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Schlesische posted:I seriously doubt the "I don't want to expand to a place that is already a rabid hockey fanbase" feeling is confined to Bettman. Delayed, but three things. 1. The main school in Wisconsin with hockey is UW-Madison, commonly shortened to UW. UW-M is UW-Milwaukee, which doesn't have hockey  .Secondly, Hockey is the one big four (five if you count soccer) sport where Chicago does NOT have a Wisconsin rival. Any expansion team will likely have a lot of resistance from the 'Hawks if Milwaukee is the primary city for consideration. Thirdly, they built the Bradley Center in the 80s with the intention of drawing an NHL franchise and to give the Bucks a bigger arena (seriously, the Bucks' home was only 10k large at the time, so I don't blame them on that one). The NHL team never happened. The new Bucks arena is capable of hosting hockey games, but only on an "as needed" basis (read: NHL preseason and NCAA Frozen Four), meaning that the basketball court (or any other floor they use) will not have the insulation needed to have it on top of a permanent ice sheet. As much as I'd love a Milwaukee franchise, the chance died when the NHL didn't bother with the Bradley Center.
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Infidel Castro posted:As much as I wanted a team in Milwaukee before, I've reached the point where I'm happy to be an AHL town now. My half-season tickets only cost $320/year and I still get very high quality hockey, plus the team is way more accessable than you'd ever see in the NHL. Yeah, and they seem to be very comfortable in the UW-Panther Arena. Apparently they signed a deal with the Bucks that prevents the latter from trying to get them to move back into the big arena.
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Powershift posted:Dear las vegas, when it comes to your oilers pick, please don't take Pouliot, he's our best player and we love him and need him and he also comes with Desharnais who's also good and we like him. Las Vegas picks Connor McDavid instead, after the GM forgets to protect him.
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Apr 6, 2017 20:04
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Ok, bumping this with a thought. I know there's a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth here because the raiders are shipping over to Vegas too. I'm not worried. Why? Look at Nashville. They have both the Titans and the Predators. Look at how rabid Nashville's fans are. If Nashville of all places can have a fanbase like that with an NFL team in the same city, I don't see why Vegas can't either.
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Apr 27, 2017 15:47
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The other thing to remember is the seasons don't particularly overlap. I mean yeah, the beginning of hockey is towards the end of the NFL season, but the playoffs are months apart.
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Apr 27, 2017 16:00
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If the flames move, and they don't use the burning C for the captain logo like they did with the A, I will be disappointed.
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Jun 8, 2017 02:26
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Bring back Hartford
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Jun 8, 2017 19:46
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A Typical Goon posted:Apperently sports teams consider 99% attendance to be a sellout so by that metric they've sold out every single game for the past 6 seasons I think it's fair to say 99% is a sellout given that all the seats are probably sold, but people won't make it for a multitude of reasons. Case in point, one year for the Packers, they had the stadium filled in the playoffs but all of three seats. The ticket holders happened to be in the hospital having a child. You could argue it's not a sellout by the letter, but in the spirit of things it's still a sellout.
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Jun 14, 2017 17:06
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JawKnee posted:give me the protected list of the Canucks NHL I have it for you: F: Sedin Sedin D: G: Luongo (despite him being long gone)
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Jun 16, 2017 05:17
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JawKnee posted:So you're saying Sbisa, Gudbranson, and Sutter are not protected, then? They're not protected, but Vegas declines on them.
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Jun 16, 2017 05:22
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Ironically, no one can remember the Titans.
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Jun 17, 2017 02:52
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Contract the Blackhawks, give Milwaukee a franchise.
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