2013 NHL Off-Season Thread: Bluefan's Own Personal Crying Game!

[bluefan]

Dylan McCilrath is strong as fuck.

Why is there a picture of Ladd there?... Isn't that a NYR facility? Wait...is that trainer wearing a Jets t-shirt?

I don't understand D=

Also:

http://www.thescore.com/nhl/articles...-three-options

Teemu Selanne is spending a large part of his summer back in Finland, and is considering three separate options for the upcoming NHL season.
Selanne recently spoke to Finnish newspaper Iltalehti after an on-ice workout session, and stated that he is fully healthy but has yet to make a decision about coming back to the NHL for a 22nd season. Calling it `the biggest decision of my career`, Selanne said that he has three clear options in front of him: return to Anaheim, play for another NHL team, or retire.
One of the major factors in play is the opportunity to play for Finland at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, which Selanne admits to being ``interested in``.
The newspaper report concludes that all indications are that Selanne will indeed return to the NHL, but it`s interesting to note that he appears to be seriously thinking about options outside of Anaheim.

Clearly Winnipeg is the logical choice.

http://bostoncatholicinsider.files.w...n-its-ears.jpg

[bluefan]

Ohhh, I see. He's from Winnipeg lol.

[Callisto]

The NHL will have another team soon!

And by that I mean the Devils are broke as fuck and the NHL is going to assume operations of the team. New Jersey city council meetings here we come!

https://twitter.com/kuklaskorner/sta...78323763154944

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozan...evils-looming/

Let's talk about how a large northeastern market isn't a sustainable place to keep a hockey team

[Aragon of Odin]

Especially a team only 1 year removed from the Cup Finals, and have 2 cups under their belt this century.

[Thoronas]

But you guise Seattle is building a stadium.

http://gifmansion.com/GM/uploads/201...slyguispug.gif

Edit: Sounds like no one wants to host non-sporting events in Jersey which is killing them.

[Callisto]

Surprising to me, Prudential Center looks nice as fuck, but I don't really know anything about the geography/transportation there.

[bluefan]

Surprising to me, Prudential Center looks nice as fuck, but I don't really know anything about the geography/transportation there.

Yeah, I've always thought Prudential Center to be a nice rink from what I've seen on TV. It's surrounding area can't be worse than Winnipeg. Seriously, nothing will be worse than downtown Winnipeg haha.

[Callisto]

Downtown Vancouver might be worse, at least that one time when it was on fire

[Aragon of Odin]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=429396

Apparently there's a couple buyers interested in the Devils and they won't be moving anywhere.

[Callisto]

I recall hearing something similar about the Coyotes a few years back

[Obsidian]

The Coyotes still haven't moved, either.

[vagus]

Id laugh if the devils move to Seattle. Ginger Jesus vs. Luuuu 7 times a season for the next 15 years. Lol.

[Ishido]

It's not even a team in dire circumstances, $230 mil in debt is a lot but shouldn't be a big deal for a team. In this case the owner just doesn't give a shit and won't pay any of the debt settlement money he owes.

Key word here is shouldn't though, it's very possible that they're financially boned and that will repulse all buyers like the Yotes situation did. Either way, let relocation talk run wild!

[Aragon of Odin]

Apparently the owner still wants a minority claim in the Devils, and has been a fan and had season tickets to them before he took over ownership.

[Palin]

Eh no real different than the Stars situation a few years back. Team doesn't suck, just the owner. They'll get new ownership in a year or two and be fine.

Also the Rock is nice as fuck. It's a great arena.

[Callisto]

Apparently the owner still wants a minority claim in the Devils, and has been a fan and had season tickets to them before he took over ownership.

Yeah I think he was just a rich fan who had no goddamn idea how to run a team.

[Ishido]

Sports suck I want Sprots back

[Aragon of Odin]

It's not even a team in dire circumstances, $230 mil in debt is a lot but shouldn't be a big deal for a team. In this case the owner just doesn't give a shit and won't pay any of the debt settlement money he owes.

According to Forbes, the AVG NHL team is only worth $282M, and of 30 teams, there's only 9 teams who are worth more than the avg, and only 3 teams are worth more than $500M. The Devils are listed as being worth $205M, so being $230M in debt seems like a lot, at least the way I'm viewing it anyways.

[bluefan]

Sports suck I want Sprots back

^

This! I refreshed and saw the spelling corrected.

http://www.raywenderlich.com/wp-cont...9/Rage-why.png

[Aksannyi]

Yeah not gonna lie the misspelling sort of makes it better. WE R BG WE LIEK SPROTS AND HACKEY AND VIDYA GAEMS.