08-26-2014, 06:42 PM
|
#1
|
|
Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
|
Update: NHL green lights season-ticket drive for Las Vegas
http://www.theprovince.com/sports/To...984/story.html
Quote:
|
Sources close to the situation have indicated Las Vegas is a done deal, the only thing to be determined being which owner will be entitled to proclaim that he brought the first major league sports franchise to Sin City.
|
update:
Bill Daly talks about Vegas as an expansion city:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/282230571.html
Pierre LeBrun @Real_ESPNLeBrun
Bettman says potential Vegas owner Bill Foley has been given the green light to generate season-ticket drive to see what interest there is
Last edited by sureLoss; 12-08-2014 at 04:02 PM.
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 06:46 PM
|
#3
|
|
Celebrated Square Root Day
|
I don't even care if it's bound to fail or anything. As a Canadian, having NHL hockey in Vegas is awesome.
Any chance they start next season, or would it have to be 2016/17 at this point?
|
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 06:49 PM
|
#4
|
|
Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by flameswin
Any chance they start next season, or would it have to be 2016/17 at this point?
|
Not sure if there if Las Vegas has a temporary arena that is suitable, but the one being built by MGM and AEG won't be finished til 2016
|
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 06:50 PM
|
#5
|
|
Franchise Player
|
I always thought Vegas would be a good idea. They have a large tourist base which can probably drive ticket sales. I would think that the stadium would have to be on or very near the strip though. Which resort will step to the plate and incorporate a rink? I wonder what sort of spectacle the Vegas organization puts together for intermissions.
I would certainly plan a trip around a Flames game.
|
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 06:51 PM
|
#6
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
|
My reply from the other thread:
Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
If they do go to Vegas/elsewhere, they'll likely do the expansion like they did the last time, where they announced the teams all at once, but they didn't start playing until their arenas were built and open.
The new arena behind the NYNY and Monte Carlo casinos is scheduled to open in the spring of 2016. If this does happen, I'd expect the team to start play in the 2016-17 season.
http://www.arenalasvegas.com/about/v...struction.aspx
Something that occurred to me just last week is that this is the longest the NHL has gone without a expansion since the league first expanded from 6 to 12 teams in 1967. The league had 21 teams from the 1979-80 season through the 1990-91 season (12 seasons). The NHL has been at 30 teams since 2000-01. Even if you exclude the lockout year, this will be the 14th season of a 30 team NHL.
The 2016-17 season will be the NHL's centennial, so expanding the league makes sense for that season too. |
__________________
Turn up the good, turn down the suck!
|
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 06:54 PM
|
#7
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
|
The writing was on the wall when they divided up the conferences with only 14 teams in the West. I can't see how Las Vegas deserves a team over Quebec City though.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Vulcan For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 06:58 PM
|
#8
|
|
#1 Goaltender
|
Vegas seems like the perfect place to help give the league more exposure. Steady stream of people from all over the USA and world flowing through every week.
|
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:02 PM
|
#9
|
|
Uncle Chester
|
I hope Calgary leaves Wideman and Jones unprotected in the expansion draft.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to SportsJunky For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:03 PM
|
#10
|
|
First Line Centre
|
So team names?
gamblers?
Strippers?
51ers?
Saucers?
Heat?
Wranglers (their echl team name)?
|
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:04 PM
|
#11
|
|
Franchise Player
|
As a flames fan living in bc it's probably going to be cheaper for me to go to Vegas to see the flames play rather than calgary. Granted that's as long as I stay away from the tables.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to kyuss275 For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:04 PM
|
#12
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
|
Sounds like Las Vegas and Seattle may be the 2 missing Western teams.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Komskies For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:08 PM
|
#13
|
|
Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by SportsJunky
I hope Calgary leaves Wideman and Jones unprotected in the expansion draft.
|
brings up the question if a player with a NMC (i.e. Wideman) can even be exposed to an expansion draft
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to sureLoss For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:11 PM
|
#14
|
|
Uncle Chester
|
The Cheetahs?
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 8 Users Say Thank You to SportsJunky For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:23 PM
|
#15
|
|
Lifetime Suspension
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
brings up the question if a player with a NMC (i.e. Wideman) can even be exposed to an expansion draft
|
I'm going to guess that.
NMC = NO
NTC = YES
|
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:25 PM
|
#16
|
|
First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Calgary
|
Man I hope this happens!
|
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:26 PM
|
#17
|
|
Scoring Winger
|
I hope they expand into 2 markets at the same time so we can balance out the conferences.
|
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:30 PM
|
#18
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by CubicleGeek
I hope they expand into 2 markets at the same time so we can balance out the conferences.
|
most people think Seattle will come in at the same time
|
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:32 PM
|
#19
|
|
First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: TEXAS!!
|
I am super stoked about the idea of an expansion draft.
It's like an advanced stats geek's wet dream.
__________________
I am a lunatic whose world revolves around hockey and Oilers hate.
|
|
|
|
|
08-26-2014, 07:33 PM
|
#20
|
|
In the Sin Bin
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by SportsJunky
I hope Calgary leaves Wideman and Jones unprotected in the expansion draft.
|
Honestly, posts like this only degrade the quality of this forum.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 10 Users Say Thank You to Resolute 14 For This Useful Post:
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 02:17 AM.
|
|
