Endless Possibilities. Zero Consensus.
The Benefits: • Rivalries — I tried my best to keep most of the major rivalries together. The more obvious ones are all here, of course, but even the “secondary” ones like the Sabres and the Leafs have been maintained where possible. Some of the Hull Conference teams could evolve into good rivalries too, like Dallas …
The Benefits: • Rivalries — I tried my best to keep most of the major rivalries together. The more obvious ones are all here, of course, but even the “secondary” ones like the Sabres and the Leafs have been maintained where possible. • Travel — Four conferences cut down on travel for the teams that currently have …
Oh foor, fook’s sake, eh! Hope none of you have been holding your breath. My favorite part: “Daly was also quick to stress that he wasn’t threatening the players in any way,” Technically, he was just completing the threat they made earlier… not making a new one. Not sure that makes the players feel any …
Thar’s money in them thar hills provinces. As bleak as things seem in some of the sunbelt hockey towns, up in Canada (where lots of wonderful things are created (like me)) there is a windfall of cash ready to be had. Where else would folks be willing to pay some of the exorbitant expansion fee …
Some non-lockout news… Hooray? Jay-Z has some pull! Looks like a component of one of our scenarios is actually coming true. Kind of a small stadium for the NHL, but the corporate money and the notoriety will more than make up for it. Via NHL.com: Report: Islanders to announce move to Brooklyn in 2015 …
The Benefits: • Focus — With more divisions, the main focus of an NHL team’s season is to win its division to guarantee it’s spot in the playoffs. Beat the other two teams in your division and your in. If you don’t, you still have three wildcard slots to shoot for, so its not an “all …
So you’re telling me there’s a chance. Bettman, NHL make new offer in hope of full season – Yahoo! Sports »
Looking more and more like a done deal. Can you believe it. If so, next up in the “deal with it” department, the New York Islanders. People of Quebec City and Seattle are not happy with this news for sure… don’t scoff at the idea of expansion in two years though. I wouldn’t be surprised… …
Just for fun,… what if Jay-Z was a hockey fan instead of a basketball fan and had joined up with a Russian billionaire to buy the Islanders from Charles Wang. We could be looking at something like this:
Yet another “breaking news” story from the “PHX sale”. The more I read about the City Council and the Goldwater institute, the less I think this is a “close to done” as some think. I wouldn’t be surprised if the sale were to be “completed”, but then Glendale and the Goldwater boys just throw more …