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  1. I’m saying they’re not being booted out of the arena like the Thrashers so they don’t need to rush into a less than ideal market.
  2. Who said anything about staying 3 or 4 more years? Stop responding to a strawman.
  3. They are not going to move to Quebec just because they have an open arena. If they were okay waiting multiple years in Mullett Arena already, they’re not going to pack up and leave to a market they are not sold on just because they were aware might fail failed. They clearly had contingencies in place.
  4. Yup. And I’m sure the fans in Saskatchewan would be extremely passionate and dedicated as well. But there are more factors to what makes an NHL calibre market, and unfortunately Winnipeg barely makes it due to those. Saskatchewan would have no chance.
  5. Not the worst option. Better than Arizona and most of the other cities proposed. I still think the league has their eye on Houston though.
  6. There was a legitimate attempt to move the Blues to Saskatchewan back in the day. Obviously it’s ridiculous now but Saskatoon isn’t that far behind Winnipeg or Quebec in market viability either.
  7. If they have an owner they like in Houston and an arena they’re satisfied with sure. I’m just saying they aren’t going to hastily pack up and move to Saskatoon because their arena fell through. They will move, but it won’t be some middle of the night emergency. They will be deliberate in where they go. Broseidon, that was going to happen regardless duderino. The only difference is they’ll be going to a new market instead of staying in Phoenix. If they move this off-season it will be because they already had something there. Radical.
  8. I don’t know, but it’s irrelevant. They’re not going to hastily move to a market they don’t want to be in just to get out of an arena they were already okay with.
  9. I don’t think it’s going to be a dead of night move. The only reason the Jets moved is because they got kicked out and had nowhere to go, Winnipeg had a waiting arena. They can stay at Mullett arena for the next few seasons which they were going to do anyway. The only difference is they’re almost certainly going to go to a new city afterwards as opposed to simply a new arena.
  10. They still have an agreement with ASU. They’re going to stay there until they find a new home.
  11. Also, we’re not celebrating it “like a Canucks win.” Nobody is going out in the street waving their flags or honking their horns because the Leafs lost. We’re discussing the playoffs. Most people don’t like the Leafs, so most are going to be happy they lost. Just like when the Oilers or Flames or whoever lose. The only difference is when another team loses there isn’t a bunch of people crawling out of the woodwork crying about the poor hard done by Oilers/Flames/Bruins/whatever like they do the Leafs.
  12. You are. You’re entering a thread discussing the results of a 2nd round playoff series bewildered that people are laughing at the loser. If somebody made a thread out of the blue about how much they hate the Leafs in the middle of November and it was garnering hundreds of upvotes and people chiming in with how much they also hate the Leafs, you’d have a point. But it’s not, it’s a completely on point topic you’ve walked into and are calling people obsessed. It’s like me going into the Knights-Stars series and saying “WhY iS eVeRyOnE taLkInG aBoUt the KnIgHts tHeY mUsT be OBSESSED.” No, they’re discussing the subject at hand. You just don’t like it because you disagree with the general sentiment.
  13. You don't care so much that you feel compelled to white knight them constantly.
  14. I hate this. Normally I enjoy May because its warm but not hot. This is gross.
  15. A few people are saying their experience with Leaf fans in Toronto has been positive. Maybe. I have spent precious little time in Ontario. Maybe the ones there are a lot more chill and affable than the ones in BC. But the Leafs fans here (and online) are utterly insufferable, and since the ones near me are the ones I have to deal with, I think I’m in my rights to not want to give them something to cheer for.
  16. Ehh. Draisaitl was pissy, unsurprising. I don't think so for McDavid though. He grasped their hand, made eye contact and said "good series" or whatever to everyone. It was perfectly cordial. He met whatever standards are there for the handshake line and I wouldn't expect any player to go above and beyond if they just got eliminated either.
  17. Don't get me wrong if the Flames just got snuffed out in the playoffs I'd be laughing at them too. Instead I'll just laugh at them approaching Canuck levels of dumpster-fire.
  18. No Leafs fans are angelic heroes who've never done anything obnoxious whatsoever. When other teams get knocked out they express their empathetic pain for the other fans by donating blood and giving footrubs to the homeless. That's why its the sworn duty of the closeted Leafs fans on this board to come crawling out of the woodwork to defend them when someone insinuates they don't love the Leafs with all their heart. They're Canada's team.
  19. I understand our season is over and there isn't much to speculate on and we're just killing time, but I find doing the math on our likelihood to draft a good player completely pointless. Not all drafts are the same. Some are better than others. Some are weaker than others. I think discussing which individual prospects we might get at 11 makes more sense. Historically there will be good players available, its just a matter of grabbing the right one.
  20. And Demko isn't exactly an exemplary later pick either. He was considered hands down the best goalie in the draft and a first round talent. He only went where he did because goalies are a crapshoot when it comes to drafting and Calgary decided career ECHLer Mason McDonald was the better pick.
  21. I don't think so. I see a lot of trades here I would hate the Canucks to make. Cap dumps are a crapshoot.
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