BREAKING: Montreal Canadiens to be relocated!?
by Travis Hair on Dec 15, 2008 11:27 PM MST
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Sources at the league office have confirmed that due to a drop in the value of the Canadian Dollar, franchises north of the border have been hard hit and are facing tough times. Even with Arenas selling out on a nightly basis, teams have struggled to cut costs. That being the case, several teams have looked at either relocating, or playing in other areas for at least some games in order to increase revenue. Montreal is one of those teams that is seriously looking into such an arrangement. While not necessarily a traditional hockey market, one of the places they are looking at is the third largest city in the world with lots of untapped hockey potential... The new look jerseys have already been designed and are ready to launch as soon as the terms of any split time or relocation deal has been reached. More after the jump...
What? Why not? I'll tell you why not... It's TOO GOOD of an idea for Bettman to ever do it. 3rd largest city in the WORLD! Why shouldn't they get the best hockey you can get? They could pack Arena Mexico with 17000 crazed hockey fans. It'd be great! It's because Bettman is in the pocket of Canada. We all know it. That's why they keep trying to move our teams. Even the Canadians have always said that Bettman was to Pro-Canadian.
Bettman has also been accused of having an "anti-Canadian" agenda,[14] with critics citing the relocation of the franchises in Quebec City and Winnipeg and his apparent refusal to help stop it, along with the aborted sale of the Nashville Predators in 2007 to interests that would have moved the team to Hamilton, Ontario.
SHUT UP QUOTE BOX! And you know Wikipedia is a crappy and unreliable place to cite! Why do you always have to get in my way? Proving me "wrong" as you always like to say huh?
Because I hate you?
Whatever. You suck. Now back to my original point. Why couldn't it work? So what if it's friggin hot down there? They could make it work! And with little to no alterations to the current uniform.
See? Aren't those awesome? You know you'd want to take a trip to see Los Habitantes take the "hielo" right? You know that'd be sweet.
And don't worry, my sources tell me other canadian teams may be considering similar "ventures" at a later date...
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They'll
put a second team in Toronto before anywhere else.
You keep on rowin', and I'll keep on smilin'.
I know.
I just felt like being a dork. It’s just a joke :P And I get tired of the Coyotes moving inevitable stories so… I make up stories about canadian teams moving to mexico.
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HAHAHA
Awesome! I say why move them when you can just fold them.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
Isn't it a bigger insult?
I’d say playing in Mexico would be worse. Quebec has had them for 100 years. Let someone else have em.
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i keep clicking
BUY IT NOW…but nothing happens
¡Ai Chihuahua! No comprendo…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 16, 2008 8:38 AM MST reply actions
Sorry
We got a rush on the jerseys. We’re all out. I’ll have to get with the supplier on that.
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also...
had to buzz it up. this is too brilliant. i can see Montreal papers tomorrow scrambling to get coverage on this in some kind of twisted similairty to the original War of the Worlds broadcast…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 16, 2008 12:35 PM MST up reply actions
Thanks!
I had that happen last year at playoff time. I replicated an NHL press release saying that they would be making the playoffs longer and only playing 1 game a day. I had people calling asking where on NHL.com I found it. That was awesome.
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by Travis Hair on Dec 16, 2008 12:42 PM MST up reply actions
odie
sometimes…just sometimes….i read your stuff and say to myself “he is one sick puppy”…i like that in a person
the yotes 3rd uni sucks
don't
bring fred into this…he’s not a sick puppy…he’s warped, demented and homicidal….but MUCH worse than us
the yotes 3rd uni sucks
by goldenbear64 on Dec 16, 2008 10:54 AM MST up reply actions
I really should have linked that to something…
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by Travis Hair on Dec 16, 2008 12:26 PM MST up reply actions
Oh goodness...
Don’t tell me we’re going to need to reprint all our materials in a third language!
On the other hand, the Canucks will finally have to shut up about their travel schedule.
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