The Hamilton Penguins?
It's an old storyline, to be sure, but here it is again.
Hamilton has been thwarted several times in its bid to land an NHL team, but a process is still in place if an opportunity pops up in the near future.Unfortunately, I don't see the NHL ever coming back to another Canadian city, regardless of how attractively marketed they are.
The city has an ongoing agreement with HHC Acquisition Corp, a firm tasked with finding and buying a team to play in Copps Coliseum.
Proponents, like the city's mayor, Larry Di Ianni, say Hamilton is "ideally situated" for an NHL team.
"We live within a fairly short driving distance of 6 million people. If other markets can support up to three teams, I think this market, given that dynamic, could probably make a go of it as well," Di Ianni said yesterday.
Credit to The Hockey Page.
by James Mirtle @ 2:18 PM
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Howard Baldwin should buy back the Penguins and move the team back to his old haunting grounds, Connecticut. With a new stadium (similar to the one the evil Peter Karmanos obtusely and I'm sure regrettably rejected before moving the Whalers to the hockey hotbed of Raleigh), and a dense 3 million state residents with deep hockey roots, a new team in Hartford would be very similar to what happened in Minnesota with the North Stars/Wild.
If there's anyone out there who thinks Hamilton will actually get a team, please contact me. I'd like to make a wager with you. Thank you.
The Penguins are staying. Period!
http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_347140405.html
There will be a deal that will bring a fresh chance at the Penguins survival. Even without help from the league.
Your welcome.
The only way Hamilton gets a team is if the Buffalo Sabres move there and I don't see that happening.
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