Comments on: Is Seattle right back in the race to get an NHL team? http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Fri, 24 May 2013 08:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mclovinhockey http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52450 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:47:07 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52450 @ dbara43 the devils are not in new York any more… Moving one team will not make another’s attendance go up. Also it seems like you forgot the Sabres are from new York as well. Any way the islanders do not have a good enough fan base. Most likely in the next few years QC will have a team and then maybe seattle or a better market. QC is building an arena and they have an arena bigger than the jets now so they can support a team next year.

]]> By: chill1184 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52155 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:33:13 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52155 Islanders can’t be moved out of NY, they have too proud of a history. I mean come on how bad would it sound for the league if one of their dynasty teams all of a sudden packs up and leaves NY? As others have mentioned, they can shack up with the Nets in the Barclay’s center which would help to Islanders fans who are not in NYC or Long Island or the tossed around Willets Point project.

]]> By: pavelfitzgerald http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52153 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:29:10 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52153 The Islanders will stay in that State but if Wang ever eanted to have things 100 percent his way with his safest chance at solid profit it would be in Quebec. He won’t move the team though because he loves New York & hopes to realize the profits of being the top team in the State

]]> By: kitshky http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52091 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:27:33 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52091 Please God, I don’t care where it comes (and if that makes me a bad Canadian then …meh) but please give the Pacific Northwest another hockey club.

]]> By: adirondack77 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52081 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:25:04 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52081 Isles aren’t going anywhere. Brooklyn is a viable option short term but the arena is not ideal for hockey.

Suffolk should be considered a viable long term solution -1.2 million people plus it’s not a long drive from Nassau. Create an entire entertainment destination that people want to come eat, drink and shop in.

]]> By: dbara43 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52079 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:09:29 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52079 Looking at the way the Islanders and the Devils are drawing at the gate (#31 and #24 respectively) it seems clear that NY will only support 2 NHL teams, not 3. If you move the Islanders out then likely Devils attendance goes up. Simple math.

Seattle Islanders. I like that.

]]> By: habsman http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52050 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:33:16 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52050 Not only that, you can buy a ticket in Glendale for the price of parking in Mtl and Toronto.

]]> By: govtminion http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52049 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:28:53 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52049 Ehhhh, I like the idea of the Brooklyn site, but it didn’t really sound (from what I see, a few hundred miles away) like the arena folks and the Nets were all that interested in having a roommate. I’d love to see the Isles stay in the NY area, but… if Brooklyn doesn’t work, then what?

]]> By: bcisleman http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52038 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:00:54 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52038 And its not true taht there are no offers. Queens has already expressed serious interest. The only thing lacking is Wang’s expression of interest. Political and business leaders in Queens have been quite clear. They are ready if the Islanders are. And Brooklyn is available as a long or short term option. They will not leave.

]]> By: bcisleman http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52037 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:57:48 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52037 Wang won’t relocate. If he gets frustrated enough, he might sell, but I doubt it. If he did, the NHL would resist it even more stoutly than with Phoenix.

]]> By: bcisleman http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52035 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:54:30 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52035 They’ll likely move…just not out of NY. Wang isnt inclined to sell, he wont relocate the team and the NHL, the NYR & the NJD would fight it tooth and nail. Brooklyn and Queens are likely new sites.

]]> By: kitshky http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52015 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:15:09 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52015 The only thing you’re probably right about is the Isle’s playing in Brooklyn…

]]> By: paledevil http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-52000 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:42:10 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-52000 Go to 32 than everyones happy

]]> By: eastcoastcynic http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-51995 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:26:05 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-51995 The thing is, as good as the NYC area demographics are, there are no forthcoming offers to build a new facility for Wang. Barclays may be an iffy deal because the limited seating in the facility probably won’t allow Wang to break even much less attain long term profitability. Everybody is talking a lot of hubris on why the Islanders will stay, but not providing real constructive solutions has to how they will.

]]> By: nydaniel http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-51984 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:32:17 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-51984 Islanders will move, to Brooklyn.

NHL will fart around and the Coyotes will end up crippled in Quebec.

Given a choice of markets between LA and Seattle, where would you go?

Seattle will be on the sidelines, again, and will remain there until they build a world class arena FIRST. Which won’t happen unless they get a commitment from both the NHL and NBA. A classic Seattle sports circular firing squad.

]]> By: terminalcityhockey http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-51970 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:56:21 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-51970 It’s absurd that the NHL refused to sell the Coyotes when there was a willing buyer and then bought the team for less than others had offered.

Second worst attendance in the league last year, worst the year before… & a playoff team both years.

Move the team already. It’s hemorrhaging money, there are other cities that want it.

]]> By: Jason Brough http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-51966 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:41:33 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-51966 That was just a ploy to get you to comment. I don’t think they’ll leave the NY area either. Too many people there. Too much money.

]]> By: govtminion http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-51957 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:16:52 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-51957 I hope you’re right, but it looks increasingly likely that they’ll move.

]]> By: bcisleman http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/05/is-seattle-right-back-in-the-race-to-get-an-nhl-team/comment-page-1/#comment-51952 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:00:38 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=156284#comment-51952 No to the PPPS…unless the NBA decides to rename its franchise the Islanders. Isles will not leave NY.

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