NHL to Atlanta odds just increased significantly

[AKL]

My biggest shocker was when I was talking to Canadian buddies and they had no idea a thrasher was a bird (that I see all the time outside my house I’ll add)


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My personal favorite jersey they had followed by the powder blue

That one and this one are still two of my favorite jerseys all time for any team

 

[paulmm3]

I'm in Salt Lake and would love a team here but man the league really doesn't need more teams and more talent dilution

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

That one and this one are still two of my favorite jerseys all time for any team

I have that same jersey (minus the sig..I'm jealous)!

 

[Drytoast]

Lame

 

[dj4aces]

That one and this one are still two of my favorite jerseys all time for any team

I have a blank powder blue, and this one. Yeah, it's the "basketball style" one, but it reminded me of the old sweater I couldn't afford at the time.

Good times.

 

[Three On Zero]

Welcome back Atlanta, may your expansion brothers in Utah also find success

Let’a have a new name though, Thrashers has too much bad juju

 

[bigoleterry]

Stick to baseball. Hockey doesn't work in Atlanta. Never has, never will.

what a dumb boomer attitude you have

 

[nowhereman]

There's an old saying in Tennessee: "Fool me once, shame on you. You fool me, you can't get fooled again".

 

[abax44]

The Hockey Guy made a video where we got 4 new teams. Salt Lake City in the West, Houston in the Central, Atlanta in the Metro, and Quebec City in the Atlantic. I would support that idea if that's how it came about.

If they're gonna bother doing it, might as well keep that numbers even. Not 9 here, 8 there.

 

[KovalchukFistPump]

Boy I can’t wait for my team to have less of a chance to win the whole thing…

 

[LuckyDay]

oh yay, more expansion

just what the NHL needs, more teams to water down the product even more

This complaint from NHL fans sounds familiar...

https://www.cbc.ca/archives/pro-hockey-once-had-two-leagues-and-that-couldn-t-last-1.5042325

 

[Golden_Jet]

I want to see the NHL expand to 4 new cities at the same time just to see how chaotic a 4 team expansion draft would be.

and your team would probably lose 3 players and a top prospect if that were to happen.

 

[HisIceness]

Hell yeah I want to meet Ludacris behind the bench at a Hockey game in Atlanta, that would rule

 

[FMichael]

Ridiculous, this city have already fails twice with the NHL, give a chance to Houston or even Salt Lake City. Even Quebec would be a better option right now.

When considering everything that's going on in AZ...I'm thinking anything can happen - especially when considering the BoG loves expansion fees.

 

[the valiant effort]

Welcome to your new average 2nd line!

 

[BattleBorn]

I can't see any expansion happening while Arizona is Arizona.

Perhaps I've been outside of the BoH bubble too long, but this doesn't seem like a piece of expansion news.

 

[abax44]

FlyguyOX has 3466 posts, half of them in this thread.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

My biggest shocker was when I was talking to Canadian buddies and they had no idea a thrasher was a bird (that I see all the time outside my house I’ll add)


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My personal favorite jersey they had followed by the powder blue

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That home jersey is perfect. The blue just pops. The Atlanta sleeve is an unique design element (in a good way). Slap a different logo if they must, but retain the rest.

 

[CherryToke]

Are there even enough RHD to support another team?

 

[HajdukSplit]

Can understand why the NHL wants to go back, too big of a media market to ignore and just growing. But that city has the most fair weather fans when it comes to their pro teams. This supposed new team will need to hit the ground running in terms of success. Look at their MLS team, instant success and could fill a NFL sized stadium in decent numbers

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Boy I can’t wait for my team to have less of a chance to win the whole thing…

Literally half the league makes the playoffs.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

I can't see any expansion happening while Arizona is Arizona.

Perhaps I've been outside of the BoH bubble too long, but this doesn't seem like a piece of expansion news.

They've already had expansion while Arizona is Arizona.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Can understand why the NHL wants to go back, too big of a media market to ignore and just growing. But that city has the most fair weather fans when it comes to their pro teams. This supposed new team will need to hit the ground running in terms of success. Look at their MLS team, instant success and could fill a NFL sized stadium in decent numbers

Braves have been 4th-5th in MLB attendance last few years. Crappy Hawks was 100% filled last year (think they're something like 95% this year). And you mention the MLS team which has set North American soccer attendance records.

 

[PaulD]

Watered down league gets even more watered down.

Heard today on Sirius . " Dont know how how the Bruins are doing it with that line up" After Pastrnak, Marchand and McCavoy the roster up is pretty bland" First place over all.

Legit question on its face. But it shouldn't be so surprising. All the teams have a pretty big fall of after the top 4 or 5 players. Thats who the Bruins are playing against after all. Insider after Insider reports the same thing on every team "would like to add a top six forwards, need a two top four dmen , goalies are sparce and may teams are looking to upgrade in net. A bona-fide second line center. etc etc etc.

32 teams is more than enough........No need to strain the talent pool any thinner.
Other than $$$$ grab. So we know they will .
Atlanta again ? lol !

 

[Homesick]

Ridiculous, this city have already fails twice with the NHL, give a chance to Houston or even Salt Lake City. Even Quebec would be a better option right now.

Still.more successful than ARI