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Post by mikecubs on Aug 28, 2014 12:59:41 GMT -6
Got to convince Hartford and all these close places to be pro-Whalers or it don't work.
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Post by Bruinsfan on Aug 28, 2014 13:09:46 GMT -6
thing is springfield is in massachusetts, you are never going to convince any place within massachusetts not to root for boston. just the way it works.
Its crazy how that state line makes a huge difference in the mind of newenglanders.
We are from massachusetts, and connecticut sucks..thats the attitude haha
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Post by mikecubs on Aug 28, 2014 13:23:17 GMT -6
I know:( That's why I mention the word attitude. The attitude like that is why Hartford don't have NHL and probably never will.
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Post by Guardian on Aug 28, 2014 19:28:54 GMT -6
I'm just concerned that the talent pool will be diluted.
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Post by Bruinsfan on Aug 28, 2014 20:01:49 GMT -6
I'm just concerned that the talent pool will be diluted. im not as concerned. I think you will see more non candian players, more looks for more guys and more opportunities to grow the game. the league has hovered at around 53 percent canadian for awhile a few countries i think are bound to be sending more players are Switzerland and alot of the eastern european countries.
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Post by calgaryflames on Aug 29, 2014 11:38:37 GMT -6
Not much news here but thought I would post it anyways. sports.nationalpost.com/2014/08/27/just-who-are-these-nhl-expansion-hopefuls-breaking-down-the-so-called-contenders/Just who are these NHL expansion hopefuls? Breaking down the so-called contenders Two senior NHL executives have dismissed reports suggesting the league is on the verge of expanding into Las Vegas, among other markets in the United States and Canada. Tim Leiweke, the chief executive of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, said the expansion claims were “just not true,” and Bill Daly, the NHL’s deputy commissioner, said that “no decisions have been made” about how or when new teams might be added. A pair of reports fuelled the speculation and discussion on Wednesday, after The Province published a report claiming the placement of an expansion franchise in Las Vegas was “a done deal,” while relaying “the only thing to be determined” was who would own it. Howard Bloom, the publisher of Sports Business News, went a step further, suggesting four new teams would be added by 2017. On the social media website Twitter, Bloom claimed Las Vegas, Seattle, Quebec City and a second Toronto team were on the way. During an appearance on Toronto radio station Sportsnet 590 on Wednesday, Leiweke said he had raised the issue with commissioner Gary Bettman after hearing the reports: “What I can tell you, 100% as of this morning, for sure? This isn’t on the agenda right now.” Speculation over expansion into those four markets is not new, Daly wrote in an email to the National Post on Wednesday. Several cities — notably Hamilton, Ont. — have been part of expansion hope and rumours for years. “We are in no different position today with respect to expansion than we were the last time we answered the same questions,” Daly wrote. “There has been interest expressed, we have and will listen to the interest, but we haven’t defined a process and certainly no decisions have been made.” Amid all speculation, here is a little of what is known about the four markets mentioned this week: Quebec City Construction is well underway on a $400-million arena with 18,000 seats in Quebec, with the aim of being fully operational within a year. The city lost the Nordiques in 1995 — they became the Colorado Avalanche — and hopes to repatriate a team. There is reason for optimism: The Canadian dollar is higher now than it was then, and Canada has become a financial powerhouse for the league. Part of that is the $5.2-billion deal Rogers Communications reached for 12 years of exclusive national broadcast rights. During his keynote address to The Empire Club of Canada last fall, Leiweke suggested Quebec was at the front of the line. “They’re way ahead of anyone else as to considerations, because we took a team from Quebec,” he told the crowd. “And like we did in Winnipeg, where we felt an obligation to return the team to Winnipeg — and they’re doing an unbelievable job of supporting it — do we not, as a league, also owe Quebec another start?” Las Vegas Ground has been broken on a US$375-million, 20,000-seat arena off the Las Vegas strip, the result of a partnership between two massive entertainment companies. MGM Resorts and Anschutz Entertainment Group — the latter owns the Los Angeles Kings — hosted a groundbreaking ceremony earlier this year. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, it is expected to be operational by 2016. “Las Vegas is a great market and we think it can support an anchor tenant,” AEG chief executive Dan Beckerman told the Review-Journal earlier this year. “If the [NBA or the NHL] approve a team for Las Vegas, we would be open to that.” Seattle Bettman and Daly visited Seattle earlier this year. “Based on the level of interest we’re getting from lots of people in Seattle and a fair amount of uncertainty and confusion about the building, we decided ‘Let’s go find out for ourselves what the story is with the building,’” Bettman told TSN. “And there’s no prospect of a building right now.” Investor Chris Hansen has plans to build an arena, but is focused more on acquiring an NBA team. An NHL team would be a second tenant. His group lost some deep pockets when Steve Ballmer moved on and purchased the Los Angeles Clippers for US$2-billion earlier this month. Toronto An uprising of concerned citizens helped quash plans to build an NHL-ready arena in the Toronto suburb of Markham late last year. That project — a new $325-million arena with 20,000 seats — would have left the city responsible for $162.5-million. Voters rose up to remove it from the agenda. The lure of a second franchise in Toronto is strong, but would also face a number of hurdles, not the least of which being any territorial claims advanced by the Toronto Maple Leafs. It has been suggested a second team could actually play out of the Air Canada Centre, but that is only speculation; like all the rest of it, for now.
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Post by Bruinsfan on Aug 29, 2014 12:25:40 GMT -6
two teams playing out of one arena would be a problem woudlnt it? its not like basketball where the clippers and lakers just change the floor, changing ice designs isnt as quick.
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Post by jjmoohead on Aug 29, 2014 17:11:41 GMT -6
I wonder of they could. When Curling goes into an NHL arena they simply flood over top of the NHL ice, when its being removed they shave it down over and over again until it is gone. I don't know if they could find a fast way of doing that? All they really would need to do is cover the center ice logo, maybe over night that is possible?
Do the NY Jets and Giants share a stadium? Are all NY Jets Logos removed from games? I though I read that sometimes on weekends were they both play at home each end zone gets one teams logo. Normally they have a week to change it out.
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Post by mikecubs on Aug 29, 2014 18:36:07 GMT -6
Yes, the Jets/Giants share MetLife Stadium. They privately financed it together(1.6 billion). All logos are removed when the other team plays. I just checked the entire football schedule this season. When 1 team is at home the other is on the road every week except in week 3. But in weeks 3 the Jets play the Bears on Monday night the day before at noon the Giants play Houston. So they have over 24hrs to convert the stadium. At the stadium the lighting changes color in various parts of the stadium depending on who is at home. Green lighting for the Jets, blue lighting for the Giants. One negative part of the stadium is to make it neutral the seats are an ugly colored checked grey color to make it neutral.
Beside the logo the other problem of a 2nd hockey team at Air Canada Centre is the loss of 41 dates for concerts. Air Canada is one of the busiest arenas in the world. But maybe the loss of concerts would be better than having to compete with an second modern arena. Of course MLSE will pick option 3 no second team at all, keep the concerts and have no competition for either the Leafs or Raptors.
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Post by mikecubs on Aug 29, 2014 18:39:27 GMT -6
From wiki The stadium is distinguished by an outer skin of aluminum louvers and by interior lighting that switches colors depending on which team is playing at home—blue for the Giants and green for the Jets. The interior lighting of the team(s) colors during day, the stadium appears to be incomplete or still under construction.[10] This is a technique originated at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, which is shared between the city's two major soccer clubs, Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich. Essentially, unlike Giants Stadium, MetLife Stadium can easily be converted from a Giants game to a Jets game or vice versa within a matter of hours.[11] The special louvers and the associated hanging system were custom designed and manufactured by Overgaard Ltd. of Hong Kong and Architectural Wall Systems of Des Moines, Iowa. The total linear length of louvers is exactly 50,000 meters (50 kilometers) or 163,681 feet (31.1 miles). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetLife_Stadium
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Post by jetsfan85 on Aug 29, 2014 20:50:56 GMT -6
Yes, the Jets/Giants share MetLife Stadium. They privately financed it together(1.6 billion). All logos are removed when the other team plays. I just checked the entire football schedule this season. When 1 team is at home the other is on the road every week except in week 3. But in weeks 3 the Jets play the Bears on Monday night the day before at noon the Giants play Houston. So they have over 24hrs to convert the stadium. At the stadium the lighting changes color in various parts of the stadium depending on who is at home. Green lighting for the Jets, blue lighting for the Giants. One negative part of the stadium is to make it neutral the seats are an ugly colored checked grey color to make it neutral. Beside the logo the other problem of a 2nd hockey team at Air Canada Centre is the loss of 41 dates for concerts. Air Canada is one of the busiest arenas in the world. But maybe the loss of concerts would be better than having to compete with an second modern arena. Of course MLSE will pick option 3 no second team at all, keep the concerts and have no competition for either the Leafs or Raptors. I doubt a team in Toronto would play at ACC. I believe the latest article for the proposed GTA Center in Markham says the arena is not dead yet as previously stated.
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Post by mikecubs on Aug 29, 2014 22:00:18 GMT -6
Here is the latest article I can find. www.torontosun.com/2014/08/27/markham-mayor-still-hopeful-for-nhl-teamThe mayor is still for it but it has to be privately financed. Big problem besides MLSE is the NHL wants absolutely NOTHING to do with the perspective owner. He is a crook! If S. Ontario gets a team it won't be the Markham proposal or Hamilton. It will be something new.
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Post by Bruinsfan on Aug 30, 2014 10:37:17 GMT -6
Mario roy of zone nordiques is stating the hurricanes are for sale. What is intereting is PNC arena has an anchor tenant...NC state basketball and not to mention the college base for other college events.
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Post by wolfmannick on Aug 30, 2014 22:54:59 GMT -6
Another team won't play out of the ACC. As for the prospect of a second NHL team the League must have already approached the Leafs to see if they'd be open to the idea and I think if they were 100% against it none of these rumours would be coming up. Hamilton almost had a team in the 90's but it was quashed because no one wanted to front the $50 million expansion fee, not the Leafs. A second team in the city wouldn't cost the Leafs fans or money, they'd make money off it through broadcasting and other revenue. Not saying its going to happen just pointing out there is logic to a second Toronto team.
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Post by mikecubs on Aug 31, 2014 1:18:29 GMT -6
^^^ What I think happened is Bettman told MLSE "don't worry I know you are against a 2nd team but play along, I'm trying to drive up expansion prices in Seattle/Quebec. By the way thanks for helping fund the sun belt experiment. You guys have been great"
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