And no...They didn't sign her!
As I posted Wednesday afternoon HERE the NHL has decided to totally screw up overtime...That whole think makes me nuts...3-on-3 overtime play can totally tilt the ice...And again the league is out there doing their best to kill Defense...Then the media dolts will start bashing goalies as their Goals Against Averages will start climbing over 3.00, and then closer to 4.00...Sometimes you just need to leave things alone, and enjoy them for the beauty they have...There is just as much beauty to playing great defense as there is in some fancy finesse goal scoring...It's just that the average Joe...The casual fan is too damn lazy to look and watch those little nuanced details...
But now to the other NHL news that broke late Wednesday afternoon...
The NHL has confirmed that they are open to expansion and will begin vetting expansion applications...
It's official...They're nuts...First, you have a team that right now, doesn't have a home arena...Yep, Arizona...If nothing else you look to move them where they'll be treated better (by city officials) and have a stable fanbase...The Coyotes have a wealth of young talent coming up, and have the potential to be a player within the next couple years...Get them some stability...Since this franchise had been ripped from Winnipeg, it's had hot and cold spells with it's fanbase...It's also had some bad ownership in the past, to the point where the NHL had to take control of the franchise in 2009 after then owner Jerry Moyles filed for bankruptcy...
Then you have the Florida Panthers...1. Florida does not need, or deserve 2 NHL Franchises...Tampa Bay has won a Stanley Cup, and made a great run through the Finals this year before losing to Chicago...They have a wealth of talent and are run well...You gotta leave them alone...(side note, the Cup winning Lightning team didn't get a chance to defend their title and build on their momentum, becase the following season was killed by a lockout)....But the Panthers, suck...They don't draw well...2012 was the first time they made the playoffs in 12 years...They had a run to the Stanley Cup finals in 1996, before they were swept by a much more talented Patrick Roy and Colorado Avalanche...But seriously, they make bad draft picks...Bad free-agency signings...and they don't draw...It's fucking Florida, how much damn hockey can that state really support!?!
So, you move these two franchise...In the last decade there have been too many NHL franchises that have struggled...Atlanta struggled horribly...What did they do...They moved them...got a team back to the good people of Winnipeg...Ottawa, and Buffalo are just getting back on track after some serious financial scares...And those are fucking hockey towns...
Now before anyone says Las Vegas...Fucking shut up...Please stop saying a franchise in Vegas would be great...It wouldn't...It would put players at a higher risk of getting into trouble...Both the home team and players visiting...What the fuck are you going to do on an off day in Vegas? Do some gambling, rack up huge debt...Get a couple hookers...They lace your 9th drink with something, post your little dick on Instagram while you're past out...Maybe they try to blackmail you, you snap take a swing at her phone, her face gets in the way...You're fucking locked up, and your team releases you when the news breaks...
Besides all those sweet ass possibilities, a franchise in Vegas would just flat-out fail...It will have a quick fling, and then pass...
Kansas City, OKC, Milwaukee are all talked about...Won't work in any of those cities...The great people of Milwaukee can't afford a NBA team and a NHL team...Kansas City is great to the Chiefs and Royals, but I don't think the have the NHL in them...
Quebec...Yeah, that could work...It makes perfectly good sense to get another team in Canada...You know it will be supported...
The other big one is Seattle...Seattle as a city can afford to slap up a state-of-the-art arena...The city's economy is great...And they people are starved for another major league franchise...They need to fill that gap between the Seahawks and Mariners...If you have time checkout this video about the Seattle Sounders fans...That's the MLS team...It's an incredible atmosphere...
The NHL expanding is a foolish money-grab move...Moving to a couple stronger markets is the right move...This expansion shit is stupid....
Fucking Vegas...What the fuck!
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