HOCKEY IS HUGE HERE. RANGERS SELL OUT EVERY GAME. AND MORE THAN ANY OTHER SPORT HAOCKY FANS ARE TREMEDOUSLY PASSIONATE AND LOYAL TO THEIR TEAM. ISLANDERS AND DEVILS ARE A LITTLE HARD TO GET TO BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. ISLANDERS GAMES START AT 7:00 AND TO TAKE AN HOUR TRAIN RIDE HOME FROM WORK THEN DRIVE AN HOUR IT CUTS IT TIGHT. YOU DON'T WANT TO SPENT $150 OR MORE ON TWO TICKETS AND MISS THE FIRST PERIOD.
THEY DO NEED A NEW ARENA THOUGH. THE CORRODORES ANR VERY NARROW. IT TKAKE 20 MINUTES TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND YOU MISS MUCH OF THE GAME. EVEN BETWEEN PERIODS. FORGET ABOUT WAITING ON LINE FOR FOOD.
LETS GO ISLANDERS
WITH OKPOSO, COMEAU, CAMPLOI, DIPETRO, BAILEY, GERVAIS, TAMBOLLINI, I HOPE THEY WILL BE VERY COMPETITIVE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IT HAS BEEN FUN WATCHING THEM GROW SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Soylentgreen4u a.k.a. theWOLFMAN from Monday, January 19, 2009 10:40:24 PM)| |  | Soylentgreen4u a.k.a. theWOLFMAN wrote: | | YES,IT'S THE OLD 'GIMME A NEW ARENA,OR I'LL TAKE MY PUCK AND GO HOME' THREAT..
HOWEVER I FOR ONE BELIEVE THERE ARE TOO MANY TEAMS...THE MARKET IN YOUR COUNTRY OVERALL JUST DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THIS GAME,AND THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME AT ALL...IT'S A REGIONAL SPORT THERE,IT ALWAYS WAS,AND WILL ALWAYS BE...YOUR MARKET IS FINE,WITH THE RANGERS ANYWAY...AS IS PHILLY,CHICAGO(FOR NOW), WASHINGTON (FOR NOW), MINNESOTA...AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO MORE....EMPTY SEATS IN BOSTON,NEW JERSEY IS A JOKE,THOUSANDS OF BARE SEATS ALMOST EVERY GAME...DETROIT IS SAFE I'M SURE,BUT IS NOT SELLING OUT THIS YEAR....AS FOR PRETTY MUCH THE REST OF THEM,THE OWNERS ARE LOSING MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS EACH YEAR TO TRY AND SUSTAIN THESE TERRIBLE MARKETS...THE ATTENDANCE REPORTED IN THE NEWSPAPERS ARE CLEARLY LIES,ANOTHER BETTMAN PLOY...AND AS IN MOST CASES,IF THERE APPEAR TO BE A DECENT NUMBER OF FANS AT MOST TROUBLED U.S. CITIES,IT'S BECAUSE THEY GIVE AWAY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TICKETS...I HOPE YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR
ISLANDERS,YOU SEEM TO BE A GOOD HOCKEY FAN...BUT AT LEAST 6 TEAMS TO START WITH,EITHER HAVE TO BE FOLDED AND/OR THREE OF THEM MOVED TO CANADA....THERE REALLY IS NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE AND THAT 'COMMISH' WILL NOT FACE FACTS....GRETZKY FOR THE NEXT COMMISIONER...LIKE HIM OR NOT,HE KNOW'S WHAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE GAME,AND ISN'T THAT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT?...I BELIEVE IT IS.
| | | scorpion01 wrote: | | THE RUMORS BEGAN WHEN THE ISLANDERS CONFIRMED THEY WERE GOING TO PLAY AN EXHIBITION GAME IN KANSAS CITY. THEY WILL ALSO BE HOLDING TRAINING CAMP IN CENTRAL CANADA. I THINK IT IS A PLOY BY THE OWNER TO GET QUICKER APPROVAL ON THE LIGHT HOUSE PROJECT WHICH WOULD REFURBISH THEIR ARENA WITHING A MALL TYPE AREA WITH STORES, AMUSMENT PARK, RESTURANTS ETC. THEY NEED THAT BAD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO. I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD EVER ROOT FOR THE RANGERS WITH PASSION AFTER HATING THEM FOR SO MANY YEARS. I GREW UP WITH TO THOUGHT THAT "RANGERS FANS SHOULD HAVE FORKS STUCK IN THERE EYES. JUST KIDDING! THAT ISN'T SERVERE ENOUGH." OF COURSE IT WAS ALL IN JEST, BUT THATS THE WAY IT IS BETWEEN RANGER AND ISLANDERS FANS. I STRONGLY BELIEVE IT IS THE BEST RIVALRY IN ALL OF SPORTS.
MAPLE - I DISAGREE ABOUT THERE BEING TOO MANY TEAMS. WITH PLAYERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD I THINK THE NHL CAN SUPPORT THE TEAMS.
I DO AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE SHOOT OUT. I'D RATHER SEE A 10 MINUTE OVERTIME, GET RID OF THE SHOOTOUT AND IF THE GAME ENDS IN A TIE, SO BE IT. AFTER 70 MINUTES THEY PLAYED EACHOTHER EVENLY, BOTH GET A POINT.
(Quoting Message by Soylentgreen4u a.k.a. theWOLFMAN from Monday, January 19, 2009 3:57:08 PM)
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