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Post by WJG on Feb 8, 2011 22:36:24 GMT -5
McKenzie won't say it, even if it's what he's thinking.
He (and Dreger) pride themselves on being "insiders", probably due to having contact with league officials. I doubt those contacts would be pleased if McKenzie propagated the notion of the Thrashers relocating.
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Post by bcmike on Feb 8, 2011 23:43:40 GMT -5
The canes just beat the thrashers in ot so the 2 teams are now tied for the 8th spot, with the thrashers on a steady decline and the canes and other teams starting to climb up the odds of atlanta mkaing the playoffs arent looking great. Maybe uncertainty and rumours are starting to be a distraction? |
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Post by Conan on Feb 9, 2011 1:59:57 GMT -5
Why would a team dump Bogosian? Even if they were moving, that would make no sense to trade a young talent like that who's still on an entry-level contract.
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Post by selanne405 on Feb 13, 2011 21:00:12 GMT -5
Atlanta just lost a crucial match with carolina and now sit in 9th place in the east 2 points away from the canes and 1 more game played. Buffalo is breathing down their neck just 2 points behind, Florida and even Toronto arent too far back either. Playoff chances are getting worst for them so perhaps that could cause a relocation annoucment to come sooner rather than later...
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Post by wt on Feb 13, 2011 21:10:50 GMT -5
As far as Atlanta goes, they would wait until they have played their last game.
I really don't think anybody wants to see attendance in Atlanta drop even further. Its an unnecessary expense.
Maybe even after the playoffs are complete all together, so not to draw attention away from the playoffs.
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Post by selanne405 on Feb 13, 2011 21:45:05 GMT -5
Sigh your probably right so we wont get an official announecment for a few months if it is the Thrashers. Oh well I guess I finally have to try and be patient.
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Post by wt on Feb 13, 2011 23:43:09 GMT -5
Of course if it is the Coyotes who are relocating, the NHL may make an announcement before the season completion. After all Glendonk has already agreed to cover all the teams loses, if they could not finding a buyer by the start of the season. With the Glendonk's agreement in place the league if free to make the change when it sees fit.
Of course once again I do not see the league wanting to draw attention away from the playoffs, so if it is not announced at least a couple weeks before the playoffs begin, it will likely be held in June.
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Post by neun on Feb 17, 2011 9:20:19 GMT -5
Why would a team dump Bogosian? Even if they were moving, that would make no sense to trade a young talent like that who's still on an entry-level contract. Thrasher fans are an extremely inpatient bunch. They saw how quickly Heatley and Kovalchuk developed and they grow tried of the long maturing process of Coburn. It's a similar situation today with Bogosian. Fans see the development of Kane and Burmistrov and compare them to Bogosian's. Those fans don't understand much about player development. Dman and goalie might require 4-6 years of grooming in the Junior- Minor League system, until they are ready for the NHL. I think the major problem in this discussion is the mediocre player development within the Thrashers franchise. How many Top6 forwards, Top4 Dman and #1 goalies were developed in the system? I count Pavelec and Lehtonen. The relationship between Atlanta and their Chicago Wolves team is the one reason why the Thrashers are in trouble. P.S. I registered here to check out the potential "new home" of the Thrashers. As a matter of fact, I'm a Thrasher fan but I don't have any attachments to the city of Atlanta or the region. |
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Post by selanne405 on Feb 19, 2011 18:13:26 GMT -5
The Thrashers just lost to Edmonton. There falling further from the playoffs every day.
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Post by sandemis on Mar 1, 2011 20:05:42 GMT -5
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Post by JimmyMann on Mar 1, 2011 22:54:57 GMT -5
11 156 announced attendance vs. the Habs tonight. That would be a hot ticket in Winnipeg.
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Post by sandemis on Mar 3, 2011 20:05:33 GMT -5
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Post by neufeld on Mar 4, 2011 15:39:10 GMT -5
Oh ya, remember these guys? Atlanta was sooo last week. Phoenix Coyotes To Winnipeg Rumors Take Canada's Attention Off Atlanta Thrashers by Laura Astorian • Mar 4, 2011 10:00 AM EST In a never-ending effort to jerk Winnipeg Jets fans around, Phoenix and Atlanta are vying for the position of the next to move northward - depending on what editorial you read and in what newspaper it appears in. Atlanta's getting some folks sniffing around the franchise and kicking the tires, thanks to the appealing situation of the fact that if Philips Arena and the Hawks are purchased with the Thrashers, the new owners don't have to worry about messy leases and issues with the city, and can also get a good stake in concerts and special events at the arena that bring in a ton of cash. Unfortunately, the Phoenix Coyotes don't have that luxury. What once looked like a solid situation with their new potential owner Matthew Hulsizer is now starting to look less clear - the bond ownership situation regarding the arena isn't working out as planned. From analysis of the situation by TSN's Bob McKenzie: The league is working overtime to overcome some issues with the sale of bonds that is critical to the transaction. It might work out. It might not. If it does, the sale is likely to proceed. If it doesn't, there are still some things the vested parties - Hulsizer, Glendale and the NHL - could do to salvage the transaction but there are no guarantees either. Time would appear to be a factor. Winnipeg, of course, is ready, willing and waiting for the NHL. It has an owner and an arena and all have already done their due diligence on the Coyotes from a year ago and it wouldn't take a lot to update that scenario. But if Phoenix should not turn out to be a viable option, perhaps Atlanta will. The Thrashers' current owners want out. That's no secret. But they are obliged by NHL by-laws to sell to local interests that, so far, have not materialized. But that's a dynamic that could still change. The point is, Atlanta hasn't gone through the reality of "the team might leave," scenario that generates momentum in the market to find a way to keep it there. Maybe that happens. Maybe it doesn't. Too early to say. Are you noticing a pattern here? Quite so. McKenzie is not a tabloid journalist. He isn't going to stir up unfounded speculation like some columnists who live out pipe dreams by making the Coyotes and the Stars suit up in their retro Jets and Northstars uniforms on NHL11. He has a valid point about the questions... the same ones around the Phoenix mess are popping up around the Atlanta ownership issues. The questions, though, are being dredged up by Canadian and northern US media outlets. Journalists have ignored in-depth reporting like what Phil Foley has done for the Examiner where he laid out point by point reasons as to why a move isn't coming any time soon. Does this mean that a move will never come? No one knows that. But honestly, to drum up rumors in columns - and for something by a usually outstanding hockey journalist, McKenzie's column lacks any substance - without at least a quick glance at reporters and writers who have done research, well, this seems irresponsible. Personally, I have always been in favor of Winnipeg (and Quebec City, for that matter) being first in line to get a team should the NHL expand again once the economy goes through an uptick. I miss having franchises in those cities, and I've always felt that a team almost belonged there. When you start stalking other cities' teams, though, to claim as your own, that makes sympathy for the fact that you lost your own team wane. Why in the world Winnipeg would ever want to wish the same heartache that they went through on fans in another team is beyond me. I'm starting to empathize with Travis Hair and the gang over at Five for Howling. In solidarity with our oft-rumored to be moving Western Conference brethren, might I suggest supporting them in the Stanley Cup playoffs should they make it and Atlanta not? atlanta.sbnation.com/2011/3/4/2029084/phoenix-coyotes-winnipeg-rumors-news |
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Post by Steener25 on Mar 7, 2011 15:47:59 GMT -5
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Post by lsl on Mar 7, 2011 15:55:29 GMT -5
Interesting when they show Waddell being interviewed all you see in the background are basketball pictures. |
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Post by slapshot on Mar 7, 2011 20:09:01 GMT -5
Interesting when they show Waddell being interviewed all you see in the background are basketball pictures. The same group that owns the Thrashers owns the NBA Hawks and has the operating rights to Philips. To your point, I'm pretty sure there are no hockey player banners hanging in the Arena anymore. They do have the inaugural banner, all star banner and one division banner hanging. Kincade is a local radio guy from Philly who now works for the Thrashers. He's been off an on with them. When he was off, he used to rip them on local radio. He thinks he's set them up with a guy to buy the Thrashers......we'll see. |
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Post by canadiensfan on Mar 18, 2011 9:15:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I really don't see the Thrashers being successful... They're probably gonna move, if not this year, the year after. I don't see them magically becoming profitable in a couple seasons because they have new owners.
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Post by swiper on Mar 29, 2011 14:19:17 GMT -5
who in their left mind is dumb enough to buy a franchise and keep it in a market where clearly the existing owners want out, and continue to lose money ?
you can't make money by losing it , year after year
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Post by JimmyMann on Mar 29, 2011 18:44:21 GMT -5
Kane would look great 41 nights a year at MTSC.
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Post by trebendan on Apr 6, 2011 18:23:07 GMT -5
Bob Irving, on the CJOB sports show, just said (about 6:20 pm - Apr 6th/11) that he heard the local group(s) interested in Atlanta have backed off because of the terrible situation the Thrashers are in.
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