contracting the Coyotes and Islanders, but there would be no way that anyone would agree to that, right? I know it's OTGDNHL, so I don't know.Contract 2 of Phoenix, Isles, Florida or I guess Columbus from the way everyones been talking, and relocate the other 2. https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Never going to be contraction in a Big Four league. The p.r. hit would be critical. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Never going to be contraction in a Big Four league. The p.r. hit would be critical.I don't think anybody outside of Glendale would even notice if the Coyotes never played another game. https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Judging from the attendance figures, no one in Glendale would either. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Judging from the attendance figures, no one in Glendale would either.No but they'll love the spacious new parking. https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 It's not that anyone would know or care about the Coyotes for the sake of the Coyotes. It would be the news that the NHL, faced with numerous failures in a bad economy, will be the first league since, well, the NHL in 1978, to fold a team. And not just one, but two teams. Just like how notwithstanding the terrible financial dilemmas beneath the surface, the NHL had to suffer the ignominy of being the only major sports league to cancel an entire season. The ill will from that took years to shake off. I'm still not sure it's all gone. They're all too proud to admit such a grand-scale failure if they can help it, which they can, because there will always be delusional or stupid city governments that will bend over backward for sports. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Coyotes to Kansas City.Islanders to Quebec or Houston.Either that, or contract 'em both.Come to think of it, the NHL's upcoming realignment, from six balanced divisions back down to four unbalanced ones (i.e. two with 7 teams, two with 8), just might be a subtle hint that contraction to 28 teams (thus enabling the divisions to be rebalanced at 7 teams apiece) is now within the realm of actual possibility.I always assumed it meant another round of (stupid) expansion was on the way. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Expansion would mean finding new groups of owners to pay the entrance fee. The NHL can't even find enough people willing to own the teams it already has. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Expansion would mean finding new groups of owners to pay the entrance fee. The NHL can't even find enough people willing to own the teams it already has.Only in America. The second assumption was that there were a couple rich yet eccentric Canadians who felt it was their patriotic duty to pay hundreds of millions of loonies to bring the NHL to town. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Expansion would mean finding new groups of owners to pay the entrance fee. The NHL can't even find enough people willing to own the teams it already has.Only in America. The second assumption was that there were a couple rich yet eccentric Canadians who felt it was their patriotic duty to pay hundreds of millions of loonies to bring the NHL to town.Outside of Quebec City there's no real place left to put a team in Canada. I love my country and all, but the Saskatoon Panthers is stretching it. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I agree that there's one possible relocation market out there. As much as I wish Milwaukee could get a team, I just don't see it unless the Bucks move. But there are, what, three or four teams in rather serious trouble right now? The Islanders, Coyotes, and Blue Jackets? Are the Panthers in similar trouble?In any case, "more teams in peril than new markets for them" is not a formula for expansion. Even ITGDNHL. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 The Panthers had to block off the upper bowl and their ratings are terrible. I can't see them turning out a profit. That whole operation's going fly off the tracks sooner rather then later. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Okay, that's four teams in trouble, only one potential relocation market, and the NHL is already in desperate need of one owner. OITGDNHL. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Expansion would mean finding new groups of owners to pay the entrance fee. The NHL can't even find enough people willing to own the teams it already has.Only in America. The second assumption was that there were a couple rich yet eccentric Canadians who felt it was their patriotic duty to pay hundreds of millions of loonies to bring the NHL to town.Outside of Quebec City there's no real place left to put a team in Canada. I love my country and all, but the Saskatoon Panthers is stretching it.I was thinking Swift Current actually. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Okay, that's four teams in trouble, only one potential relocation market, and the NHL is already in desperate need of one owner. OITGDNHL.You forgot that the Stars are still being operated on the cheap by their creditors and the sale that was supposed to save them still hasn't gone through... ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Okay, five. Sorry, I don't follow the NHL all that closely. That's a huge number, though. Any others? The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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