Comments on: NHL could expand to Seattle in three years, says investor

By: SBS

SBS — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:17:43 +0000

Reblogged this on SBS-Seattle.com and commented: Are you ready for you for some hockey (in 3 years)?

By: mclovinhockey

mclovinhockey — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:09:41 +0000

why am I moronic for stating a fact that Bettman and Crosby both make over 8 mill a year??
Also not saying Seattle would not be a better location for hockey than places like Vegas, Phx, or pretty much any place below Carolina. Just saying that its not a hockey town, there is a video of a kid from QC calling a ton of sports bars and Gyms and trying to talk to people about hockey and the most someone knew about hockey was that there is a player named Wayne gretzky. I think that seattle is a great sports area, they just are not one of the top 5 places I would look at if I wanted to make money.

By: thefilm800

thefilm800 — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:47:46 +0000

So, what you are saying Seattle doesn’t care about something that isn’t professional. How could a city/region care about a team that plays in the CANADIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE. Plus, the Seattle Thunderbirds don’t play in Seattle, they play in a crap town called Kent.

Oh, and may I remind you of the Seattle Sounders? The Sounders have been in Seattle since the old NASL, but not many people cared until they got a professional team on the level of the Major League Soccer. I absolutely believe an NHL franchise can succeed in Seattle because of the location of the arena, SoDo(south of downtown). The population in the metropolitan area would have no trouble getting there once the highways are repaired.

The Western Hockey League is a terrible, terrible example. I think Seattle could actually manage to gather a fanbase if they were to get, hell, even an AHL team. Just not a team in a league focused on Canadian juniors.

By: manchestermiracle

manchestermiracle — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:56:40 +0000

Three years sounds about right. The NHL might have a CBA by then and be ready to actually start playing….

By: phipfwe76

phipfwe76 — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:36:50 +0000

I don’t recall ever saying the Islanders are one of the teams that should be contracted.

By: theawesomersfranchise

theawesomersfranchise — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:10:28 +0000

Another reason kids can’t vote or have a say in anything that matters in the world

By: theawesomersfranchise

theawesomersfranchise — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:07:19 +0000

4 cups in a row with some of the leagues greatest players in their history and you suggest contraction for then because of what Wang and Snow have done to them?

Crazy talk

By: theawesomersfranchise

theawesomersfranchise — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:05:42 +0000

Seattle couldn’t care less about hockey? Then why on earth has there been WHL teams in places like Portland and Seattle for nearly 20 years or more?

And that last part, simply moronic, you must be a truther as well.

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:07:25 +0000

and so is your ass …

By: websurfer1961

websurfer1961 — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:55:39 +0000

Hockey what’s that .. Oh yea my grandfather told me that greed had killed this sport back in 2012. Wow that’s funny trying to bring back a sport that no body wants to see or play anymore let alone trust anyone to run a team or league. Let it remain dead that way no one gets screwed anymore.

By: bleedingteal4life

bleedingteal4life — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:34:59 +0000

Seattle is already one of my fav cities. A hockey team would be icing on the cake!

By: icelovinbrotha215

icelovinbrotha215 — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:00:12 +0000

Expansion isn’t what the NHL needs. Relocation is more appropriate. Seattle seems like a place that is hungry for more Major League franchises. Let them have PHX, CBJ, etc. I don’t how can the NHL can expand yet they are talking about how they lost +$200 mil in the last 2 years.

By: chiadam

chiadam — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:25:21 +0000

Expansion? That’s so amazingly stupid that it’ll probably happen. There’s – according to the owners – not enough money to go around now. Adding more teams in unproven markets should fix everything, though.

By: phipfwe76

phipfwe76 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:07:05 +0000

If anything, the NHL should be contracting right now. I also don’t see why the Islanders aren’t an option. The new arena isn’t fit for hockey, and even if they move away the NY area still has one downtown team and one in the ‘burbs.

By: mpg44

mpg44 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:49:18 +0000

The kings are for sale!!

By: mclovinhockey

mclovinhockey — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:44:15 +0000

Expansion, great idea, add another team to an area that couldn’t care less about the game, great way to save the league money.
Anyone find it odd Bettman and Crosby make around the same amount of cash per year?

By: DTF31

DTF31 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:25:33 +0000

Expansion. Its gonna happen. Remember that realignment the league wanted? Primed for 2 expansion franchises. There are 3 places the NHL could look at for new markets in QC, Seattle and Southern Ontario. If this Phoenix deal falls apart then they go to Seattle and the NHL gets a billion dollars in expansion fees for the new Canadian teams who slide into that “NE” division that for some reason had Tampa and Florida mixed in.

The only complication with this is that even though you removed the worst one from the money losers it will just make it tougher on teams like Nashville, Dallas, Anaheim, Florida, etc. without some team to drag HRR down and help keep the cap lower. Now, if they removed the hard figure of 16 million and switched it to a percent you might be alright in that regard.

By: bcsteele

bcsteele — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:57:28 +0000

With the league talking about all this money the’re losing and Bettman’s wonderful expansion into the sunbelt. They better tread lightly here. I’m good with a team being in Seattle. In fact, being up north and on Canada’s border, I bet it could be a great location for hockey. But if they add a team instead of moving one…I will be pissed after all this work going into their complaints about the money situation.

The same way I’m pissed they decided it was okay to sign these big deals over the summer just to attempt to roll them back through a lockout.

By: scionofflame

scionofflame — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:39:02 +0000

I hope they’re able to get a franchise there sooner than later. I’m moving up to Seattle away from my usual team and would love to have hockey close by again!