Winnipeg to host a heritage classic

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

Outdoor games are a meh for me these days. They had worn off their novelty.

Unless they are having a game at some hot sunny location like Hawaii or Miami Beach.

or if the league decided to hold it in a place like Whitehorse, Resolute Bay or some other northern location where the cold and dark could make a real difference.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

or if the league decided to hold it in a place like Whitehorse, Resolute Bay or some other northern location where the cold and dark could make a real difference.

If they did a 'Mystery Alaska' style game with small attendance on a lake and made it PPV, that would be freaking awesome. Even if they didn't have it as a PPV, the publicity would be crazy.

[Poe969]

Sorry, I had to read this over a few times... It's just when I saw Winnipeg and classic in the same sentance, it didn't really make sense.

[Kaine]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

I'm saying the weather will be so cold that the ice will be bad. Did you not say that the ice will be good?

Knew I should have used green text, was implying that nothing, even something requiring cold weather is good about Winnipeg. I forget how poorly sarcasm translates over text.

Oh well, Winnipeg sucks.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

Outdoor games are a meh for me these days. They had worn off their novelty.

Unless they are having a game at some hot sunny location like Hawaii or Miami Beach.

How about LA?

Anyway, it was inevitable that Winnipeg would get one, but still somewhat surprising that all four western teams will host a game before the East.

2016 is interesting too. Does it indicate that the NHL will do a HC every other year?

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Anyway, it was inevitable that Winnipeg would get one, but still somewhat surprising that all four western teams will host a game before the East.

The outdoor Heritage Classic in the Skydome loses something, but at least Toronto isn't deluded enough to just go with it anyway (Hi, Vancvouver). Montreal doesn't have a suitable facility, unless the NHL doesn't mind debris crumbling onto the playing surface.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Baaarrden

I think the Heritage Classic is supposed to be between two Canadian teams, so I think it's doubtful you're going to see Phoenix or any other American team playing in it.

Well, the Winter classic was supposed to always be 2 American teams but here comes Toronto anyway.

[JonDuke]

This needs to happen for that game:

[SeeBass]

^^Yes!!! Want one for sure

[Flamescat]

Jets vs Yotes. Jets with the Classic Jets blues and the Yotes with the Whites.. or if you want to go old school reverse them for a true White out. Rope off a section of empty seats to represent the Phoenix fans.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Well, the Winter classic was supposed to always be 2 American teams but here comes Toronto anyway.

I don't think that either was ever truly defined that way, but it stands to reason that the NHL doesn't want to crush the American drawing interest of the WC with a "lesser" Canadian team. Toronto or Montreal could pull it off. None of the other five could. The NHL resurrected the HC to give Canadian teams - which were very loudly complaining to the league - an outdoor game of their own. A Phoenix-Winnipeg HC would make a lot of sense because it would still sell big in Canada, and it gives the Coyotes the chance to participate in an outdoor game. We all know that city will never host one and they aren't enough of a draw to be involved in the Winter Classic.

[Tyler]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

We all know that city will never host one and they aren't enough of a draw to be involved in the Winter Classic.

Au contraire.

There is a strong movement afoot in Glendale to host the Winter Classic in conjunction with the 2015 Superbowl.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Tyler

Au contraire.

There is a strong movement afoot in Glendale to host the Winter Classic in conjunction with the 2015 Superbowl.

Dont you kind of have to have 'Winter' first?

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Tyler

Au contraire.

There is a strong movement afoot in Glendale to host the Winter Classic in conjunction with the 2015 Superbowl.

Doubt they get the Winter Classic, think they likely would get a stadium series game though (similar to New York this year).

Following the Super Bowl around actually isn't a terrible idea for the NHL to drive some deeper visibility, and pretty much the entire World's sports media is in the Super Bowl city during Super Bowl week.

Have to wonder if they NHL would look at a neutral site Stadium Series game during those years when the Super Bowl is not in an NHL city.

[lazypucker]

Does the NHL have plans to have games played in Europe anymore? It will be great if they do an outdoor game at Wembley or the Olympicstadion in Berlin or other major soccer stadiums over there.

[Tyler]

Originally Posted by Locke

Dont you kind of have to have 'Winter' first?

I think the league will have to evaluate that. I mean, how many of the teams don't effectively have 'Winter'? Do we automatically exlude them forever and just keep it to the northern teams? I don't think the league would want to push for that type of exclusion.

Not to mention the HUGE appeal that a 'winter classic' in Phoenix would have.

[saskflames69]

http://www.tsn.ca/no-heritage-classi...atoon-1.187741

Looks like the Heritage Classic will not be played in Winnipeg in 2016. They are hoping to have it in 2017 instead.

OT but, they're giving us the Oilers and Wild? What the ####. I guess the Flames are too good to play preseason games here.

[Locke]

Dont you need some Heritage to have a Heritage 'Classic?'

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by saskflames69

OT but, they're giving us the Oilers and Wild? What the ####.

Just because you're stuck in Sasatchewan doesn't mean our team should be subjected to traveling there.

[Jordan!]

AHAHAHAHAHA, it's too cold in Winnipeg