Could the Hartford Whalers be reborn?

What's the arena situation in Hartford these days?

I'm not sure about another NHL team there. Too many teams too close to one another in Boston, Montreal, Ottawa, New York, New Jersey, etc.

I would like to see Kansas City, Milwaukee, Portland or Seattle get a shot.

 

Milwaukee would probably do well in the NHL. Seatte might, too, especially since the NBA deserted them.

Otherwise, I would have no problem with another team in the northeast, since that's where the product is popular.

 

Bettman will talk to anybody (in the US) who can be used for leverage for a possible relocation scenario.

 

Breakfast, shmreakfast. Look at the score, for Christ's sake. It's only the second period and I'm up 12 to 2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, "the Whale," they only beat Vancouver once, maybe twice in a lifetime.

 

ESPN staffers can be the bulk of the season-ticket base.

 

Nice pull.

 

Milwaukee could do well if the Bucks left town, and would likely need a new arena built ... or heavy remodeling of the Bradley Center. If Milwaukee was to get a team, I'd like it to be Nashville since it is the AHL affiliate of the Predators.

 

Why must the board mock me so early in the morning??? ;D

I believe the State of Connecticut holds the rights to the name & logo.

I was at the SHU/UConn game on Sunday & the band played "Brass Bonanza". Sigh...

 

It would be nice...but Gary Bettman exercising common sense would be a sign of the apocalypse.

 

I like Unemployed Douchebaggy Insurance Executives as a team nickname. With colors being navy and khaki. Can't wait for the "Hartford U-DIE" headlines. The equivalent of Cleveland football's Dog Pound could be the Hartford U-DIE Lounge, where the most rabid fans wear horn-rimmed glasses and Brooks Brothers topcoats.

Seriously though, the NHL could stand to drop a few franchises. Relocation? Well, ok, I guess.

 

Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl ...

 

and Tampa Bay in the Series, repent now you sinners