Cyrus12 wrote:you guys really want NHL hockey in your city? The NHL is garbage now...
Yes, it's much better than the craptastic NBA.
Cyrus12 wrote:you guys really want NHL hockey in your city? The NHL is garbage now...
Cyrus12 wrote:you guys really want NHL hockey in your city? The NHL is garbage now...
Cyrus12 wrote:you guys really want NHL hockey in your city? The NHL is garbage now...
ShyCheetah wrote:The Commissioner doth protest too much, methinks.
http://www.tsn.ca/bettman-nhl-would-not ... e-1.431052
Shy
Sports Hernia wrote:ShyCheetah wrote:The Commissioner doth protest too much, methinks.
http://www.tsn.ca/bettman-nhl-would-not ... e-1.431052
Shy
Yep, he really wanted a Seattle area bid to come in. It's his fault for raising the expansion fee to 500 million, he severely over played his hand in that regard.
Sports Hernia wrote:ShyCheetah wrote:The Commissioner doth protest too much, methinks.
http://www.tsn.ca/bettman-nhl-would-not ... e-1.431052
Shy
Yep, he really wanted a Seattle area bid to come in. It's his fault for raising the expansion fee to 500 million, he severely over played his hand in that regard.
Sgt. Largent wrote:Sports Hernia wrote:ShyCheetah wrote:The Commissioner doth protest too much, methinks.
http://www.tsn.ca/bettman-nhl-would-not ... e-1.431052
Shy
Yep, he really wanted a Seattle area bid to come in. It's his fault for raising the expansion fee to 500 million, he severely over played his hand in that regard.
Was the 500 million the sticking point?
Seems to me we had 2-3 serious groups interested in NHL franchises in Seattle AND Tukwila............then all of a sudden when it came time to pony up, they all ran for the hills.
To me this is all becoming one sick joke that our terrible city and county councils can't get their crap together long enough to approve Hansen's site. Delay after delay, roadblock after roadblock.
It's a microcosm for how dysfunctional and horrible our state and local government is when it comes to working together. Everyone has to carve out their piece of the pie, just like the national level. If I was Hansen I'd tell em all to go jump in a lake, I'm done. It's years beyond the point of ridiculous.
Sports Hernia wrote:Sgt. Largent wrote:Sports Hernia wrote:ShyCheetah wrote:The Commissioner doth protest too much, methinks.
http://www.tsn.ca/bettman-nhl-would-not ... e-1.431052
Shy
Yep, he really wanted a Seattle area bid to come in. It's his fault for raising the expansion fee to 500 million, he severely over played his hand in that regard.
Was the 500 million the sticking point?
Seems to me we had 2-3 serious groups interested in NHL franchises in Seattle AND Tukwila............then all of a sudden when it came time to pony up, they all ran for the hills.
To me this is all becoming one sick joke that our terrible city and county councils can't get their crap together long enough to approve Hansen's site. Delay after delay, roadblock after roadblock.
It's a microcosm for how dysfunctional and horrible our state and local government is when it comes to working together. Everyone has to carve out their piece of the pie, just like the national level. If I was Hansen I'd tell em all to go jump in a lake, I'm done. It's years beyond the point of ridiculous.
I cannot argue with anything you wrote there. Seattle politics suck.
Sgt. Largent wrote:
City and County: "Give us teams and we'll consider building"
NHL and NBA: "No, you build the arena and we'll consider giving you a team"
City and County: "No U"
NHL and NBA: "No U"
Subzero717 wrote:Where is Quebec getting $500 mill?
m0ng0 wrote:Jeezus. until you build an arena this is just stupidity, it's a pretty simple game except seattle is behind the eight ball, no one is going to come without an arena and no arena is built until someone is coming, they call that a catch 22... Unless somebody says screw it I am building regardless it ain't going to happen.
Seahawk Sailor wrote:I have had high hopes for NHL in Seattle for years. And for years they've boned us with petty politics. Sadly, I don't see this changing any time soon, and so my hopes for this happening amount to this: I'm not holding out any hope at all, and no longer can get myself excited about it because they're just going to piss on my parade. When, if ever, it becomes a reality, a 100% for-certain inevitability, my excitement will return in full force. Until then, Seattle politics can bite me.
Sports Hernia wrote:ShyCheetah wrote:The Commissioner doth protest too much, methinks.
http://www.tsn.ca/bettman-nhl-would-not ... e-1.431052
Shy
Yep, he really wanted a Seattle area bid to come in. It's his fault for raising the expansion fee to 500 million, he severely over played his hand in that regard.
Ace_Rimmer wrote:Sports Hernia wrote:ShyCheetah wrote:The Commissioner doth protest too much, methinks.
http://www.tsn.ca/bettman-nhl-would-not ... e-1.431052
Shy
Yep, he really wanted a Seattle area bid to come in. It's his fault for raising the expansion fee to 500 million, he severely over played his hand in that regard.
They should just move the Coyotes into Seattle. I would love to have a team down the I5. I could just see it now, go to a Saturday night hockey game against the Canucks, and then watch a Hawks game on Sunday. That would make for a great trip for me and the boys.
twisted_steel2 wrote:Ace_Rimmer wrote:Sports Hernia wrote:ShyCheetah wrote:The Commissioner doth protest too much, methinks.
http://www.tsn.ca/bettman-nhl-would-not ... e-1.431052
Shy
Yep, he really wanted a Seattle area bid to come in. It's his fault for raising the expansion fee to 500 million, he severely over played his hand in that regard.
They should just move the Coyotes into Seattle. I would love to have a team down the I5. I could just see it now, go to a Saturday night hockey game against the Canucks, and then watch a Hawks game on Sunday. That would make for a great trip for me and the boys.
We were hours away from having them too in 2013. So close.
Maulbert wrote:Anyone else get the feeling the NHL really wants Seattle to get it's $#!+ together so it can balance the conferences?
twisted_steel2 wrote:Maulbert wrote:Anyone else get the feeling the NHL really wants Seattle to get it's $#!+ together so it can balance the conferences?
It's not happening in Seattle, I'm convinced of that. The city council is a massive road block to getting anything done. No one is going to want to deal with what Hansen has been dealing with for years... its just futile dealing with the city. The Port of Seattle owns at least 5 council members, and then people like Bagshaw will not allow any arena to be built as long as the Key exist.
The only hope is someone like Bartoszek builds his own arena outside the city limits, and works with the NHL. But as we saw, there were apparently 3 groups interested in an expansion team, but they all ran for the hills when the $500 million fee was announced.
So who knows... maybe there are some super rich guys in the shadows preparing to get this all done.
soohawk wrote:arizona coyotes are bettmans baby, he will not be allowing them to relocate anytime soon. case in point, the league ran the team at a deficit (iirc) for a few years until they were able to right the finances, build a decent roster, run it for pennies on the dollar and sell it to whoever could write the cheque. it took about 3 buyers before a real purchase could be conceived.
good news for the folks in seattle is that the league now has 31 teams (15 west and 16 east), so they will be moving another team from the east to the west as a relocation endeavor or they will expand again to right the schedules and provide even balanced conferences. shame your city council are a bunch of angry, spiteful emotionally damaged immature individuals who hate sports...when can you vote these smucks out of power?
Maulbert wrote:Anyone else get the feeling the NHL really wants Seattle to get it's $#!+ together so it can balance the conferences?
Cyrus12 wrote:Bettman still trying to sell the game to the USA...Too bad was hoping Quebec would get it. Best rivalry in sports was Montreal vs Quebec.
Sports Hernia wrote:Maulbert wrote:Anyone else get the feeling the NHL really wants Seattle to get it's $#!+ together so it can balance the conferences?
Yes, they want a natural rivalry with the Canucks, plus they view the Seattle market as an huge untapped revenue
stream.
Ace_Rimmer wrote:Sports Hernia wrote:Maulbert wrote:Anyone else get the feeling the NHL really wants Seattle to get it's $#!+ together so it can balance the conferences?
Yes, they want a natural rivalry with the Canucks, plus they view the Seattle market as an huge untapped revenue
stream.
I wouldn't be surprised if Canucks ownership has voiced their displeasure of a team in Seattle, as it may draw away from their fan base. Both Buffalo, and Toronto have been stumbling blocks in getting another team into the Ontario market.
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