yeah I guess, I just meant as an NHL franchise in general, it sucks when even having a winning team doesn't bring in more fans.
- Pat1993

good teams or bad teams, they don't give a (frank). they don't know the game. half of the people there are canadians.

good teams or bad teams, they don't give a (frank). they don't know the game. half of the people there are canadians.
- fidopro

I think if TB reaches the finals again I'm not even watching. fuuuuuuuck that.

yeah I guess, I just meant as an NHL franchise in general, it sucks when even having a winning team doesn't bring in more fans.
- Pat1993

Why would anyone give a poop if they’re there to watch a hockey game?

I think if TB reaches the finals again I'm not even watching. fuuuuuuuck that.
- Pat1993

meh, can't blame them. the only ice they ever saw is the one at McDo when they get their pops.

Why would anyone give a poop if they’re there to watch a hockey game?
- pete26

not totally sure what you mean by that.

meh, can't blame them. the only ice they ever saw is the one at McDo when they get their pops.
- fidopro

I just prefer it when a team that plays where hockey really matters wins.

not totally sure what you mean by that.
- Pat1993

Ok, as a fan why would you care how many other fans are at the game?

Did you go to the game to see the fans, or the hockey game?

Clearer?

Ok, as a fan why would you care how many other fans are at the game?

Did you go to the game to see the fans, or the hockey game?

Clearer?
- pete26

I just find it sucks that a market like QC, where fans actually care, doesn't have a hockey team, while places like Florida and Arizona do.

is that clear for ya, Pete?

I just find it sucks that a market like QC, where fans actually care, doesn't have a hockey team, while places like Florida and Arizona do.

is that clear for ya, Pete?
- Pat1993

I know what you mean Pat.
see it like the F1 tour. who cares if they race in Dubai, Tokyo or Montreal?
they're in FLA and PHX for the money tv brings. that's it.

I know what mean Pat.
see it like the F1 tour. who cares if they race in Dubai, Tokyo or Montreal?
they're in FLA and PHX for the money tv brings. that's it.
- fidopro

I still find it sucks. is that ok if I do..?

I just find it sucks that a market like QC, where fans actually care, doesn't have a hockey team, while places like Florida and Arizona do.

is that clear for ya, Pete?
- Pat1993

Oh, that I get 100%

But I didn’t realize a team in QC was part of the discussion.

Anywho, they did have one and it moved, and I’m not sure why, was it lack of interest?

I honestly don’t know..

Oh, that I get 100%

But I didn’t realize a team in QC was part of the discussion.

Anywho, they did have one and it moved, and I’m not sure why, was it lack of interest?

I honestly don’t know..
- pete26

they didn't have the cashflow to follow the parade. no profits sharing at the time, and no cap either.

Oh, that I get 100%

But I didn’t realize a team in QC was part of the discussion.

Anywho, they did have one and it moved, and I’m not sure why, was it lack of interest?

I honestly don’t know..
- pete26

CDN $ was down and aubut was looking to make a buck

Oh, that I get 100%

But I didn’t realize a team in QC was part of the discussion.

Anywho, they did have one and it moved, and I’m not sure why, was it lack of interest?

I honestly don’t know..
- pete26

well it's part of the logic, yes. and the move from QC was more of a lack of interest from ownership, I'm sure they'd be fine today. they'd definitely do better than other teams in the league, that's for sure.

So.. the franchise didn’t have enough cash flow.

And the owner sought to sell, and cash in on the dollar differential.

We’re there still plenty of fans at games?

So.. the franchise didn’t have enough cash flow.

And the owner sought to sell, and cash in on the dollar differential.

We’re there still plenty of fans at games?
- pete26

oh sure, sold out. but old building, no real corporate suites. the owner asked the gouvernment to help build a new one, but the answer was no. so beubye.

now they have a new building but no team lol
unless the Sens move to Qc, I'm afraid we won't see a hockey team ever again. and even that looks like a long shot.

good one Nick!
https://www.rds.ca/videos...lent-combat-lnh-3.1403914

The writing, in both languages, had been on the wall for years, so there was no surprise last week when the money-losing Quebec Nordiques finally died. The wake was quiet in Quebec City, where the team began 23 years ago in the World Hockey Association before joining the National Hockey League in 1979. At a largely emotionless news conference, team president Marcel Aubut and the other shareholders - the Quebec Labor Federation pension fund, La Mutuelle insurance company, the Daishowa paper company and the Metro-Richelieu grocery store chain - announced that they had sold the franchise to COMSAT Entertainment Group of Bethesda, Md., for $103 million. Aubut claimed that the team could not survive in the NHL's smallest market without a new, publicly funded arena and ongoing government support. But Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau instead offered to buy out Aubut and underwrite some team deficits for two years while the provincial government conducted a feasibility study on the arena. That, the owners decided, was not enough - and now the soon-to-be-renamed Nordiques are off to Denver.

Ah..they wanted public funding.

That’s never a good thing..

The writing, in both languages, had been on the wall for years, so there was no surprise last week when the money-losing Quebec Nordiques finally died. The wake was quiet in Quebec City, where the team began 23 years ago in the World Hockey Association before joining the National Hockey League in 1979. At a largely emotionless news conference, team president Marcel Aubut and the other shareholders - the Quebec Labor Federation pension fund, La Mutuelle insurance company, the Daishowa paper company and the Metro-Richelieu grocery store chain - announced that they had sold the franchise to COMSAT Entertainment Group of Bethesda, Md., for $103 million. Aubut claimed that the team could not survive in the NHL's smallest market without a new, publicly funded arena and ongoing government support. But Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau instead offered to buy out Aubut and underwrite some team deficits for two years while the provincial government conducted a feasibility study on the arena. That, the owners decided, was not enough - and now the soon-to-be-renamed Nordiques are off to Denver.

Ah..they wanted public funding.

That’s never a good thing..
- pete26

too bad, Habs were better when there was a team in Qc

too bad, Habs were better when there was a team in Qc
- fidopro

Yup, it was good competition.

And some epic battles, was watching nhl rewind awhile back.

Saw that game where there were brawls after brawls, and that one mtl dude got hammered in one of them.

He was leakin like a radiator after a head on..

Yup, it was good competition.

And some epic battles, was watching nhl rewind awhile back.

Saw that game where there were brawls after brawls, and that one mtl dude got hammered in one of them.

He was leakin like a radiator after a head on..
- pete26

good friday it was

good friday it was
- fidopro

I’ll take your word for it.

Not so good for him though..

I’ll take your word for it.

Not so good for him though..
- pete26

nope lol
Jean Hamel if I remember well
in fact it's very well known here, the good friday brawl. la bataille du vendredi saint. for those old enough of course, like me and you

nope lol
Jean Hamel if I remember well
in fact it's very well known here, the good friday brawl. la bataille du vendredi saint.
- fidopro

I believe it ended His career

nope lol
Jean Hamel if I remember well
in fact it's very well known here, the good friday brawl. la bataille du vendredi saint. for those old enough of course, like me and you
- fidopro

Yup, and I think the dude that hammered him, was kicked out in the second, and then played the third.

Oh, the good old days..