Hockey Randomness

Postby **Morkle** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:01 pm

lmao speaking of a piss poor gm.

Postby **nocera** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:14 pm

I went to r/flyers to see if the Flyers fans on Reddit hate him.

Yep.

Postby **meow** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:26 pm

Reddit is definitely the best place to look for sane and rational hockey fans

Postby **nocera** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:47 pm

Reddit is definitely the best place to look for sane and rational hockey fans

Unless there's have a small Flyers message board with about 30 users, there's no good place to look for sane rational hockey fans. And let's be honest, even the small message boards are sprinkled with dummies...

Postby **nocera** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 12:24 pm

If nothing else we might finally get decent NHL hats.

Postby **scb147** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:46 pm

Who made the best jerseys? CCM?

Postby **nocera** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:39 pm

Design-wise? Hard to beat the CCM era. As for wearability, I actually prefer the fit of the Adidas or Reeboks.

Postby **nocera** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:46 pm

Buccigross posted about the NHL returning to Atlanta and it’s been picking up steam the past few days. Apparently the rumor is expansion with Houston joining as well.

Weekes posted and deleted this:

Expansion seems like a bad idea…

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:49 pm

Strong branding in Houston tho

I've always wanted a Windsor Spitfires shirt.

Postby **dodint** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:52 pm

They spelled contraction wrong.

Postby **nocera** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:28 pm

It would be hilarious if the NHL is the first league to exceed 32 teams. I’d much rather see Arizona and another team relocate. Florida maybe?

Postby **scb147** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:31 pm

Just move PhoenixArizona to Houston and be done with it. Atlanta doesn't deserve another shot

Postby **nocera** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:37 pm

Atlanta is the 7th largest market in the US. Houston is 8. They’re the only cities in the top 10 without a franchise. I don’t think the Thrashers failed because the market couldn’t support the team. They failed because the ownership was absolutely dog ****.

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:19 am

We need fewer teams, not more teams.

Postby **skullman80** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:39 am

We need fewer teams, not more teams.

This. More teams is a very bad idea.

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:40 am

The issue here is that 34 is a **** number and the Monk in me needs them to go to 36 asap.

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:41 am

Or better yet go back to 32.

Postby **shoeshine boy** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 8:34 am

Atlanta is the 7th largest market in the US. Houston is 8. They’re the only cities in the top 10 without a franchise. I don’t think the Thrashers failed because the market couldn’t support the team. They failed because the ownership was absolutely dog ****.

you are correct in this. I hate when these rumors come up because all I see are uneducated (on this issue) people posting about "ATL couldn't support 2 different teams!" which is untrue on both. the Flames owner needed money so he sold the team to Calgary and back then, the league really didn't care what you did. the Thrashers were sold to guys that were forced to take the hockey team but really only wanted the basketball team. not sure why since the Hawks always suck.
the Thrashers, and their entire expansion class were mis-handled from the start. compare the expansion drafts of the Nash/ATL/CBJ/Wild expansion and those of VGK and SEA. it's night and day.
even the original owner of ATL did everything wrong. it took forever for the Thrashers to get involved in youth hockey in the metro area and even then, all they did was have a youth program running out of their practice arena which is a rink that pre-dated their arrival.
they never tried to build a single rink they way Dallas did.

the new group is hoping to build an arena in the Northern suburbs which is where most of the hockey families live. while I love the idea of an arena in that area, I think ATL would be better suited for an AHL market rather than NHL. Atlanta is a city of transplants and those transplants never give up their childhood teams plus they raise their children to cheer for those teams as well. the Braves are the only exception and why? because they actually win ****.

Postby **meow** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:38 am

Or better yet go back to 32.

Or better yet go back to 24

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:43 am

Or better yet go back to 32.
Or better yet go back to 24

Seeya Arizona, Columbus, Florida, Nashville, Islanders, Philly, Seattle, and Vegas.

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:45 am

and Pittsburgh

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:47 am

shut your whore mouth kraut boy

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:47 am

Postby **nocera** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:29 am

Or better yet go back to 32.
Or better yet go back to 24
Seeya Arizona, Columbus, Florida, Nashville, Islanders, Philly, Seattle, and Vegas.

Islanders and Flyers don't really belong with the rest of that group.

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:30 am

Or better yet go back to 32.
Or better yet go back to 24
Seeya Arizona, Columbus, Florida, Nashville, Islanders, Philly, Seattle, and Vegas.
Islanders and Flyers don't really belong with the rest of that group.