man it would me great to have another canadien team in this country!!!
next up quebec
How come Quebec City mayor couldnt come up with this idea. Mario is from that province after all, right? On the other hand would you want another team share market with Habs and Sens there already.
I'm all up for that city getting their Jets back. They truly have some of the best fans in the league. Pittsburgh's attendance numbers are ridiculous, so I'm sure if there's a team to move, they'll be the 1st ones. They made the league look quite sick with all those fire sales they did in the past few years, the most notorious ones being Kovalev and Jagr. I'm not sure if Pittsburgh truly deserves to have its team taken away, but I sure think Winnipeg (and its fans) deserves to have an NHL franchise back.
How come Quebec City mayor couldnt come up with this idea. Mario is from that province after all, right? On the other hand would you want another team share market with Habs and Sens there already.
According to www.worldstadiums.com the seating capacity of the new rink in Winnipeg would be less than 15,000. Of course there are a lot of US based teams that would die for attendance anywhere near 15,000.
According to www.worldstadiums.com the seating capacity of the new rink in Winnipeg would be less than 15,000. Of course there are a lot of US based teams that would die for attendance anywhere near 15,000.
The seating capacity isn't the big issue. The old Winnipeg Arena could seat around 15K. It's the luxury boxes and team-controlled revenues that make the new arena an "NHL" arena.
Post-CBA the nay-sayers may be singing another tune. With an anticipated payroll cap or something of equivalent value to clubs, you might find that, with a new rink, cities like Winnipeg and Quebec might fight there way back into the picture a lot faster than one might think right now.
I've been spouting and have been a proponent for the last year, ever since the CBA started gaining a little headway in the headlines, that Quebec should start lobbying Mario to relocate that team. It was finances that lost Quebec the team in the first place, but with cost certainty and either a revamped Collisee or another arena, the Nordiques have the chance at a return.
The key, of course, is that cost certainty. Quebec had great fan support (as did the Jets, but the mayor when the team left actually said that Winnipeg was a better minor hockey supporter than NHL supporter - hardly what Bettman would want to hear) and with the appropriate corporate support I think they'd be a successful franchise.
Scoff and laugh now, but let's wait and see what happens with the CBA before really making any determinations.
I'm all up for that city getting their Jets back. They truly have some of the best fans in the league. Pittsburgh's attendance numbers are ridiculous, so I'm sure if there's a team to move, they'll be the 1st ones. They made the league look quite sick with all those fire sales they did in the past few years, the most notorious ones being Kovalev and Jagr. I'm not sure if Pittsburgh truly deserves to have its team taken away, but I sure think Winnipeg (and its fans) deserves to have an NHL franchise back.
All of the people that support Winnipeg getting a franchise should remember that their attendance SUCKED in the NHL as well.
Capacity of the Winnipeg Arena (15 500)
Jets Attendance:
All the Winterpegger people that think they can support a nouveau NHL franchise should have shut up and supported the last one. And all the the people whining about the southern U.S cities having teams...the Jets would have near the worst attendance in the league last year with every season that they were existance.
Hey Winnipeggers that want an NHL team...where are the sellouts? Where are the capacities that say that Winnipeg can support an NHL team. Well they can't.
This Winnipeg B.S. is starting to get on my nerves.
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I doubt that Winnipeg will regain an NHL team, but anything's possible....
As a side note.....the other Canadian teams gotta be loving what's happening with the Canadian dollar lately. With salaries paid in American bucks, but revenues in Canadian money, the cost of running a franchise in Canada is getting quite a break. (That could help Winnipeg some I guess.)
I remember reading a while back about how much benefit was realized from even a slight rise in the beloved Loonie. At the time, the dollar was valued in the low 60 cent range. For every half cent the dollar rose, the Vancouver Canucks saved around $300,000.00.
The Canadian dollar is up 13 cents from where it was a year ago. Somewhere George Gillette is smiling.
I think Hamilton would be a great city for the Penguins. They already have an Arena and they definitely have the fans.
Hamilton has even less of a chance than Winnipeg or Quebec City to get an NHL team. At least the two latter cities have proven they can draw decent crowds. Hamilton's only proven to draw one of the worst attendances in the AHL.
