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Re: Hitch's New Contract

Again, if you're anti-Hitch, then a flat start is the best-case scenario. Not if they miss the playoffs entirely after a slow start. I mean yeah we could use another top prospect (who couldn't?) but we wouldn't be bad enough to be top 10 in the draft. The best case scenario is that we just part way...

Re: Hitch's New Contract

It won't last past November/December IMO. This season's gonna be ugly. If you're anti-Hitchcock and they keep him on board, then a November/December exit is a good thing. Otherwise they enter the playoffs w/ him behind the bench. Having said that, I'd rather see a change in the offseason, when ther...

Re: Hitch's New Contract

It won't last past November/December IMO. This season's gonna be ugly. If you're anti-Hitchcock and they keep him on board, then a November/December exit is a good thing. Otherwise they enter the playoffs w/ him behind the bench. Having said that, I'd rather see a change in the offseason, when ther...

Re: Hockey in Vegas

More hockey in the fucking desert that no one will care about. Hooray.... :roll: Meanwhile great potential hockey markets like Quebec, Southern Ontario, Hartford, Seattle, Portland remain without a team. No idea why Vegas is even on the table. Well....they have an owner with huge dollars that will ...

Re: Hockey in Vegas

By "terrible atmosphere for the home team," I mean a relatively low percentage of attendees who are diehard fans for the home team... compared to, say, Winnipeg, Calgary, etc..... or St. Louis, for that matter. I can image, for example, a team like the Rangers coming into town and having ...

Re: Hockey in Vegas

... You'd bring in perhaps 5,000 (if that) local hockey fans to each game and easily fill the rest of the building with people in town on business or leisure. Terrible atmosphere for the home team, but from an economic standpoint, I think they could pull if off. The Las Vegas ECHL team drew over 4,...

Re: Hockey in Vegas

I just don't know who is going to attend games in Vegas. I was reading a population study about Vegas compared to other major cities and there are just huge differences between their population and other cities. Most notably with regards to sports, most of the population of Vegas works at night, si...

Re: Hockey in Vegas

It would be interesting to see a breakdown of attendance. I'm thinking:
Corporate - 30%
Tourists - 30%
Local fans - 25%
Comped high Rollers - 15%

Re: Ovechkin guarantees Game 7 victory!

You really can't lose with the game 7 guarantee. If the Caps win, then Ovechkin comes off as a great leader who willed his team to victory. If they lose, everyone will forget about the guarantee and just move on. He would be no worse off than he would have been if he never made a guarantee. Not tru...

Re: Brodeur Coming Back

Sure, I understand the corporate and marketing aspects of it. I'd love to hear how these guys are helping the team win though. Winning games is the best marketing of all. Marketing is important to the success of the team. If sales are down, they can't afford to pay players. I love having guys like ...

Re: Cheating in sports

Interesting post. Back in the 1990s there were strong allegations about ties between Russian NHL players and the Russian mafia, with players alleged to be victims as well as partners, but I don't think those allegations had anything to do with the integrity of the game. The other potential stain is ...

Re: Rebuild?

“Now, we’re getting into, are the right decisions being made on the type of players we need? That is something I have to evaluate.” - Doug Armstrong I think the last sentence of this article is telling. I've felt from the beginning that Armstrong's relationship with Hitch is that Army was acquiring...

Re: Rebuild?

Not so fast I choose to read this as Armstrong saying that no matter how much he wants to get rid of 'the core' the salary cap will be the biggest problem in doing that. We just have to find a team that needs some help reaching the cap floor. Honestly, I'm fine if we can stock up on a bunch of draf...

Re: Rebuild?

The Blues are like a kid with head lice. You treat the shit and it keeps coming back and after so long you're tempted to shave the kid bald. Seems to be a consensus that the nuclear option is not in order, but the real question is this: Can they get to where they need to be without taking any steps ...

Re: Leadership

Interesting piece with some very good points. But Never mind going all the way to Anaheim for a prototype. Just head a few blocks east on Clark.

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