Endless Possibilities. Zero Consensus.
The Florida Panthers have always been the easy whipping-boy for the “hockey doesn’t belong in non-traditional markets” crowd. They are also always the first picked on by the “NHL realignment is easy, just do this….” crowd. The reality is, they have one of the cushiest arena leases out there (and for 14 more years). So …
The Florida Panthers have always been the easy whipping-boy for the “hockey doesn’t belong in non-traditional markets” crowd. They are also always the first picked on by the “NHL realignment is easy, just do this….” crowd. The reality is, they have one of the cushiest arena leases out there (and for 14 more years). So …
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 …
Week 4 – The Devil You Say! All apologies to Kevin Smith, but this week, the biggest victims are the New Jersey Devils. The Devils have underachieved in attendance forever, and there are just too many teams in the Greater NYC area. In this make believe world, I could just has easily taken the axe …
Week 3 – Damn, that’s Cold Okay, I’m going a bit radical this week. This one is for all those anti-southern city folks. NOTE: I am not one of the anti-southern city peeps. I live in Texas, after all. So basically, with this plan, we’ve decided that the NHL hockey is a purely niche sport …
Week 1 – Moving and Shaking (and Expanding) What timing… the day I launch my first of 52 (or more) weekly NHL realignment options, the NHL made it official (pending BOG approval), the sale and move of the Thrashers franchise to Winnipeg, so no need to include Winnipeg/Atlanta in my potential gained/lost descriptions. Serendipity, baby. …