Craziness in Nanaimo

[Killer]

[Q]Jeff Hopkins '82 Wrote:

I'll even hope for going to olympic size ice, but that'll never happen.  Too many high paying seats lost.

JH [/Q]

Not to mention the lost jobs for the goons whose hockey skills are surpassed by their boxing and/or football talents.

[nyc94]

[Q]Killer Wrote:
Not to mention the lost jobs for the goons whose hockey skills are surpassed by their boxing and/or football talents.
[/Q]

Speaking of lost jobs, is management seriously considering contraction or is it just bluster so they'll have something concede during negotiations?  I thought I heard something the other night about dropping to 24 teams.  

[Tub(a)]

[Q]nyc94 Wrote:

Speaking of lost jobs, is management seriously considering contraction or is it just bluster so they'll have something concede during negotiations?  I thought I heard something the other night about dropping to 24 teams.  

 [/Q]

Isn't this something the players are pushing, not the owners? I think it would help, but it probably would mean the death of several great hockey cities like Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, etc...

[KeithK]

[Q]I think it would help, but it probably would mean the death of several great hockey cities like Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, etc... [/Q]Esp. if it were to preserve such great hockey towns as Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, Tampa Bay, Miami, Phoenix...

[Lauren '06]

Hey, Dallas and Tampa Bay have been selling out recently.  That's the bottom line.  The others.... well, they can go and I won't cry about it.

[Pete Godenschwager]

We wouldn't have McKee without the NHL in Dallas...