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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Jun 7, 2020 18:21:03 GMT -5
Add two more NHL franchises. Toronto gets the Markham Trudeau’s. Montreal gets the reborn Maroons. Build a stadium without Geoff Molson or Marky Bergevin. Build it on the south shore on a metro station with 23,000 seats and an 80 story Condo tower. Build it and they will come! Fed up waiting for improvement or hope.
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Post by GNick99 on Jun 8, 2020 6:35:31 GMT -5
Add two more NHL franchises. Toronto gets the Markham Trudeau’s. Montreal gets the reborn Maroons. Build a stadium without Geoff Molson or Marky Bergevin. Build it on the south shore on a metro station with 23,000 seats and an 80 story Condo tower. Build it and they will come! Fed up waiting for improvement or hope. Like to see 2 more Canadian teams. Either QC, Regina or another in Golden Horseshoe area I would guess. But as long as Bettman is there, zero chance. He wants the big USA tv contract. Adding Canadian teams while major tv markets like Houston, Kansas City, Cleveland have no team is not going to happen. TV money is the future. It is all about the dollar. Players and owners are both screaming for more
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Post by Willie Dog on Jun 8, 2020 12:33:10 GMT -5
Add two more NHL franchises. Toronto gets the Markham Trudeau’s. Montreal gets the reborn Maroons. Build a stadium without Geoff Molson or Marky Bergevin. Build it on the south shore on a metro station with 23,000 seats and an 80 story Condo tower. Build it and they will come! Fed up waiting for improvement or hope. Like to see 2 more Canadian teams. Either QC, Regina or another in Golden Horseshoe area I would guess. But as long as Bettman is there, zero chance. He wants the big USA tv contract. Adding Canadian teams while major tv markets like Houston, Kansas City, Cleveland have no team is not going to happen. TV money is the future. It is all about the dollar. Players and owners are both screaming for more Houston has to be one of the choices... Below is an interesting article on why it should and why it doesn't www.prohockeyrumors.com/2017/08/is-houston-a-viable-nhl-hockey-market.html
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Post by folatre on Jun 8, 2020 18:32:03 GMT -5
Jeje, funny to think about.
There would be a lot of legal wrangling if Roustan got Bettman to back a GTA franchise in Markham because the Leafs would no doubt take it to the Courts since the NHL's own Constitution seems to say a club may exercise a veto on a new franchise or a relocation happening within 50 miles.
Houston? For me ni fu ni fa. I am not saying it is a worse option than the Coyotes out there in Arizona or the tiny fan base the Panthers command in South Florida. However, it would require Bettman giving the green light to a relocation of one of the two aforementioned franchises.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jun 14, 2020 15:36:33 GMT -5
I was beginning to believe that we'd never see another NHL franchise in Canada because of Gary Bettman, but then the Winnipeg Jets came back ... that said, IMHO Canada is limited for options as far as NHL expansion is concerned ... HFLA, you're not all that far off the mark when you joked about another franchise in Toronto ... they're the 4th-largest city in North America and they have to population ... it might work, I really don't know ... not sure how a second NHL team would affect the Marlies ... Quebec City has come up from time to time but not recently ... I've talked with friends who live in and around the area and they're not sure another NHL franchise would work ... that was a few years ago, though, so any updates would be appreciated ... so, other than maybe Toronto and, maybe, Quebec City, I'm not sure there are too many other cities that can accommodate an NHL franchise ... here's a question though - if Eugene Melnyk eventually gets the okay to move the Senators would the NHL be open to putting another team in there ...
Cheers.
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Post by franko on Jun 14, 2020 16:06:25 GMT -5
if Eugene Melnyk eventually gets the okay to move the Senators would the NHL be open to putting another team in there ... nope. not unless the federal government reversed its policy that employees can't be given tickets. there just isn't the paying fan base. call Ottawa "Florida North" when it comes to walk up sales. if Melnyk would sell there might be a difference in attitude, but it would be slight.
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Post by Willie Dog on Jun 18, 2020 7:03:23 GMT -5
if Eugene Melnyk eventually gets the okay to move the Senators would the NHL be open to putting another team in there ... nope. not unless the federal government reversed its policy that employees can't be given tickets. there just isn't the paying fan base. call Ottawa "Florida North" when it comes to walk up sales. if Melnyk would sell there might be a difference in attitude, but it would be slight. with the Federal government moving to teleworking, the downtown core will become somewhat of a ghost town, so putting an arena at Lebreton doesn't make sense now. I agree that a new owner with deeper pockets would help, Melnyk is hated here and I know lots of fans that won't go because he owns the team... That might change if their youth develop and they become a contender again.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Jun 18, 2020 8:24:38 GMT -5
nope. not unless the federal government reversed its policy that employees can't be given tickets. there just isn't the paying fan base. call Ottawa "Florida North" when it comes to walk up sales. if Melnyk would sell there might be a difference in attitude, but it would be slight. with the Federal government moving to teleworking, the downtown core will become somewhat of a ghost town, so putting an arena at Lebreton doesn't make sense now. I agree that a new owner with deeper pockets would help, Melnyk is hated here and I know lots of fans that won't go because he owns the team... That might change if their youth develop and they become a contender again. We are reaching the point where Molson isn’t exactly loved by the fan base, the season printed ticket holders, the brick owners, Press, beer drinkers or old forum goers.
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Post by franko on Jun 18, 2020 8:29:46 GMT -5
nope. not unless the federal government reversed its policy that employees can't be given tickets. there just isn't the paying fan base. call Ottawa "Florida North" when it comes to walk up sales. if Melnyk would sell there might be a difference in attitude, but it would be slight. with the Federal government moving to teleworking, the downtown core will become somewhat of a ghost town, so putting an arena at Lebreton doesn't make sense now. nah, I think it'll be shifting. DND won't go out to Kanata because the feds will have to fill their buildings downtown, etc; though there will be some work-from-homers. workers love it 'cause they can actually get something done without being interrupted all day; middle management will hate it because they can't interfere and will lose their fiefdoms
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Post by Willie Dog on Jun 19, 2020 7:04:13 GMT -5
with the Federal government moving to teleworking, the downtown core will become somewhat of a ghost town, so putting an arena at Lebreton doesn't make sense now. nah, I think it'll be shifting. DND won't go out to Kanata because the feds will have to fill their buildings downtown, etc; though there will be some work-from-homers. workers love it 'cause they can actually get something done without being interrupted all day; middle management will hate it because they can't interfere and will lose their fiefdoms You're preaching to the choir, all of my colleagues and people I know in other departments are saying they get more done teleworking than in the offices and no travelling time..I save 1.5 hours a day teleworking. I know Transport Canada has gone full time Telework... there might be other departments if they have the cojones... it depends on senior management and the type of people they are.... government buildings are a disaster, no way to have social distancing, they're talking about only 20% of the staff in at one time... that might mean going to the office 1 day a week... so what's the difference?
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