OT: Malloy Talks NHL, New Arena

[The Viking]

I'm not sure why you think 11,500 a game is good? It's not. In 1983/84 it was the 3rd worst attendance in the NHL. That's 2/3rds capacity in the Civic Center at that time. And what you need to realize is that was an AVERAGE. They got a full house when Gretzky came to town or 7,000 Bruin fans would drive down the Mass Pike. Night in and night out, this state did not support their hockey team. Deal with it.



Nope. I stopped following hockey when the Whalers left. I loved following them....but I'm not a genius and realize why they're gone and why a new team simply could not be supported here.

One last time, I'm saying that until Pittsburgh had Mario and soon after excellent hockey teams, their NHL market SUCKED - they were WORSE than Hartford.
Hartford never got the chance Pittsburgh did. According to you though they don't need to becuase unless you sellout your building 90-100% capacity year in and year out for a s h * tty ass product, than you aren't deserving of said product.
Comical mindset, but you're not the only one. Just the most obnoxious about it.

 

[Deepster]

One last time, I'm saying that until Pittsburgh had Mario and soon after excellent hockey teams, their NHL market SUCKED - they were WORSE than Hartford.
Hartford never got the chance Pittsburgh did. According to you though they don't need to becuase unless you sellout your building 90-100% capacity year in and year out for a s h tty ass product, than you aren't deserving of said product.
Comical mindset, but you're not the only one. Just the most obnoxious about it.

I don't know what your insistence on using Pittsburgh from the early 80's as an example has to do with me saying Hartford is a terrible sports town and that it can't support an NHL team. I agree. Pittsburgh was a bad hockey town at one point. They also have an MLB and NFL franchise there. Hartford is, always has been and always will be a minor league town.

I never said you have to sell out your building. Towards the end of the Whalers stay here, they were the 2nd or 3rd worst team in attendance in the NHL. That's. Not. Enough

 

[sledog]

Another ploy by the Democrats to spend $$ they don't have. I heard many talking about LEAVING CT due to the tax burden. So where are these millions of fans necessary for a fan base? When ObamaCare Really hits in 2014, that last piece of discretionary spending will evaporate. If this gets any legs at all, don't hang near the CC during a big snow storm.