Winnipeg To Get An NHL Team Back?!?

[Guest]

I would bet my life that it's the Ducks, because of the sure fact that they only draw about 5,000 people to each game and thats only 1/3rd of the Pond's capacity. They will move, but maybe not to Winnipeg.

[the max]

Barring that, they seem to be supporting the Thrashers right now.

 

Jan. 14 (wednesday night), 12,800/18,000

Jan. 16 (friday night), 16,000/18,000

 

They seem to be supporting them.

 

And for their big National TV game? 17,000_ fans.

 

Not bad at all.

[kkktookmybabyaway]

Wait a second.

 

There's a NHL team in Pittsburgh?...

[Guest Olympic Slam]

I would bet my life that it's the Ducks, because of the sure fact that they only draw about 5,000 people to each game and thats only 1/3rd of the Pond's capacity. They will move, but maybe not to Winnipeg.

From what I got on Saturday's HNIC HotStove was that the Ducks are actively being pursued by the millionaire brothers who own the Sacramento Kings NBA team. They want to buy the Ducks because the brothers want a Southern California presence. However, since So-Cal is very fickle when it comes to sports teams, the brothers (or any other purchaser of the team) may move the team to another American city, possibly Las Vegas which, according to the HotStove is the only major U.S market that really wants an NHL team. Take this for what you will as I've found the HNIC HotStove is wrong 90% of the time.

[nl5xsk1]

First of all, if Carolina moves anywhere it better be back to Hartford. When the Garden was sold out, you could always still get tickets to the Mall and watch the Bruins beat the heall out of the the Whalers.

 

Second of all, I'd love it if the Canadian cities that had teams stolen from them by Bettman got teams back. Send a team to Winnipeg (Anaheim) and a team to Quebec City (Pittsburgh or Atlanta) and I'd be a happy hockey fan.