Cern

From what I've seen, they have been dropping a fair bit. Whatever the case, they're inevitably going to be more used to it.

Mind-bogglingly, Anaheim in mid-May produces s***ty ice.

Yeah, because he probably didn't bring that up in the first intermission...

Christ, nobody on this team can finish.

HELM, WHAT A HIT

Wow, we actually get a power play?

Oh sure, because Downey can singlehandedly stop 20 guys.

TSN is streaming it online, dunno if you need a Canadian proxy for it though

Uh, no. Perhaps strictly in its city centre - but if we're measuring that for the viability of a team the Carolina Hurricanes have no buisness whatsoever being in existence in Raleigh. A big part of what would make Hamilton viable is that you have a handful of other small cities in close proximity - though a prospective team would be centered in Hamilton it would draw in Kitchener, Waterloo, London, as well as some of the outer reaches of the GTA, perhaps even Windsor. And to say that the Golden Horseshoe has less economic viability than Winnipeg is laughable, Hamilton is right down the door from the biggest economic hotbed in the entire country. The biggest 'obstacle' geographically speaking would be Toronto, but the Leafs in and of themselves are incapable of stopping a potential move. There would probably be payments made to the Leafs for territorial encroachment, but Basillie is already offering something like triple the price of the Coyotes actual worth, an extra few million to keep the Leafs happy is going to be pocket change for him.

Where would a team in Seattle play, though? Key Arena's hockey capacity is even less than Copps. Portland could be a better fit, though. It has a larger arena and wouldn't be in close proximity to the Canucks. Don't get me wrong, there's a ton of potential for untapped American markets, but as I mentioned before a small number of the league's teams make up a massive proportion of the League's revenue, and it is geographic. Canada and the Northern US *is* where the League's money is. There are successful Southern franchises out there (namely Dallas) but the Coyotes aren't doing a thing for the League in their current situation. I could definitely visualize Hamilton working as an NHL market, but you don't hear about similar drives being made elsewhere since AFAIK there hasn't been any prospective buyers popping up to say "Hey, I'll give the league 200mil if they'll let me put a team in Wisconsin or Portland or wherever". All it takes is someone with enough money to throw a few words to the media but for whatever reason it hasn't seemed to surface in the States.

I am. The Wings eased back at the end of that period but they're the kings of the 3rd period.

er, it's happened before. With Atlanta's former franchise, at that.

damn, who is this?

Famous last words by the last two teams to play the Hurricanes... I feel bad for my mom though, she's really gotten behind Ovie these playoffs :<

I'm not too happy about it. Boston's my dad's team so they're essentially my eastern team. Plus I'd love to see a Detroit-Boston final.

MAn, my dad's crushed

They don't do the free Arby's thing here of course, but damn, had Franzen or Hossa scored in the third I'd have *bought* a sandwich.

If scoring goals bores you to tears, ditch hockey altogether and watch MMA. The Wings are the most offensive prolific team in the league, calling it 'soccer on ice' is laughably misguided.

Well, the Lidstrom jersey stays on for the rest of the playoffs.

OCTOPUS

lolololol

lol, bye bye Hiller.

We don't get the free Arby's thing here of course, but if Franzen or Hossa scores in the next 20 minutes I'll freaking BUY a sandwich.

HOSSA DOES SOMETHING!