NHL Hockey thread

[Barrister]

Would they go back to the name Nordiques... or go with something new?

Unlike the Winnipeg group which avoided the name and imagery of the Jets, the Quebec group has strongly embraced them from the beginning.  Lots of photo-ops of politicians wearing Nords jerseys for example.

[viper37]

Would they go back to the name Nordiques... or go with something new?

IIRC, it has been confirmed by Quebecor that if the name if available from the NHL, they will use it, if a team comes back.

They thought about "Le National", wich is the name of a fictional hockey team in a popular hockey drama (He shoots, he scores on CBC, years ago).

[Barrister]

OMG: Bettman and Roy eat breakfast together
Jason Brough
Jun 22, 2012, 11:59 AM EDT

With about a billion reporters milling around the media hotel this morning in Pittsburgh, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman decided to sit down with Patrick Roy for the most important meal of the day.

This, of course, set off all kinds of gossip among the shorts-with-black-socks set. What were Bettman and Roy talking about? It had to be about the Coyotes moving to Quebec City, right? After all, the league owns the Phoenix franchise and it's been rumored Roy could be a key figure with the team should it move to La Belle Province.

Yahoo!'s Nick Cotsonika ran into Bettman after and told him the tête-à-tête created quite a stir. The commissioner asked Cotsonika if people were speculating. Cotsonika replied, "Of course." To which Bettman said, "Welcome to my life."

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/22/omg-bettman-and-roy-eat-breakfast-together/

[Grey Fox]

Mesdames, messieurs accueillont nos Nordiques!

[katmai]

Keep dreaming there Fox.

[viper37]

Roy denies talking about the Coyotes.

Maybe Betman is planning to move the Jets?  They're already playing in the estern division

[Barrister]

Roy denies talking about the Coyotes.

But did they talk about les Nordiques?



Nah - it's almost certainly nothing.

[viper37]

Roy denies talking about the Coyotes.

But did they talk about les Nordiques?



Nah - it's almost certainly nothing.

according to a text by Le Soleil, they met before, and they were just talking about the NHL draft, and how were things with the Rempart.

[viper37]

Supreme court rules in favor of Glendale.  I haven't seen this in the local media, only heard on radio, but apparently Goldwater is throwing the towel and won't go further.  No Coyotes in Quebec, or Seattle for that matter.

Maybe the Quebec city Devils or Islanders?  Nah.  That will never happen

So much for going to an hockey game next year.

[Neil]

Yeah, it's too late for next year.  Still, the league will probably still own the team next year, since this guy's financing will have to fall through.  I have a hard time believing that in this economy there's people that are willing to flush tens of millions of dollars down the toilet every year.

[viper37]

Yeah, it's too late for next year.  Still, the league will probably still own the team next year, since this guy's financing will have to fall through.  I have a hard time believing that in this economy there's people that are willing to flush tens of millions of dollars down the toilet every year.

depends on how much money they pay the team, how much they receive from the NHL and then the city.
For 20 years, they get about 15 million$ from the city.  Half the loss is there.
If they get the team for 120-130million$ from the NHL and if they get some 10-15 million$ a year as per the revenu sharing agreement, then it becomes possible.  Until there's another financial crisis.

[Neil]

Frankie Boullion is a Hab again.  If Darcy Tucker was still in the league, he'd get fucked up. 

That and Prust should add some grit to a team that needs it.

Also, with Salo gone, the Canucks are finished.

[Barrister]

Huh - despite how much the Jets claimed they are "interested" and "involved" in Parise, I didn't expect them to be signing anyone but 4th line role-players this off-season.

But then they went out and signed Jokinen. Perhaps they're not quite so cheap as I thought they'd be this year. 



And as a smug aside - my dad was n town.  We were discussing the very recent birth of my son.  Then out of the blue my dad tells a short anecdote about when I was born.  It was taking awhile, so he remembers listening to the hockey game.  The, you guessed it, the Winnipeg Jets had just beaten the Houston Aeros 11-0 led of course by Bobby Hull.

[Neil]

Ouch.  Poor Jets.

Then again, it's not like Jokinen is a terrible player.  He was just never worth what the Flames would trade for him every year.

[Barrister]

Ouch.  Poor Jets.

Then again, it's not like Jokinen is a terrible player.  He was just never worth what the Flames would trade for him every year.

His stats are decent enough.  It's just that after we had a 4th-liner (Tanner Glass) and our back up goalie (Chris Mason) sign elsewhere for less money than they were being offered in Winnipeg, you had to wonder if simply nobody wanted to sign here.

They're giving Jokinen 9 mil over two years.  You could argue it's more than he's worth, but the beauty of it is that it is only 2 years.  And besides the Jets have cap room to burn at this point.