Where's Wellwood Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 On 6/23/2016 at 4:51 AM, DeltaSwede said: I was just thinking to myself, for players that have played both as defensemen and as forwards in the NHL, how does the NHL determine under what category they fall under? Brent Burns (Norris nominee I know) and Big Buff come to mind. They have been playing D lately but can just as easily be slotted in and called forwards. Might be a little silly to ask, but I mean, it makes you wonder if teams can benefit of something like this. If they desperately want to protect 4 D and 6 F, can they get away with it? Since the only players that do this that are worth taking (Burns, Byfuglien) will be protected, it likely won't come up, but this is a good question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollumpus Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: The hockey rink at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas is starting to take shape! Is that a shot of the season ticket holders? regards, G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 2 hours ago, Gollumpus said: Is that a shot of the season ticket holders? regards, G. Sounds like they got more season ticket holders then us. Not sure why that's funny lol Would be if it was Florida though All 1500 fans at games lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 2 hours ago, Gollumpus said: Is that a shot of the season ticket holders? regards, G. I think many people, including yourself, will be surprised at the amount of hockey fans Las Vegas has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 42 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: I think many people, including yourself, will be surprised at the amount of hockey fans Las Vegas has. And the thousands of thousands of fans from other teams that visit Vegas each year. They will also attract the non hockey fans as a 'novelty act' when they visit the city. They really don't have to have as many season ticket holders as other teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Everybody I'm talking to about the Las Vegas expansion says it'll fail within a decade and will end up on welfare support from Bettman like Arizona and Carolina and I'm inclined to agree, there's a reasno why there's no NBA team there and a reason why no football team of various leagues has succeeded. It's just not a sport city. As mentioned above, most game attendance will be from other cities, that won't last very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 October can't come soon enough for Las Vegas hockey fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Look at the beautiful Las Vegas ice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realtor Rod Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 On 7/29/2016 at 2:04 PM, -Vintage Canuck- said: I think many people, including yourself, will be surprised at the amount of hockey fans Las Vegas has. I will be a hockey fan in Vegas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gollumpus Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 On 7/29/2016 at 2:04 PM, -Vintage Canuck- said: I think many people, including yourself, will be surprised at the amount of hockey fans Las Vegas has. I'm not sure if surprised would be the right word, unless you added "pleasantly" in front of it. I don't doubt that there are a goodly number of hockey fans in that part of the world. The WHL Canucks used to play against a number of teams who came out of that area, but they were/are all smallish market teams (eg. Salt Lake City Golden Eagles). I'm thinking that the Vegas team will sell a lot of seats. How many of those seats will actually have butts in them is another story. Paid attendance will likely be much higher than the number of people who went through the turnstiles. I'm thinking that the Vegas team will sell a lot of seats. How many of them will actually be bought by hockey fans who live in the area, versus how many of these seats are going to be sold as blocks to the casinos to be comped to their guests remains to be seen. I haven't seen anything about the team restricting who can buy seats, so I'm guessing there will be future stories of local fans not being able to get a ticket to a playoff game because they are mostly gone to fans from outside of town who are there for a few days of gambling, or, some human interest stories of how a casino donated a number of seats (which they otherwise couldn't get rid of) to a charitable organization. Otherwise, I wish them all the best. regards, G. PS - I expect a thriving market for Coyotes tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 The London Knights have blocked the Las Vegas NHL team from using the name "Knights" in Canada, unless they want to pay them a pretty penny. “The London Knights own the name in Canada and to acquire the name from London is not economically feasible,” said Foley, adding there should be “clarity” on the name issue in the next 30 days. “In the U.S., ‘Knights’ are fine. But we can’t use it in Canada" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 I thought a team would own the rights to a name including the city in the name, not just Knights?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson-JH Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 6 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: The London Knights have blocked the Las Vegas NHL team from using the name "Knights" in Canada, unless they want to pay them a pretty penny. “The London Knights own the name in Canada and to acquire the name from London is not economically feasible,” said Foley, adding there should be “clarity” on the name issue in the next 30 days. “In the U.S., ‘Knights’ are fine. But we can’t use it in Canada" Thanks Canada! :D I hate the name Knights and Foley need to go with something else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Out of all names they could pick from for the team, they went with Knights? Why not Aces or something like that? I'm thinking that the Vegas team will sell a lot of seats. How many of them will actually be bought by hockey fans who live in the area, versus how many of these seats are going to be sold as blocks to the casinos to be comped to their guests remains to be seen. I remember when they had that XFL football team, casinos and hotels bought seats to try and sell to guests as part of room packages. I can see that happening with the NHL team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamhuis Hip Check Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I know no dates have been announced and it wont be for a long while but any idea what time next year tickets would start going on sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 9 hours ago, Creepy Crawler said: Out of all names they could pick from for the team, they went with Knights? Why not Aces or something like that? I remember when they had that XFL football team, casinos and hotels bought seats to try and sell to guests as part of room packages. I can see that happening with the NHL team. They can't go with Knights. They wanted to because Foley is a graduate of West Point and Army Black Knights is the name of their athletics teams. The NHL does not want them to use a gambling reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 The Las Vegas NHL franchise has narrowed its search down to three names after being unable to acquire the rights to the name "Knights" in Canada. The team will ether be known as the Desert Hawks, the Red Hawks or the Nighthawks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillooet_Hillbilly Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 I wonder if Marvel comics still has the trademark for night hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson-JH Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 On August 11, 2016 at 4:23 PM, -Vintage Canuck- said: The Las Vegas NHL franchise has narrowed its search down to three names after being unable to acquire the rights to the name "Knights" in Canada. The team will ether be known as the Desert Hawks, the Red Hawks or the Nighthawks. I'm not feeling this one either.. Imagine Chicago play against them and the crowd chanting "Go Hawks Go!" That'll be fun trying to figure out which team they are rooting for.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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