Amen to that.
Leave the profitable ones alone and the ones that sell at leasst 80 % each night.
Jimbo
Is this fight good for hockey?
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Amen to that.
Leave the profitable ones alone and the ones that sell at leasst 80 % each night.
Jimbo
If they move Atlanta, You'll be at the top of my "Sh*t List". I wouldn't move any, I love hockey. But, I would care less if they moved the Braves, Falcons, or Hawks. Take your pick!
Al
And Oh Yeah, I voted Yes in this poll. Fighting is a natural part of competition. And fighting don't get any better than Hockey Fights.
Al
Al
Cleveland couldn't even support a minor league team. There are way more fans from Cincinatti at Blue Jackets games than from Clevelad. Get real dude!
And how many cups do the Devils have in the last ten years? Cleveburg has lost 2 AHL teams wile NJ has won several cups.
New Jersey has to compete with the Rangers and Islanders for fans.
They are in first place in the division and can't sell tickets.
I'm not saying get rid of the Devils, just move them the hell away from Jersey.
Then move them to cinncy, I don't care where they move they just shouldn't be in Columbus, just like Dallas and so on.
cybok0,
You have given no reason that these cities should not have teams except you said so or . I guess you won't be happy until the league is back down to the original 6. The other two cities that you mention (Quebec, Winnipeg) already had NHL teams and they couldn't support them in the area. I guess the best way to kill a league is to give them back to markets that don't care about them.
You have given no reason that these cities should not have teams except you said so or . I guess you won't be happy until the league is back down to the original 6. The other two cities that you mention (Quebec, Winnipeg) already had NHL teams and they couldn't support them in the area. I guess the best way to kill a league is to give them back to markets that don't care about them.
There are to many teams in the NHL, I believe they should get rid of 4 to 6 teams to help the league. There are not enough good players to fill every team.
I believe these teams should stay in the league but move, there good teams but not enough fan base.
- New Jersey, In first place but doesn't sell tickets
- New York Islanders, Have to compete with the Rangers
- Tampa Bay Lightning,another good team that doesn't sell tickets.
These teams should get out of the league, they are in bad hockey markets.
- Columbus
- Miami
- Anaheim
- Nashville
- Atlanta
- Dallas
- Phoenix
As for places to relocate teams I picked 2 Canadian cities because Canada has the best fan base, but they can pick any city as long as there is a strong fan base.
Plus your response to Quebec and Winnipeg, Atlanta had a team before.
If you want to put them in Cinncy, Hartford, Houston or Portland it doesn't matter as long as it helps the league.
I know Pittsburgh isn't a pro Basketball market, so I wouldn't expect a team to be here, just like hockey in other cities.
By the way if Bettmen wants to make the NHL stronger he should crawl back to ESPN and beg for a contract.
Tampa Bay does not sell tickets? Where have you been. Tampa Bay is number three in home attendance in the NHL. They currently average 19760 in attandence this year. They average a sell out for the entire 2006-2007 season so far. I forgot to mention that last year they averaged 103% attendance for the 2005-2006 season.
Like I said before where is the proof that these are bad markets for the NHL. Just becuase you think so is not enough proof for me.
Now this is one thing I can agree with you on.
cybok0,
If you want to move a team because of poor ticket sales why not move Pittsburgh. It doesn't look like they have done very good the past 6 years.
2000-2001 = 16th in league
2001-2002 = 22nd
2002-2003 = 25th
2003-2004 = 30th (Dead Last)
2005-2006 = 20th
2006-2007 = 19th
If you want to move a team because of poor ticket sales why not move Pittsburgh. It doesn't look like they have done very good the past 6 years.
2000-2001 = 16th in league
2001-2002 = 22nd
2002-2003 = 25th
2003-2004 = 30th (Dead Last)
2005-2006 = 20th
2006-2007 = 19th
first off where's the link.
second this year they sell out almost every game and have the best TV revenue in all of hockey.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/attendance?year=2007
I would like to see your proof on all of your statements. Where does it say they have the best TV revenue in all of hockey?
Besides Dallas how many of the teams that I mentioned won a Stanley Cup
Plus I'm just stating my Opinion, Why the h*ll do I have to explain my opinion.
If you don't like it that's fine, you don't have to follow me that's your right to have your own opinion.
You just stated that they are in bad hockey markets and don't shed any light on why you think this. I just want to know why you think that. All the numbers I can find show otherwise and I just want to understand your point.
I guess since you must not like debates since you think I am following you. I have not posted against you in any other thread.
From what they say on local sports shows.
You know I started this thread because of the fight and figured a poll might be amusing.
Obviously I made a mistake by saying a opinion I had in making this league better about moving teams and getting rid of teams.
I will remeber not to state an opinion that you don't agree with so I don't have to deal with you , better yet I'll just put you on ignore.
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I personally like a good debate between people. I was just trying to find out why you thought this way. Put me on ignore, that is fine with me. I feel sorry that you can't have a discussion with somebody with an opposite opinion as yours. You know that opinions can be changed if presented the proper facts. I was hoping you could shed a little light on yours and not just that is what you heard on a local sports show.
Back you your original post, I don't think that this fight was good for Hockey. Is fighting in general bad, NO. A brawl in any sport gives it a black eye on the entire sport. Look what it did for basketball when the Piston's and Pacers had their little fun. Was that good for basketball, NO.
