cmh6476 1,024 Posted June 6, 2007 found this at chiefsplanet: DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER! The two cities likely are Las Vegas and Kansas City, Winnepeg has been rejected. Or so they say... Fast forward to the 16:45 mark. http://www.fan590.com/mediaplayer/au...2007-06-01.mp3 Just passing along this lastest hockey rumor involving KC. I found it on HFBoards.com. http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=385287 Oh and if this is a repost... bite me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,304 Posted June 6, 2007 Each fan can have their own team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thePIMPmaster 0 Posted June 6, 2007 Jerry Bruckheimer is apparently the guy who wants to own the Las Vegas team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rybo5 0 Posted June 6, 2007 Mother of god, this has to be stopped. They need contract like 5 or 10 teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IndyTom 0 Posted June 6, 2007 What's next - are they going to expand Major League Soccer as well? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmh6476 1,024 Posted June 6, 2007 What's next - are they going to expand Major League Soccer as well? who cares, kc already has a team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swamp dog 0 Posted June 6, 2007 bettman made a deal with satan years ago to ruin the game...this is just him keeping on keeping at it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snuff 10 Posted June 6, 2007 bettman made a deal with satan years ago to ruin the game...this is just him keeping on keeping at it. The players strike killed the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foghorn Leghorn 0 Posted June 6, 2007 Mother of god, this has to be stopped. They need contract like 5 or 10 teams. Agreed. The talent pool is diluted enough as it is. They should go back to 21 teams, like it was in the 80's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GettnHuge 2 Posted June 6, 2007 The players strike killed the game. lockout Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swamp dog 0 Posted June 7, 2007 Agreed. The talent pool is diluted enough as it is. They should go back to 21 teams, like it was in the 80's. nashville had problems this year despite being the #1 seed in the west for a good part of the year. tampa won a cup...but... you just can't force this game down the throats of southerners. can't do it. and so what do you do? you overextend into bad markets and then force a salary cap down the throats of the everyone which causes a bitter strike...which still doesn't fix a goddam thing because you overextended markets in the first focking place. the salary cap is NOT going to save these teams in warm-weather locations where the citizens can take or leave hockey. these cities that woo small-market canadian teams south are like guys that pick up girls at the bar and then the next morning say "oh, shiat. that was stupid." bettman is a focking moron. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foghorn Leghorn 0 Posted June 7, 2007 nashville had problems this year despite being the #1 seed in the west for a good part of the year. tampa won a cup...but... you just can't force this game down the throats of southerners. can't do it. and so what do you do? you overextend into bad markets and then force a salary cap down the throats of the everyone which causes a bitter strike...which still doesn't fix a goddam thing because you overextended markets in the first focking place. the salary cap is NOT going to save these teams in warm-weather locations where the citizens can take or leave hockey. these cities that woo small-market canadian teams south are like guys that pick up girls at the bar and then the next morning say "oh, shiat. that was stupid." bettman is a focking moron. Bettman was just chasing the big American $$$ TV contract, and felt the best way to do it was to get more American teams. Those expansions also provided the NHL with much needed infusions of cash. In retrospect, the expansions were decisions that were mistakes in the long-term. But I see the rationale that he may have had in mind at the time. Personally, I agree with you - there's an imaginary line running through the US where interest in hockey drops off dramatically. Why they prefer watching cars drive around in circles (or is it ellipses?), I'll never know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buffalobillsffl2003 0 Posted June 7, 2007 Expansion isn't needed, just move a few teams. The Blackberry dude will probably put Nashville in southern Ontario.....maybe cause he'll get gripes mostly from Toronto and a few from Buffalo. Vegas doesn't need a hockey team. Might be time for a realignment. Find out which teams aren't going to succeed and make some changes. Another team or two in Canada wouldn't hurt. Balsillie will probably move Nashville to the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Put a team back in Winnipeg. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
