NHL in Hamilton is a good thought. Winnipeg did their due diligence and was ready for real long time ago. Quebec City is going through all the processes now. Quebec City is ahead of Hamilton to be the next one hosting an NHL team. When the Nordiques are back, then Hamilton would have to work behind the scenes to become the next one.
Sorry boys but what they should do is bring back the jets, fuck the coyotes and give us the winnepeg jets also fuck the panthers and bring my whalers back as well as the trashers can be the one to go to ontario
@lster97 Agreed, but I'm still on the edge with the Thrashers. It's a fact that their owner history is piss poor and the team and fanbase has suffered for it. Plus Atlanta is a town that is known as a fair weather city. If the team show up to play neither will the fans. Give them at least a year or so after they attain their new owner, and we'll see how the fans react if they are successful on the ice.
The NHL teams have some success in the south. My Dallas Stars will never move, because tons of kids (So many you wouldn't believe if you saw) play hockey in Dallas, they have a good arena, they have a rich history that includes many division titles, two presidents trophies, and a stanley cup and the Stars have an awesome fan base that shows up to every single game. The Lightning and Hurricanes can stay in their cities because they've won the cup, have a good arena, and have a decent fan base.
I'd actually like seeing the coyotes move to Hamilton..
Not because it would stroke my Canadian patriotic ego..
Not because it would mean the other teams (who deserve their place in the league) could be moving too!
Not because i'm a disgruntled Winnipeg or Quebuec fan.
But because it would be the better economic choice for the league and it would be more exciting for the sport to have more variety and competitors to keep the leafs from cashing in while not producing.
Tampa Bay has an average NHL-fanbase. The St. Pete Times Forum never had a stadium-attendance lower then 85%. They have had only two losing seasons since 2000-2001 and you are still saying the franchise sucks! Toronto and Edmonton should've been moved several times if the criterium would be "consistently doing well".
As for Columbus, THEY'RE NOT SOUTHERN, and an emerging market.
Tampa bay is running their southern franchise the right way..they ESPECIALLY know their market value and synchronise their prices to that. The lightning don't have a Toronto-, Detroit- or even Buffalo- kind of fanbase (they still beat Carolina, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Islanders in that stat), but they don't lose any money at all. Tampa Bay's market-value has expanded ever since they started play. The Stanley cup obviously brought that peak, right now the growth is just... under average xD
NHL in Hamilton is a good thought. Winnipeg did their due diligence and was ready for real long time ago. Quebec City is going through all the processes now. Quebec City is ahead of Hamilton to be the next one hosting an NHL team. When the Nordiques are back, then Hamilton would have to work behind the scenes to become the next one.
pokochu 1 week ago
Sorry boys but what they should do is bring back the jets, fuck the coyotes and give us the winnepeg jets also fuck the panthers and bring my whalers back as well as the trashers can be the one to go to ontario
bwildcatboy 9 months ago
@MemoPortero if the team doesn't**
MemoPortero 1 year ago
@lster97 Agreed, but I'm still on the edge with the Thrashers. It's a fact that their owner history is piss poor and the team and fanbase has suffered for it. Plus Atlanta is a town that is known as a fair weather city. If the team show up to play neither will the fans. Give them at least a year or so after they attain their new owner, and we'll see how the fans react if they are successful on the ice.
MemoPortero 1 year ago
No way! Phoenix has to be the one to return to Winnipeg so the Jets get their team back.
FAITHandLOGIC 2 years ago
My new re-alignment:
Panthers- Winnipeg
Coyotes- Hamilton
Predators- Quebec City
Thrashers- Seattle or Portland
lster97 2 years ago
The NHL teams have some success in the south. My Dallas Stars will never move, because tons of kids (So many you wouldn't believe if you saw) play hockey in Dallas, they have a good arena, they have a rich history that includes many division titles, two presidents trophies, and a stanley cup and the Stars have an awesome fan base that shows up to every single game. The Lightning and Hurricanes can stay in their cities because they've won the cup, have a good arena, and have a decent fan base.
lster97 2 years ago
I'd actually like seeing the coyotes move to Hamilton..
Not because it would stroke my Canadian patriotic ego..
Not because it would mean the other teams (who deserve their place in the league) could be moving too!
Not because i'm a disgruntled Winnipeg or Quebuec fan.
But because it would be the better economic choice for the league and it would be more exciting for the sport to have more variety and competitors to keep the leafs from cashing in while not producing.
Deempie92 2 years ago
You guys really don't know do you? xD
Tampa Bay has an average NHL-fanbase. The St. Pete Times Forum never had a stadium-attendance lower then 85%. They have had only two losing seasons since 2000-2001 and you are still saying the franchise sucks! Toronto and Edmonton should've been moved several times if the criterium would be "consistently doing well".
As for Columbus, THEY'RE NOT SOUTHERN, and an emerging market.
Deempie92 2 years ago
Tampa bay is running their southern franchise the right way..they ESPECIALLY know their market value and synchronise their prices to that. The lightning don't have a Toronto-, Detroit- or even Buffalo- kind of fanbase (they still beat Carolina, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Islanders in that stat), but they don't lose any money at all. Tampa Bay's market-value has expanded ever since they started play. The Stanley cup obviously brought that peak, right now the growth is just... under average xD
Deempie92 2 years ago