RowdyFan42

Well, it's not good. But from the sounds of it Hansen isn't ready to give up buying the Kings yet. They have also made some headway into the new arena and he might not walk away so fast.

So at this point the arena is happening no matter what? I suppose that's a positive sign for the NHL's prospects in Seattle, although you'd still need an owner and, as fiesty said, the Hansen/Ballmer group won't be all that interested in trying to bring in the Coyotes (or any other team) without first having an NBA team in hand.

i really wish that NJ would have their own ECHL team again.

I don't disagree, but on the other hand, Trenton JUST folded. Granted, the Devils probably killed that market their Trenton Devils experiment, but a revived Titans with a Flyers affiliation couldn't make it either. Would you make another go of it in Trenton and hope for the best, or would you try somewhere else, like Atlantic City?

following in the footsteps of Lou Lamierello is a very big job. i don't know WHO can succeed him with success.

Depends on how you define "success".

That said, it's probably better to be the guy who replaces the guy who comes after Lou rather than the guy who replaces Lou.

Liked him till he told Zach he made a great choice signing with Minny as the crowds there are great every night and it was Brians favorite place to play during his career.

I'm sorry but are you all celebrating winky who was abysmal in his return and was the same player who told Parise he'd be stunned at the difference in fan intensity in Minnesota compared to sh!tty jersey?

He should've retired years ago before polluting our team for a second time

Ah, I see the butthurt is still strong here...

Ugh, i hate hearing stuff like this.  like when espn uses events like the bombings into sports.  like if the celtics would've won their series, it would've all been like "the celtics won it for the bombing victims."
 
i don't wanna sound insensitive but do you honestly think that winning hockey games could make the victims of a bombing feel better?

Agreed. Not that I'm rooting *against* the Bruins, but this whole "tragedy bandwagon" thing is getting really old, really fast. And speaking as a Red Sox fan, we've already got way too many bandwagoners, we sure don't need any more.

And when did that start, BTW? Because I don't remember a nationwide pull for the Yankees in 2001, though I do remember being surprised that it wasn't happening. I suppose it would have turned out that way had they won, though. And it's a good thing it wasn't turned the other way around, that people who were rooting for the Diamondbacks (like me) weren't called traitors or terrorists or anything like that.