Potential Atlanta NHL Expansion Team Thread

[FlyguyOX]

Yessirrr lfg.

 

[sneakytitz]

Then I guess that means that if John Bardis is involved, he's involved with either the 3rd group OR Anson's. Can't see him not leveraging The Cooler into a practice facility if he is involved with Krause's group.

 

[FlyguyOX]

Then I guess that means that if John Bardis is involved, he's involved with either the 3rd group OR Anson's. Can't see him not leveraging The Cooler into a practice facility if he is involved with Krause's group.

Correct

 

[dj4aces]

Then I guess that means that if John Bardis is involved, he's involved with either the 3rd group OR Anson's. Can't see him not leveraging The Cooler into a practice facility if he is involved with Krause's group.

The issue I see with The Cooler, in its current state, is it'll need to be rebuilt or retrofit to meet NHL standards. Additionaslly, Atlanta being a new/returning market (all depends on perspective), I think the league and players alike will want to see brand new facilities, not something dredged up from the past.

Best thing would be for Bardis to keep The Cooler as a community rink, and build an actual NHL practice facility for whatever group he might be a part of, if said group wins the bid.

 

[nhlfan79]

The issue I see with The Cooler, in its current state, is it'll need to be rebuilt or retrofit to meet NHL standards. Additionaslly, Atlanta being a new/returning market (all depends on perspective), I think the league and players alike will want to see brand new facilities, not something dredged up from the past.

Best thing would be for Bardis to keep The Cooler as a community rink, and build an actual NHL practice facility for whatever group he might be a part of, if said group wins the bid.

No question. The place currently is a dump, even after recently rebuilding the red rink. Splitting the space with a separate adventure park isn't helping the ice quality. It's almost as if they're running it just well enough to get by, while they wait for another shoe to drop.