OT: Hartford Whalers memories...

[Dove]

I also remember that the Whalers won one NHL playoff series in their entire tenure in Hartford. One! In their final five years in Hartford they missed the missed the playoffs every year.

They were scuttled.

 

[Mazhude]

For years after the move to Carolina, the organization maintained many Whalers connections among its off-ice personnel; in addition to many members of executive management and the coaching staff, broadcasters Chuck Kaiton, John Forslund and Tripp Tracy (at the time a minor-league player), and equipment managers Wally Tatomir, Skip Cunningham and Bob Gorman all made the move to North Carolina with the team. In fact, the old goal horn from the Hartford Civic Center remains in use at Lenovo Center...

 

[John]

If they had stayed (which I don't think was ever in the cards because Bettman greased the skids for Karmanos with his Southern Strategy), what would have happened? Would they have just moved a decade later? I'd assume if they had stayed that a new publicly-funded arena would have had to be built - no way an NHL team is playing in the HCC/XL/PBA during this day and age.