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Eklund
Commissioner
Joined: 09.15.2005

Jul 9 @ 12:06 PM ET
Eklund: My Top Ten Places to See an NHL Game. Yours?
farooge
Nashville Predators
Location: Nashville, TN
Joined: 08.25.2006

Jul 9 @ 12:11 PM ET
You're gonna get burned at the stake.

farooge
Nashville Predators
Location: Nashville, TN
Joined: 08.25.2006

Jul 9 @ 12:12 PM ET
Joe Lewis? Really, Ek?
- gergeswillems


My Center Ice watching eyes agree. But I do wonder what it'll be like when the team is more watchable
Jetter
Joined: 02.21.2019

Jul 9 @ 12:28 PM ET
NICE!

1 Canadian city!

VERY NICE!

🙄
simethos
Season Ticket Holder
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: PA
Joined: 05.02.2007

Jul 9 @ 12:33 PM ET
I'll never understand the love for MSG. Is it because of the history and nostalgia? I'm honestly asking, because I was not impressed by that arena at all. I saw a Flyers/Rangers game there in 2006, and I remember saying to my brother "for all of the hype, I expected a whole lot more".
Jeterson2
Season Ticket Holder
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Flyers Country, PA
Joined: 06.09.2014

Jul 9 @ 12:40 PM ET
How can you not have Washington in your top 10?! I am a Penguins fan and can still easily admit they have a top 5 arena crowd. Rock the Red. It's an amazing experience, especially if you're there for the home team.
farooge
Nashville Predators
Location: Nashville, TN
Joined: 08.25.2006

Jul 9 @ 12:40 PM ET
btw, your flawed "Comment Counter" isn't helping your engagement rate.
Komisaurus Rex
Montreal Canadiens
Location: Its Danielle Smith & Scott Moe vs the WEF/CCP backed criminal tyrants, game on! 🤠, ON
Joined: 06.14.2009

Jul 9 @ 12:59 PM ET
That library full of suits in Toronto barely cracked the top 10





BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

Jul 9 @ 1:11 PM ET
the game day experience in any U.S. arena I've been to completely blows away the experience in the Western Canadian cities (Though I have yet to go to a game in Winnipeg).


it's a completely different way of viewing the game.
Blueshirts16
New York Rangers
Location: Rangers Sweep Icelanders...go , NY
Joined: 07.28.2009

Jul 9 @ 1:23 PM ET
For the most moronic and just dumb chants and nonsense, one should visit the Nassau Coliseum.
sensarmy_11
Location: NS
Joined: 06.01.2009

Jul 9 @ 1:47 PM ET
the game day experience in any U.S. arena I've been to completely blows away the experience in the Western Canadian cities (Though I have yet to go to a game in Winnipeg).


it's a completely different way of viewing the game.


really? are you only going to games there when the opponent is Carolina (who are probably one of the worst away draws in the league)? I can't speak to Vancouver, having never been to a game there, but I've been to games in Calgary and Edmonton, and the atmosphere has been incredible (especially when they're playing eachother). I've been to games in 9-10 American cities, and the only ones that rival those 2 cities are Boston and Chicago (I've never been to the pens or flyers live). I saw a game in Carolina (when the team was poop) and it was a terrible atmosphere. Games in Florida might as well be played in the tv room at a retirement home, that's easily the worst game experience in the league. even tampa, who has a great team, was pretty boring and quiet when I was there.
Pairo11
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Cancel my subscription to the resurrection.
Joined: 10.15.2007

Jul 9 @ 2:16 PM ET
I'll never understand the love for MSG. Is it because of the history and nostalgia? I'm honestly asking, because I was not impressed by that arena at all. I saw a Flyers/Rangers game there in 2006, and I remember saying to my brother "for all of the hype, I expected a whole lot more".
- simethos

And why would anyone want to visit NYC ?

Not I. Been there.
Eklund
Commissioner
Joined: 09.15.2005

Jul 9 @ 2:20 PM ET
How can you not have Washington in your top 10?! I am a Penguins fan and can still easily admit they have a top 5 arena crowd. Rock the Red. It's an amazing experience, especially if you're there for the home team.
- Jeterson2

It honestly would be #11. You are right that it is quite the experience.
Eklund
Commissioner
Joined: 09.15.2005

Jul 9 @ 2:21 PM ET
really? are you only going to games there when the opponent is Carolina (who are probably one of the worst away draws in the league)? I can't speak to Vancouver, having never been to a game there, but I've been to games in Calgary and Edmonton, and the atmosphere has been incredible (especially when they're playing eachother). I've been to games in 9-10 American cities, and the only ones that rival those 2 cities are Boston and Chicago (I've never been to the pens or flyers live). I saw a game in Carolina (when the team was poop) and it was a terrible atmosphere. Games in Florida might as well be played in the tv room at a retirement home, that's easily the worst game experience in the league. even tampa, who has a great team, was pretty boring and quiet when I was there.
- sensarmy_11


I havent been to the new buildings in Edmonton or Carolina yet....
Tornado Mark
New York Islanders
Location: Huntington Station, NY
Joined: 01.11.2019

Jul 9 @ 2:21 PM ET
There is not a bad seat in the Nassau Coliseum. Small Capacity. Its great for the fans, there are no luxury boxes to push the common fan 40 feet further away from the ice-for the sake of Corporate $'s.
The food is not great, but the beer selection is good.
The Sounds are deafening, the building shakes.



Eklund
Commissioner
Joined: 09.15.2005

Jul 9 @ 2:22 PM ET
You're gonna get burned at the stake.


- farooge



for speaking the truth?
Gerk
St Louis Blues
Location: say it aint so TARASENKO, YT
Joined: 01.07.2008

Jul 9 @ 2:30 PM ET
Amusing to me we are debating best Arena yet none of us will step foot in one for the foreseeable future.
Komisaurus Rex
Montreal Canadiens
Location: Its Danielle Smith & Scott Moe vs the WEF/CCP backed criminal tyrants, game on! 🤠, ON
Joined: 06.14.2009

Jul 9 @ 2:31 PM ET
really? are you only going to games there when the opponent is Carolina (who are probably one of the worst away draws in the league)? I can't speak to Vancouver, having never been to a game there, but I've been to games in Calgary and Edmonton, and the atmosphere has been incredible (especially when they're playing eachother). I've been to games in 9-10 American cities, and the only ones that rival those 2 cities are Boston and Chicago (I've never been to the pens or flyers live). I saw a game in Carolina (when the team was poop) and it was a terrible atmosphere. Games in Florida might as well be played in the tv room at a retirement home, that's easily the worst game experience in the league. even tampa, who has a great team, was pretty boring and quiet when I was there.
- sensarmy_11




"Carolina one of the worst away draws in the league"




BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

Jul 9 @ 2:34 PM ET
I havent been to the new buildings in Edmonton or Carolina yet....
- Eklund


Wait a little bit before going to Carolina. They've got a new lease agreement, but Dundon and the city/state are working on deciding if they're going to actually do the proposed renovations on the current arena and let Dundon develop the land around it, or just build a new one downtown and have him put money into that instead.

The proposed renovations would cost about $200 million and look like this:





BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

Jul 9 @ 2:35 PM ET
"Carolina one of the worst away draws in the league"





- Komisaurus Rex

they probably are, yeah.

an almost total lack of national exposure for them for nearly a decade solidified that.
hockeygm
Season Ticket Holder
San Jose Sharks
Location: Reno, NV
Joined: 05.12.2008

Jul 9 @ 2:36 PM ET
I have been to the Oakland Coliseum to watch the California Golden Seals play...General Admission seats were $2 and Krazy George could make the 4-6,000 fans sound like a sellout. Saw some great players come through there..
I have been to both the Montreal Forum and Maple Leaf Gardens and have seats from both historic venues in my game room, alongside a bench from Notre Dame stadium.
I have seen Kings games at both the Fabulous Forum and Staples and thought that the Forum atmosphere was the better one. My wife saw her first 2 hockey games there and was hooked..Having Sharks season tickets since day 1 has seen me at the Cow Palace (my original ticket rep was Bob Fitzgerald, voice of the GSW and it took 4 hours to find seats that might be passable) and at SAP Center where we had the best seats in the house until they put the nets up. I have also been to the old and new Boston Gardens when the wind chill factor was a -22 degrees and liked the Old one a little more...Been to Anaheim, Vancouver, Arizona, Washington Verizon Center, Florida and Tampa Bay, Dallas, and the san Jose outdoor game at Levi's...
The road trip I'd like to take is to Chicago to see the anthem in person, Nashville for the fan experience, Vegas for the same and to remind their fans of last years Game 7
and then to Pittsburgh, and Montreal and Toronto to see the new stadiums...
farooge
Nashville Predators
Location: Nashville, TN
Joined: 08.25.2006

Jul 9 @ 3:02 PM ET
for speaking the truth?
- Eklund


heh, that's usually the case.

a lot of ... um ... ?traditional? fans don't seem to care for the way we "do it" esp the "you suck" chants (neither did I at first).
farooge
Nashville Predators
Location: Nashville, TN
Joined: 08.25.2006

Jul 9 @ 3:04 PM ET
"Carolina one of the worst away draws in the league"
- Komisaurus Rex


hold up! .. it's getting better. I really like their new owner too (just don't mention how he got his fortune)
islansjet
Joined: 03.13.2017

Jul 9 @ 3:07 PM ET
Winnipeg gives fans a great hockey experience. Being a smaller arena the fans are on top of the action and 16 000 fans all cheering for the Jets makes the place so loud that it becomes a true home ice advantage. The knowledgeable fans are there to watch hockey, cheer for their Jets and not to be in corporate seats to do business deals instead of supporting for their team. Also the Jet fans don't turn on their team or any of their players unlike so many other teams fair weather fans do. The Jets don't run players out of town.
farooge
Nashville Predators
Location: Nashville, TN
Joined: 08.25.2006

Jul 9 @ 3:18 PM ET
Winnipeg gives fans a great hockey experience. Being a smaller arena the fans are on top of the action and 16 000 fans all cheering for the Jets makes the place so loud that it becomes a true home ice advantage. The knowledgeable fans are there to watch hockey, cheer for their Jets and not to be in corporate seats to do business deals instead of supporting for their team. Also the Jet fans don't turn on their team or any of their players unlike so many other teams fair weather fans do. The Jets don't run players out of town.
- islansjet


Until I see a standing ovation for a stellar PK on a Tuesday night in November (from any of you posers) I'll be with Ek.

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