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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Nov 27, 2013 14:22:08 GMT -5
Was listening to NHL radio on XM last night; I forget who the journalist was they were talking to, but after discussing the Rogers deal they moved on to expansion. Pretty big buzz now is to expect the return of L'Nordique in two years, and a new team in Seattle in about five, if they can get their arena idea off the ground. 17 teams in the East 15 in the West.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 14:22:16 GMT -5
And it's mostly like going to be more expensive for Canadians now. Especially on how expensive the deal is. (5.3 billion dollars). On a lighter note just to piss off and troll Triplethreatmark even more, I picked up Jeff Carter in my fantasy hockey team. Yup my undefeated fantasy hockey team now has Dustin Brown, Jeff Carter, Jonathan Quick (get off the IR already!), and Slava Voynov. Troll's on you, bro. Dustin Brown's been 'meh' all season and Quick's out till Christmas. Good for you on having Carts and Slava though. I just wish I had Scrivezina on my fantasy team. Yeah but Dustin Brown is one of the NHL league leaders in the plus/minus category and in hits and he has decent amount of SOG and can either play LW or RW meaning I can play more players per day! And Quick is on the IR so I can put him there meaning I can claim one more extra player on the roster till he's healed.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 14:26:51 GMT -5
Was listening to NHL radio on XM last night; I forget who the journalist was they were talking to, but after discussing the Rogers deal they moved on to expansion. Pretty big buzz now is to expect the return of L'Nordique in two years, and a new team in Seattle in about five, if they can get their arena idea off the ground. 17 teams in the East 15 in the West. Well to be fair most West teams are pretty much eastern conference teams. Like Nashville, Chicago, St. Louis, for many years Colubmus and Detroit were on the Western Conference. There is really truly only about 11 teams that are truly Western. I also heard the expansion could be in two years.
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Post by HMARK Center on Nov 27, 2013 14:45:58 GMT -5
Yeah, if it goes Quebec City in two years and Seattle in five they'll wind up shuffling another club into the West to compensate for the Nordiques first and foremost. It'll be a big mess, because the NHL never does anything simply or with serious forethought.
However, a returning Nordiques would instantly become my #2 team.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 14:51:56 GMT -5
Well if Seattle is building a new arena you can put them in the old arena for the time being. Just because it's old it doesn't mean it's useable. A lot of old 90's expansion teams played in old arena's while the new one was being built. San Jose Sharks were practically the f***ing San Francisco Sharks for two years playing in the Cow Palace while their current arena was being built.
I also should of pointed that before the Winnipeg Jets returned, there was only truly 10 Western teams. And lots of those truly West teams are really mid west.
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Post by triplethreatmark on Nov 27, 2013 17:49:50 GMT -5
Well if Seattle is building a new arena you can put them in the old arena for the time being. Just because it's old it doesn't mean it's useable. A lot of old 90's expansion teams played in old arena's while the new one was being built. San Jose Sharks were practically the f***ing San Francisco Sharks for two years playing in the Cow Palace while their current arena was being built. I also should of pointed that before the Winnipeg Jets returned, there was only truly 10 Western teams. And lots of those truly West teams are really mid west. There's no way the new Seattle franchise plays at the Key Arena. The arena was not built with hockey in mind at all. It has terrible sight lines. If anything, there are rumors that they may have to end up playing at the Tacoma Dome instead while they build a new multi-purpose arena in downtown Seattle.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 18:08:42 GMT -5
Well if Seattle is building a new arena you can put them in the old arena for the time being. Just because it's old it doesn't mean it's useable. A lot of old 90's expansion teams played in old arena's while the new one was being built. San Jose Sharks were practically the f***ing San Francisco Sharks for two years playing in the Cow Palace while their current arena was being built. I also should of pointed that before the Winnipeg Jets returned, there was only truly 10 Western teams. And lots of those truly West teams are really mid west. There's no way the new Seattle franchise plays at the Key Arena. The arena was not built with hockey in mind at all. It has terrible sight lines. If anything, there are rumors that they may have to end up playing at the Tacoma Dome instead while they build a new multi-purpose arena in downtown Seattle. Well that's stupid. Trying an Expansion team in a city filled with 200,000 people and being 52KM away from Seattle. That's a good way to lose money. Who cares if it's old people in Seattle are happy they got a team and that arena was good for basketball for many years
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2013 22:11:32 GMT -5
The Wings dominated the Bruins tonight.
I want them the do the same with the Islanders Friday as a early birthday gift.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 0:43:26 GMT -5
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL NICE MELTDOWN CALGARY!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 12:08:51 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2013 22:35:42 GMT -5
Bryz gets his first shutout in his first start of the season. All I can say is the Oilers played with more confidence and aggressive because it seemed like they were confident Bryz would bail them out if they screw up and Bryz did. He made some really good crucial hard saves and didn't have a last minute collapse like Dubnyk always has.
It was weird and surreal. It was like watching a different team.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2013 22:05:34 GMT -5
Got my early birthday gift with the Red Wings win over the Islanders 5-0. Finishing the month of November strong by winning 3 of their last 4 games after a brutal middle of it is good.
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Post by darbus alan on Nov 29, 2013 23:22:28 GMT -5
The impossible happened tonight. Cory Schneider actually got more than 2 goals of support from the Devils' offense.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2013 23:24:03 GMT -5
Why do the oilers play with my emoitions? Such a f***ing inconsistent team that'll never improve
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Nov 30, 2013 12:48:04 GMT -5
Just like they drew it up in practice
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Post by fw91 on Nov 30, 2013 16:13:29 GMT -5
hahahaha it's almost like poetic justice that chris kreider would score a hat trick against Torts. 5-1 Rangers
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Nov 30, 2013 16:45:04 GMT -5
hahahaha it's almost like poetic justice that chris kreider would score a hat trick against Torts. 5-1 Rangers So was his inability to score goals under this coach poetic or ironic?
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Post by fw91 on Nov 30, 2013 16:55:00 GMT -5
hahahaha it's almost like poetic justice that chris kreider would score a hat trick against Torts. 5-1 Rangers So was his inability to score goals under this coach poetic or ironic? a) you repiled 20 minutes later than I expect it b) Kreider always had talent. Torts just never played him and sent him up and down from the minors, nearly ruining him. c) If you ever watched the Rangers without a subjective point of view? Kreider has game. Never will be a MVP, but he will be just fine under AV. On your Devils, Jagr is the only one who has more points.
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Post by Sam Punk on Nov 30, 2013 16:55:48 GMT -5
Yeah, if it goes Quebec City in two years and Seattle in five they'll wind up shuffling another club into the West to compensate for the Nordiques first and foremost. It'll be a big mess, because the NHL never does anything simply or with serious forethought. However, a returning Nordiques would instantly become my #2 team. They should have just brought back the old conference names so they wouldn't have to worry about geography. There's also the added benefit of having them stand out from the other sports leagues.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2013 17:22:38 GMT -5
Yeah, if it goes Quebec City in two years and Seattle in five they'll wind up shuffling another club into the West to compensate for the Nordiques first and foremost. It'll be a big mess, because the NHL never does anything simply or with serious forethought. However, a returning Nordiques would instantly become my #2 team. They should have just brought back the old conference names so they wouldn't have to worry about geography. There's also the added benefit of having them stand out from the other sports leagues. If they go with the names they should update them too the Gretzky (Pacific) Howie (Central) Orr (Atlantic) Brodeur or Sawchuk or Roy (Metro)
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