ophone Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Less Sun Belt, more Snow Belt. +1 Québec, Hartford, Winnipeg, Seattle... are the places to play ice hockey. Anyway, I'm not only thinking that there are too many southern teams in the NHL, there aren't also not enough Canadian teams! Hey, out of 30 teams, there are only 6 out of Canada!!! There should be at least 10 Canadian teams in the NHL, with at least 3 teams from the "Belle Province"! OK, Hartford isn't in Canada, but anyway, thumbs up for Hartford! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathradio Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 The NHL hasn't understood that, in a gate-driven context, the teams with the best fans draw more money for the NHL than teams like the Panthers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big-Ted Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 +1 Québec, Hartford, Winnipeg, Seattle... are the places to play ice hockey. Anyway, I'm not only thinking that there are too many southern teams in the NHL, there aren't also not enough Canadian teams! Hey, out of 30 teams, there are only 6 out of Canada!!! There should be at least 10 Canadian teams in the NHL, with at least 3 teams from the "Belle Province"! OK, Hartford isn't in Canada, but anyway, thumbs up for Hartford! I don't mind seeing teams relocated back up North, where fans will be more into games. Quebec City, Winnipeg, and Hartford could all be potential sites, although if we're talking about Canada and fans, I could see there being fans in places like Saskatoon and Halifax too, I just don't know if there's as big a local fan base and as much corporate support as would be needed. What I don't want to see is there being more cases of multiple teams in one city (i.e no second Toronto team). Part of cheering for or against a team is identifying that team with a city and its people/fans. I think the NHL needs to take a serious look at getting teams out of Phoenix, Tampa Bay, Florida, Nashville, Carolina, and Atlanta and maybe moving two or three of them back up North. If the others are not viable, why not consider contraction. The league won't, because it's all about the money, but it would certainly help to get rid of some of the watered-down effect on the NHL talent pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathradio Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 I don't mind seeing teams relocated back up North, where fans will be more into games. Quebec City, Winnipeg, and Hartford could all be potential sites, although if we're talking about Canada and fans, I could see there being fans in places like Saskatoon and Halifax too, I just don't know if there's as big a local fan base and as much corporate support as would be needed. What I don't want to see is there being more cases of multiple teams in one city (i.e no second Toronto team). Part of cheering for or against a team is identifying that team with a city and its people/fans. I think the NHL needs to take a serious look at getting teams out of Phoenix, Tampa Bay, Florida, Nashville, Carolina, and Atlanta and maybe moving two or three of them back up North. If the others are not viable, why not consider contraction. The league won't, because it's all about the money, but it would certainly help to get rid of some of the watered-down effect on the NHL talent pool. Saskatoon and Halifax are AHL/KHL-viable. NHL-viable? I don't know. Florida can support one team, Tampa. Miami should move. Atlanta or NY Islanders? Tough to decide. List of possible places where to move a NHL team: Winnipeg Quebec City Hamilton Milwaukee Hartford Portland Salt Lake City? Cleveland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rypat19 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 go hartford great natural rivals with Boston and ny teams plus close to home for me...easy drive and Please Santa get rid of betman and bring a franchise to Hartford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine1One Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 tampa is fine guys leave it alone the bolts are here to stay! if you take both florida teams you're gonna hurt hockey. in all honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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