NHL Hockey thread

[PRC]

Yo Ed, your Blue Jackets can't make the playoffs now, but what a turn around season for them.  Boborovsky should win the Vezina and he should be in the discussion for the Hart.

[Grey Fox]

So it's either Toronto or Ottawa.

Rangers vs Capitals, great this again.

[HVC]

Fuck.

[Neil]

Fuck.

Yeah.  I mean, it wasn't that big a deal.  Montreal pecker-slapped your boys last night, but Ottawa did Montreal a favour and allowed them to win the division.  And now, their reward is getting beaten by Les Glorieux.

And it sucks to be Leafs after that.  The Leafs can out-physical Montreal, and that makes up for their lower level of skill.  That would have been an interesting series.  But Boston won't be intimidated by the Leafs even a little bit, and has some skill to boot.

[viper37]

Interesting news.

Reports of a new owner for the Coyotes.  Deal is close to be closed.  The team would stay in place and turn a profit in the first few years.
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/30/report-group-close-to-buying-coyotes

Strange.  I have a feeling of déjà vu here.

[Barrister]

Interesting news.

Reports of a new owner for the Coyotes.  Deal is close to be closed.  The team would stay in place and turn a profit in the first few years.
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/30/report-group-close-to-buying-coyotes

Strange.  I have a feeling of déjà vu here.

Anthony LeBlanc, one of the two named, is just a recycled former suitor from Ice Edge Holdings.

Gosbee is new, but little is known about him.  He's from Alberta for what it's worth.

[viper37]

My guess is, the NHL is discussing with Péladeau right now, "soft talks".  And he doesn't want to pay the full price the NHL is asking, so they're trying to up the ante on this.

There's been tons of rumours about a mysterious group of interested buyers to keep the Coyotes in Glendale.
All of them required to city to basically cover their operating losses.
Jamison came along and offered to buy the team with less public financing, then it fell appart because he had no money.

Lo&behold, a new group of investors led by Hullsizer is prepared to buy the team, with no public financing... But the city never hears anything.  Then another group of former buyers now want the team, but they haven't dealth with the city either...

I smell bullshit on this one.  There's no one willing to operate the Coyotes in Arizona without public financing, even with the new NHL revenue sharing scheme.

The only threat to Quebec city, imho, is Seattle.  Bettman would much prefer send a team there than to Quebec city, only problem is, they don't really want hockey there.

[katmai]

Seattle business group is smarting after yesterday's NBA news.
Not sure where the whole NHL to Seattle falls now.

[viper37]

Radios are going crazy.  Just like last year.

[HVC]

LA ties it with 31 seconds to go. That's a kick to the teeth.

[Neil]

I just realized that TSN is carrying the Canucks playoff series.  I wonder if that means that nobody in Vancouver can watch it, since I'm assured by cc that being on cable makes sports unwatchable?

[Grey Fox]

I was watching Golden State vs Denver last nite, on cable. I was wondering what would CC think of that.

[Barrister]

Seattle business group is smarting after yesterday's NBA news.
Not sure where the whole NHL to Seattle falls now.

Nowhere.  The whole "NHL to Seattle" move was predicated on the NBA team.

[HVC]

[Neil]

The Maple Laffs sure lived up to their name.