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First I Have Heard Of This

by Paul on 09/23/09 at 06:20 PM ET
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via the Arizona Republic,

Finally, if Glendale fails to secure a new partner by the end of 2009, the leading contender for relocation is Kansas City, which already has a sparking arena (Sprint Center) clamoring for an anchor tenant.

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Small Crowd In Kansas City

by Paul on 09/23/09 at 12:00 AM ET
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from Jim Baumbach of Newsday,

The Islanders came here hoping to be barreled over with support from a city supposedly desperate for its own NHL team. And how did the people of Kansas City react? With one huge, collective yawn.

The support for the preseason game against the Kings was so poor that every upper-deck section was blocked off by huge black curtains. You know, to block the many, many rows of empty seats.

Some threat, eh?

You know what this half-empty arena looked like? Any other Islanders home game.

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Morning Line

by Paul on 11/05/08 at 11:05 AM ET
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“We have a building in Kansas City that’s ... NHL ready. My view is the NHL would probably lean towards Kansas City first if it has to relocate a team, but I’m not a big fan of that idea. Kansas City has had a NHL team in the past—it didn’t work out real well. I would be much more in favour of a Canadian franchise if you were gonna move one.

“That said, we’d like to see all the franchises succeed. We are a bit concerned when we see drop-off in places like Atlanta, in places like Florida, Phoenix ... I’ve been to those buildings—the people who follow the sport are passionate about it. We just need more of them.”

-Paul Kelly, Executive Director of the NHLPA.  More from Kelly by Randy Sportak of he Calgary Sun.

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