NHL Hockey thread

[Barrister]

The Trashers are moving this summer. You heard it, here first.

*No source*

I've been saying this for months.   

[Grey Fox]

How can we tell in between all that Jets clutter?

[Sophie Scholl]

I think I'll support the Kings, Coyotes, Blackhawks and ...Ducks in the West, and the Habs, Flyers, Rangers and Lightning in the East.

  Sabres!

[Barrister]

How can we tell in between all that Jets clutter?

It's part and parcel of the Jets talk.

ASG wants out.  The NHL *wants* to keep the Coyotes in Phoenix, and move the Thrashers to Winnipeg.  If however they have to move the Coyotes, I'm not sure what happens to Atlanta.

[Grey Fox]

Kansas City Scouts?

[Barrister]

Kansas City Scouts?

No ownership group in Kansas City.  You gotta have someone willing to write a $100mil+ cheque.

[Grey Fox]

Kansas City Scouts?

No ownership group in Kansas City.  You gotta have someone willing to write a $100mil+ cheque.

PKP is willing but Quebec City doesn't have an NHL ready arena.
Blackberry dude has the money but the ownership group isn't letting him in.

Anyone else?

[Ed Anger]

I think I'll support the Kings, Coyotes, Blackhawks and ...Ducks in the West, and the Habs, Flyers, Rangers and Lightning in the East.

  Sabres!

The Sabres and their fans are eternally cursed for treating Miro Satan like shit.

[Barrister]

Kansas City Scouts?

No ownership group in Kansas City.  You gotta have someone willing to write a $100mil+ cheque.

PKP is willing but Quebec City doesn't have an NHL ready arena.
Blackberry dude has the money but the ownership group isn't letting him in.

Anyone else?

Well there is Mark Chipman / David Thomson of course...

Is the Quebec City arena deal 100% finalized?  The Colisee could be used as an interim arena until a new one is built - but only if the new arena is guaranteed.

[crazy canuck]

BB you are cluttering the thread to such an extent that CCR has still not noticed the guantlet being thrown down.  Now take you silly talk of Winnipeg being a real city elsewhere.

[Barrister]

Winnipeg will win a Stanley Cup before Vancouver ever will.   

[Valmy]

I love all the empty seats behind them.

[Valmy]

I think I'll support the Kings, Coyotes, Blackhawks and ...Ducks in the West, and the Habs, Flyers, Rangers and Lightning in the East.

The Kings, Coyotes, Ducks, and Lightning?  You, sir, are worse than Bettman-Hitler.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

I think I'll support the Kings, Coyotes, Blackhawks and ...Ducks in the West, and the Habs, Flyers, Rangers and Lightning in the East.

The Kings, Coyotes, Ducks, and Lightning?  You, sir, are worse than Bettman-Hitler.

:heh:

[Neil]

I think I'll support the Kings, Coyotes, Blackhawks and ...Ducks in the West, and the Habs, Flyers, Rangers and Lightning in the East.

The Kings, Coyotes, Ducks, and Lightning?  You, sir, are worse than Bettman-Hitler.

The Kings are a young team with dash, toughness and élan.  They're old enough that I don't really think of them as one of the misbegotten southern expansion teams.  They've just always been there.  I don't bear the Sharks any ill will, I just decided that if the Kings got in, they'd have my support against most of the non-Canadian teams in the West.

The Coyotes have cast off the Gretzky-led futility to become a decent team.  And since they're playing the Mercs from Detroit, I have to support them in any event.  It'd be a nice last hurrah for Glendale.

The Ducks are somewhat loathsome, but since they are playing against the trapping Predators, whose goal it is to ruin the playoffs, let the Ducks get to the second round.

The Lightning have firepower and Dwayne Roloson.  The Penguins have too many commercials about Sidney Crosby.  My choice is clear.