Comments on: We don’t want to play there.. but you can stop blaming your ice now..

By: NorwegianOiler

NorwegianOiler — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:56:49 +0000

I think it is rather obvious that the biggest factor of the equation is winning – otherwise I’d suspect that a city like Detroit would be much lower on the list of desirable locations. And, with the opportunity to compare near-identical locations such as NYI/NYR, SJS/LAK/ANA, etc – it becomes clear that the chance of success plays a larger part than location itself. In addition, some teams are sure to attract players by reputation rather than merit (at least lately), such as NYR.

Build a winner from within and the spare parts will become available as a result. A slight disadvantage in terms of weather/travel will probably always be there (do you want to win in E-town or Vancouver, for example). Still, there are factors like player relationships, contracts, staff and fans.
Who wants a fairy that can’t handle -40 for a while?

By: Racki

Racki — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:28:12 +0000

I had the day off (EDO), not sure about Steve-O.

But yah, Toronto joins us in our failures, and well, you would think that Toronto has a lot of the stuff (as a city) that we lack here that would attract players… so no, it’s not the city itself, folks.

By: Trogdor

Trogdor — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:26:20 +0000

Haha, I like hearing that the players and not just the fans think Toronto could use an NHL team too.

Racki, you and Steve-O take a snow day today?