NHL and other ice hockey discussion

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I would do major contraction but with some relocations. All teams south of Ohio would be gone. All teams west of Minnesota with the exception of Colorado and maybe Dallas and San Jose would also be gone. Then put a team in Quebec, Winnipeg and Wisconsin.

I'd leave the Kings where they are now too

[Godfather]

Perhaps... but that was 16 years ago... The Canadian dollar was brutal, Quebec couldn't afford the rise in player salaries, english coverage of games was shotty.

They'd have to be a better market than Phoenix... maybe even the Avs The rest of the Canadian teams have 100% attendance now, games are a public affair these days.

[Joebob034]

I'd leave the Kings where they are now too

yeah it would be hard to not have a team in the LA market, even if I don't think people in LA really care about hockey

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Teams for contraction/relocation: Phoenix, Florida, Tampa, Nashville, Anaheim, Atlanta, Carolina

[Godfather]

I would do major contraction but with some relocations. All teams south of Ohio would be gone. All teams west of Minnesota with the exception of Colorado and maybe Dallas and San Jose would also be gone. Then put a team in Quebec, Winnipeg and Wisconsin.

That sounds about right (the Kings do have good attendance thogu)... Florida and Texas especially don't need three teams between the two of them It's summer there all year 'round and they and the Ducks have puddles in their arenas most of the time.

Man can you imagine how the play of the league would improve if it was cut down to 24 or 26 teams That'd be really cool to see... every team would pick up a couple decent players and lose fringe guys. It'd be interesting to watch.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

And if you guys are gonna give QC a team back, then Hartford definitely gets a team back

[Godfather]

And if you guys are gonna give QC a team back, then Hartford definitely gets a team back

Come on now Hartford has a population of like one million.... QC is 7 million

[Teh One Who Knocks]

The Whale > Nordiques

[Teh One Who Knocks]

And Quebec City no way has 7 million people

again

Denver has 4 million, QC is not twice the size of Denver

[Godfather]

Yeah QC has like a million on a good day

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Metro Hartford: 1,188,241

Quebec City metro: 715,515


Therefore, Hartford gets a team

[samarchepas]

I'd bring back both...happy? ..........sadly its not me that takes the decision (The Jets too)

[Teh One Who Knocks]

[Godfather]

Metro Hartford: 1,188,241

Quebec City metro: 715,515


Therefore, Hartford gets a team

Yeah but 'metro' is a lot different than the people close enough in the city to go to 42 games. Metro can extend hours of driving from one end to the other. The city is important too.

City: Hartford, Connecticut 124,060
City: Quebec City, Quebec 491,142

As density, Harford is 1/7th as dense
Quebec 1,081.2/km2 Hardford 7,025.5/sq mi (from wikipedia)

And why would you give them back a team As a city they're only the 199th largest in the USA.... Does anyone care about hockey there? Because in Quebec they're driving to NYC by the thousands to get their team back

Fact is, when Hardford left they were barely getting 10k people at a game. Quebec was still getting almost 15k even with the Canadian Dollar being .73 or whatever it was

[samarchepas]

And add the whole "Habs vs Nordiques" rivalry...extra $$$ there