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Originally Posted by blankall
It's more than just the city. No one wants to be traded to the NYI. If you were living in a trendy place like Soho, you could get to Barclay's Center quicker than MSG. The franchise itself has a lot of appeal to hockey players.
They've only won one cup since the 1940s though. So it's hard to label them "competitive". The desirability of the team may work against them though. Having quality players constantly wanting to go there and fans always pouring in money may prevent a full scorched Earth rebuild.
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Well, Soho is about halfway between the two, about 15-20m each way and if you play in Brooklyn you may as well live in the DUMBO. But the rest of Manhattan > Brooklyn still IMO. Plus, like you say, NYI are not as competitive year over year as NYR has been lately. Plus they've moved arenas what, three times?