Holy Crap, NHL to bring in Two new Western expansion teams

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

I grabbed this from HFboards:

On Primetime Sports today, Bob McCown said there is a story that the NHL is about to announce two new *Western* expansion cities and that the meetings have already taken place. They speculated that the cities are Las Vegas and Kansas City. Also of note was that Winnipeg was rejected.

Fast forward to the 16:45 mark.


LINK UPDATED: http://www.fan590.com/mediaplayer/audioplayer.jsp?mediaFile=http://qml.quiettouch.com/files/audio/podcasts/fan590/pts/pt s_2007-06-01.mp3

http://sabresfans.proboards66.com/index.cgi?board=Sabres&action=display&thread=1180768447

Detroit and Columbus moving to the Eastern Conf. :idunno: stay tuned

[Michael82]

:rofl: If this is true, then the NHL will NEVER learn! :shakeno:


If anything, they should be shrinking a bit...not getting bigger. Hell, get rid of some of the southern markets that don't come close to selling out tickets....

[BlackMetalNinja]

Bob McCown said there is a story

Seriously... what is with all the unsubstantiated crap you are posting lately. You've made the Sabres section worse than the damn BZ at this point. Someone saying they heard something is not news, so quit posting it like it is.

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

Seriously... what is with all the unsubstantiated crap you are posting lately. You've made the Sabres section worse than the damn BZ at this point. Someone saying they heard something is not news, so quit posting it like it is.

don't you read the subtitle I said it was from SabresFans.com here's the link go read it yourself
http://sabresfans.proboards66.com/index.cgi?board=Sabres&action=display&thread=1180768447

also I found it on HFboards
http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=385287&highlight=expansion+teams

2 :link:'s for you go read it for yourself.

[Dozerdog]

Links to what?


Somebody posts junk on a message board.

Someone else reads it and posts it again on a message board. 2 Links? Hahahahah, Maybe I'll post on two boards that the NHL will start building robots to replace more expensive players. Then it will be true! :up:


Got anything from a MEDIA or LEAGUE source?

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

http://www.fan590.com/mediaplayer/audioplayer.jsp?mediaFile=http://qml.quiettouch.com/files/audio/podcasts/fan590/pts/pts_2007-06-01.mp3

FFWD to the 16:45 mark

[Dozerdog]

That was the biggest waste of my time in my life.


LW- please try to figure out how to discern what is an actual news item fact (Who, what, where, when, how) and attributed to a source and what is speculation by a bunch of talking heads like Zig Fercosi or these dopes.


Funny- even this "Story" they brought up names zero sources, zero names, and they don't even prove Las Vegas or KC are the cities .."The most likely cities..."

I can't wait for tomorrow when a caller from Cheecktowaga on WGR-550 announces Patrick Kane will hold out unless he's drafted by the Sabres.... it will be a headline on the forum

[BlackMetalNinja]

all I can say in response to this is...

"yeah... and monkeys might fly outta my butt!"

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PARTY ON DUDE!

[Philagape]

all I can say in response to this is...

"yeah... and monkeys might fly outta my butt!"

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PARTY ON DUDE!

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[SabreEleven]

The talent in the NHL is already watered down enough without this crap.

[snow1989]

...and besides...Las Vegas has a difficult time 'wooing' any of the major league sports because of the sports betting.....causes too many issues of 'what ifs' if there's too close a game or a loss that shouldn't have been....is why the NFL and MLB will never touch it....and I seriously doubt the NHL would either

[Dozerdog]

...and besides...Las Vegas has a difficult time 'wooing' any of the major league sports because of the sports betting.....causes too many issues of 'what ifs' if there's too close a game or a loss that shouldn't have been....is why the NFL and MLB will never touch it....and I seriously doubt the NHL would either


I'm not buying the gambling aspect keeping the NHL out. You can legally bet on any sport in Canada through the lottery- so why not in vegas?

[SABURZFAN]

i don't think Vegas will get a team.you have people working ALL hours of the day which prevents people from attending.it would be nice to have here but i don't think it would work.

JMO

[Typ0]

:rofl: If this is true, then the NHL will NEVER learn! :shakeno:


If anything, they should be shrinking a bit...not getting bigger. Hell, get rid of some of the southern markets that don't come close to selling out tickets....

I disagree the best thing the NHL could do is expand into new markets if they can afford it.

[jamze132]

:rofl: If this is true, then the NHL will NEVER learn! :shakeno:


If anything, they should be shrinking a bit...not getting bigger. Hell, get rid of some of the southern markets that don't come close to selling out tickets....
That would be a bad idea. The Bills can't sellout all of there games either.

[JD]

so this is all bs? good.

move nashville to KC, their arena is sickkkkkk!

[LABillsFan]

That was the biggest waste of my time in my life.


LW- please try to figure out how to discern what is an actual news item fact (Who, what, where, when, how) and attributed to a source and what is speculation by a bunch of talking heads like Zig Fercosi or these dopes.


Funny- even this "Story" they brought up names zero sources, zero names, and they don't even prove Las Vegas or KC are the cities .."The most likely cities..."

I can't wait for tomorrow when a caller from Cheecktowaga on WGR-550 announces Patrick Kane will hold out unless he's drafted by the Sabres.... it will be a headline on the forum

Patrick Kane said that? Really? Why wasn't a thread started?

[Myers57]

i told you he was a tool...

i'm never reading any of your posts again

[Earthquake Enyart]

Since the owners can't get any money from TV, it's not beyond the realm of possiblility that some old time guys like Dollar Bill Wurtz figure they can get some quick cash through expansion.

[Michael82]

Since the owners can't get any money from TV, it's not beyond the realm of possiblility that some old time guys like Dollar Bill Wurtz figure they can get some quick cash through expansion.
then they should add a couple more Canadian teams or maybe some more northern teams. Adding more teams where it is warm doesn't make sense. :shakeno:

[Bill Brasky]

...and besides...Las Vegas has a difficult time 'wooing' any of the major league sports because of the sports betting.....causes too many issues of 'what ifs' if there's too close a game or a loss that shouldn't have been....is why the NFL and MLB will never touch it....and I seriously doubt the NHL would either

i heard the nba all-star game was a great success out there. no problems whatsoever.

/sarcasm off

[Michael82]

i heard the nba all-star game was a great success out there. no problems whatsoever.

/sarcasm off
:roflmao:

[BillsSabresB.C.T. Fan]

for people who groaned at me about starting this get ready to take them back

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirmed that the league has been in discussions with powerful film and television producer Jerry Bruckheimer about owning a franchise in Las Vegas, amid growing speculation that the NHL is on the verge of proposing expansion to Las Vegas and K.C.

http://sportsbusinessdaily.com/index.cfm?storyid=SBD2007060613&requesttimeout=500&fuseaction=sbd.main

[L.A. Playa]

i heard the nba all-star game was a great success out there. no problems whatsoever.

/sarcasm off

last time i checked hockey doesnt attract gang bangers

[LABillsFan]

for people who groaned at me about starting this get ready to take them back

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirmed that the league has been in discussions with powerful film and television producer Jerry Bruckheimer about owning a franchise in Las Vegas, amid growing speculation that the NHL is on the verge of proposing expansion to Las Vegas and K.C.

http://sportsbusinessdaily.com/index.cfm?storyid=SBD2007060613&requesttimeout=500&fuseaction=sbd.main

From your link.

"Bruckheimer is one of many people we have spoken to about their desire to own a team in Vegas." Daly added that "no decisions have been made" by the NHL BOG about expanding the league from 30 to 32 teams and that "there's no 'agreement' with anyone" to own an expansion team.


If that wasn't enough here is an excerpt from their editorial mission.

"Each day, in an effort to cut through the clutter and save our clients precious time, SportsBusiness Daily monitors hundreds of respected media sources – daily metropolitan newspapers; weekly business journals; the top sports, business and news periodicals; sports, news and business television and radio shows; and some of the industry's leading Internet publications."

Do you know what this means? It means they report things they read in other papers.

[LABillsFan]

last time i checked hockey doesnt attract gang bangers

Did you see who attended game 2? Snoop Dog.