NHL 2012-13 - Half Season Thread
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Eomer
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ugh, that's awful what happened, but I don't agree that it was a "vicious" play. The poor guy who broke his neck turned in to the guy beside him, who I don't think intended to send him flying like he did. It's not like he was run directly from behind. Shitty circumstances all around.
Merrith
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Even though it will be much tougher for us to get to the playoffs every year, glad to have a lot of our old rivalries back again.Nhlpa agrees to realignment. Clearly, next year the east is best and the west is a bunch of fags
Eomer
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I just wonder how that all plays out if/when Quebec gets a team, to say nothing of a second Toronto area team, or Kansas City if that ever happens. There's really only one potential target for expansion in the West in Seattle. So will Columbus or Detroit be booted back West again at some point? If the league ends up at 32 teams, even with Seattle I would think that one of them would have to end up in the Western 16.
Ishad
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Leafs lose but they played pretty good and was a decent game overall.
Fraser punched out Mcquaid so Bruins kept their shenanigans to a minimum after that.
Fraser punched out Mcquaid so Bruins kept their shenanigans to a minimum after that.
Eomer
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Quebec is getting a team, without question. They'll have the arena in 2 years. They're the most attractive market without a hockey team currently, outside of the Toronto area. Far more attractive than Seattle or KC, by a mile. Whether they get an expansion team or a relocated one is really the only question.
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Grimmlokk
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I know this board is full of West coast bitches, but I hope you guys are making time to watch Pens games lately. Because win or lose they are crazy entertaining. I wish they were less so, but man fun is fun.
Merrith
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Welcome to my life, '09-10 style. Fortunately Halak can do his early round playoff heriocs against Chicago this year so you should be fine.
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It's up for reevaluation in the 14/15 season I think. That happens to be when the Quebec, Toronto and Seattle arenas will be ready. I see them expanding by 2 teams then. Quebec will definitely get a team, I doubt we will see a second team in Toronto.
I wonder which team will move back west.
Eomer
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Actually, there's a clause that if there's any expansion, it gets re-evaluated immediately. Not sure about relocations, but I would imagine in that case as well. I really doubt that the NHL is going to move any teams, with the slight possibility of Phoenix. The rest of the Southern teams seem to have reasonably stable ownership, at least as far as I know. The league wants to get it's hands on some sweet expansion cash, so I think it's likely that the new teams in Seattle and Quebec will be simple expansions. In which case, Detroit or Columbus will have to move back to make a 16 team West.
But who knows.
But who knows.