That goes for the metro in general.
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NHL Off-Season 2017 |OT| Weve Been Here Since October
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That goes for the metro in general.
ElephantShell
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I personally don't see the appeal of Vegas at all as a place to visit, but it's a cheap trip and people will work seeing their favourite team into their vacation for cheap.
excelsiorlef
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Building your team around the idea that people will travel there to see their hometown teams beat up on the Vegas team isn't sustainable
bonesmccoy
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I work with people who fly to Phoenix to see hockey games. It's a real thing that happens.
Canadian attendance at Arizona games is significant. Vegas will get the same.
6 free wins against the Yotes, kek
dr.rocktopus
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Hayes: "Eberle for Strome, one for one, straight-up"
Noodles: "it's a hockey deal"
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Noodles: "it's a hockey deal"
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West coast teams rack up insane travel mileage. They can only dream of having those short hop trips as all those teams in the ET timezone.
lol I am listening to this and I can't believe Hayes is the one that's making sense.
Dubbedinenglish
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Vegas actually has a pretty robust suburban sprawl and one of the most resilient housing markets. Just need to sell the locals on it.
FUBAR McDangles
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Man, if Vegas got behind their team like Nashville did. Holy cow that would be fun and awesome.
Apparently they've done a good job with their season ticket sales. The big question is how long will it last if it's an expansion team that struggles for a decade.
excelsiorlef
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Arizona is a failure of an organization that wouldn't even exist anymore if not for the stubbornness of the NHL and their desire to not admit defeat.
If you're argument cites Arizona as a reason for optimism it's not a strong one
Yeah, but all expansion to the south hasn't been a failure. Nashville, San Jose, Dallas have all been pretty good additions. Winning helps. Vegas doesn't have a great track record for pro sport teams so if these serious attempts by the NHL and NFL don't work, it never will. I think it will.
Hahahaha wtf
Zombie James
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Habs are starving for offence as it is, though. They can't seriously think Price will carry the team by himself indefinitely.
dr.rocktopus
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MB: hold my beer
Zombie James
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Oh hey, FHM3 is on sale on Steam. Anyone else play FHM?
ElephantShell
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If Radu is seriously expecting for 6 years 7M he can fuck off back to Russia. Nobody is gonna pay that.
CreeperBlocks
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If you want that money, go back to the KHL or go to Vegas. Like fuck were spending our space for that contract
Take the 3-4 year deal or shove it up your ass
Another odd quirk about the Rangers' schedule: every NHL team is supposed to play in every NHL city at least once in the season, but this year the Rangers will NOT play a game in Buffalo. The only "road" game the Rangers have against Buffalo this season will be played in Queens.
FUBAR McDangles
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Sounds like he wants to get his Hanz on Hanzal
Get it? Get it?
I will be here all week.
Isn't that something to do with legalities? I'm sure you could explain it as a Rags fan.
Reasoning is TAXES
Noodles was also the biggest defender of the Subban trade iirc
I will be impressed if we even get one at this rate
ElephantShell
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I'm down if Babs will accept that a LHD will play on the right side.
Loooooool
CreeperBlocks
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Holy crap
Dubbedinenglish
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Can the Oilers really say no?
Obviously not, he deserves to be the highest paid player but there has to be a limit in the cap world. How do you build a championship team when one part is getting $14M? There will have to be value in a lot of other spots.
If Pittsburgh can do it with the Crosby and Malkin contracts, then Edmonton can do it with McDavid and Draisaitl. But man, one monster contract like that is going to make it very difficult. This is why poor value contracts like Eberle needed to go.
I think some of you know me as being an stickler when it comes to sweaters, but I honestly don't hate the Golden Knights.
Sure, it does look generic, but I was expecting much much worse. It's a template that can be improved on.
Better than what the Penguins were doing for a while.
Sure, it does look generic, but I was expecting much much worse. It's a template that can be improved on.
Better than what the Penguins were doing for a while.
Crosby + Malkin cap hit is 18.2
"hey Draisatl you ok making 4M we gotta give Connor 14, sorry bud"
Or maybe... "hey Connor, you ok making 11M so we can give Draisatl 7?"
That's going to be the problem no matter where he plays. Does he want to be by far the highest paid player in the league, or does he want to play on a team that has a chance at a Cup? In today's cap world, $14M will make it very difficult to play on a championship team.
yep, solid pick up!
ElephantShell
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Lol the NHL is considering giving a minor penalty to a team if they fail an offside coaches challenge, according to Friedman.
This basically means teams can do it every time there is an offside. More irritation for the fans. We may have 2-4 challenges a night in a league with scoring issues.