Comments on: Report: NHL exploring outdoor game at Dodger Stadium

By: rainyday56

rainyday56 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:01:35 +0000

If the NHL is considering doing an outdoor game in a warm clime, they should forgo the ice and have the teams play an exhibition game in shorts and roller blades. They should think outside the box and and make it part of a multi sport extravaganza inviting XGames and UFC to stage events along with it so NHL can be exposed to the young and growing market those sports enjoy. Just a thought.

By: chanceoffleury1

chanceoffleury1 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:40:12 +0000

With all the Jerry Sandusky stuff even Bettman isn’t stupid enough to give that kind of publicity to Penn State. Not to mention that Philly or Pittsburgh have been in every single Winter Classic thus far except for one. You have to give other teams a chance. There’s plenty of great fanbases. It’s bound to happen eventually, though. State College is literally almost smack dab in the center of the state between Philly and Pittsburgh and those 2 markets would have no problem filling up the 100,000+ at Beaver. It would be a true-blue showdown of the keystone state at “center ice”.

By: chanceoffleury1

chanceoffleury1 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:22:18 +0000

Agreed. When they did the game at Heinz field it was in the 40′s and I remember the constant updates on how much trouble they were having keeping the ice from thawing. That’s part of the reason why they had the move the game to primetime. Can you imagine trying to maintain it in LA?

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:14:39 +0000

Manchestermiracle – Whatever side of the debate you’re on, you do have to acknowledge that it’s pretty strange that it’s been 4 decades since that the last supposed landing, eh?

Hey man, seriously … this Quick business is concerning me a little. I know he played well the other night and all, but there’s something about his play which is making me nervous this year? Hopefully it’s nothing more than getting back into “form” after the surgery in September? We’ll see in going forward, however it sure is nice to have someone like Bernier riding along as copilot eh !

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:06:30 +0000

Misterchainbluelightning – there can only be 3 possibilities to explain your hatred …

1) you’re a NASA employee ?

2) you’re mentally retarded ?

3) you’re a mentally retarded NASA employee ?

can’t say for sure, but I suspect that #3 is the most likely explanation for your ugliness here? … at any rate, clean your act up pal and try to have some fun … life is way too short for BS like that …

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:52:09 +0000

Hello friend … I was away for a while, but it’s great to be back here !

By: DonkeyStick

DonkeyStick — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:48:42 +0000

“A second exhibition game was scheduled between the Rangers and the Kings to take place on September 29, 1991, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The game, however, was cancelled, due to poor and unsafe ice conditions at the Charlotte Coliseum.”

Yeah…..try that in sue happy 2013

By: nyrangersnation

nyrangersnation — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:14:23 +0000

The Rangers and Kings played a pre-season game in the 90′s in Las Vegas, in September. I think 60 degrees is good enough.

By: clefty1

clefty1 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:01:13 +0000

One outdoor game per season is enough. LA does not have the national drawing power of Detroit, Chicago, Boston or Philly, besides the game should stay within the north.

By: clefty1

clefty1 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:54:59 +0000

Wings-Leafs at the Big House next season with over 110,000 expected..That is how the league makes money on the Winter Classic..

By: clefty1

clefty1 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:52:10 +0000

The Winter Classic will be at the Big House next year and I am sure there will be over 110,000 easily…

By: atwatercrushesokoye

atwatercrushesokoye — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:43:40 +0000

Hard to have an outdoor game in a stadium that has a roof, it used to be retractable but has since been permanently sealed.

By: billsysabres

billsysabres — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:32:30 +0000

As I recall didn’t they play an outdoor game in Vegas

By: billsysabres

billsysabres — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:31:45 +0000

As I recall didn’t they play a preseason game in Vegas outdoors

By: flyeredup202

flyeredup202 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:32:43 +0000

I was at the one in philly last year…. and even though it was cold as hell it was nice to have the game go into the night. It was like spending the day on the pond and then going into the night when you were a kid… I could see this happening in La if done at night under the lights……

By: Cloutier39

Cloutier39 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:17:33 +0000

Back in the day there was a game in Vegas. If they really want to they can make this work

By: manchestermiracle

manchestermiracle — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:43:38 +0000

Did you really just call L.A. a “smaller market” team? They regularly sell out their home games and are the defending champs. It would be a marketing coup to have the defending champs get an outdoor game every year, even in Florida.

By: manchestermiracle

manchestermiracle — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:37:57 +0000

Pretty sure he was being facetious about the moon landing, but he reeled you in like a starving goldfish.

By: mclovinhockey

mclovinhockey — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:29:58 +0000

Great, smaller market teams and needing to spend even more money to keep the ice decent. This makes sense after the league needed a lockout due to money. I got 2 good ideas Pitt vs Philly at penn state, Montreal vs Toronto at the Olympic stadium. That’s how you make money league.

By: therealjr

therealjr — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:08:39 +0000

Is the arena 60 degrees? No, actually it’s significantly warmer.

The two obstacles are humidity and direct sunlight causing glare. One isn’t an issue and the other is easily avoided with a proper game time.

By: capsfan19

capsfan19 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:54:44 +0000

Blomfeld! You’re back!

By: misterchainbluelightning

misterchainbluelightning — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:35:16 +0000

Why did they ever let you back? And it certainly wouldn’t surprise me if an idiot like you believed that it was a hoax, but anyone with a “schtick” (you) when they post in comment section and uses multiple sign-ins to agree with himself (you again) is a mental case in need of meds. (most certainly you) Oh and you’re a know-nothing clueless buffoon who said that Cory Schnieder was a top 3 goalie in the NHL just before you got IP banned.

This place was SO much better with out you and your “joey” sign in.

By: tyler4richardson

tyler4richardson — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:31:59 +0000

Has the league ever watched an outdoor game? They’re fun, but the ice is terrible. And that is in cities like Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Philly. Can only imagine the difficulty they would have preparing the ice and actually paying on it in L.A. And as a Canucks fan, I would love to watch my team play in front of 50,000 fans, but B.C. Place would also be an awful venue in my opinion. When I went to watch the Grey Cup there in 2011, I kept asking myself “this is really what a $500 million renovation gets you?”. The half a billion dollar roof they recently installed barely opens and would provide even less of an outdoor atmosphere than L.A. Keep the outdoor games to cold cities with nice outdoor stadiums.

By: tarotsujimoto74

tarotsujimoto74 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:21:40 +0000

Are they not having the game at the Big House next year? Or is this just gonna be a random additional outdoor game?

By: blomfeld

blomfeld — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:18:26 +0000

“They put a man on the moon” …

No they did not! Somebody needs to tell Walter that man has never left the Earth’s orbit and the Apollo programme was the biggest “non-violent” hoax of the 20th century! Among other things, he should consider the following:

- visible footprints from astronauts yet no imprint from an 8 ton lunar module ?
- identical lunar horizons from frame to frame ?
- blatantly inconsistent shadow lines from frame to frame ?
- comical flag waving motion in a supposed “airless” atmosphere ?
- coke can clearly seen on the ground in various frames ?
- Stanley Kubrick hired onto the project during the filming of 2001 Space Odyssey ?

In all seriousness … even as a King’s fan, I agree with Bettman that the WC should be reserved for those venues which can offer an “atmosphere” of wintry charm. Staging it in either So Cal or Vancouver would be a mistake and a complete squandering of resources. The primary purpose of the event is to further fan interest and so it would be far better to continue staging it in either the US Northeast or Midwest.

By: kingsroq

kingsroq — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:53:02 +0000

Kings vs Vancouver. The NHL would need to draw in the Northern viewers

By: capsrockva

capsrockva — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:47:20 +0000

This makes no since. Hockey in LA outdoors. The ice would never survive.

By: shortsxit34

shortsxit34 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:44:53 +0000

As someone born, raised, and still residing in LA, this is the DUMBEST idea to come from the NHL since…well, the realignment. But it’s still a horrible idea.

By: pwilson264

pwilson264 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:43:56 +0000

you bring the ice, and i got the beer

By: DonkeyStick

DonkeyStick — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:43:10 +0000

Avg of 60 degrees is the avg in January in LA….Don’t think that will be a good for the ice