The Markham city council voted against the stopping of building a 20,000-seat arena on Tuesday night by a vote of 7-6. In other words: BUILD ON!
This isn't good. Not just the using taxpayer money part, but the fact that there is no permanent tenant. Although it is funny how the process went from "No, this arena is just going to be built for events, not an NHL team" to "OMG SECOND TORONTO TEAM !!!1!!!11!1!" - Even though it would technically be the first NHL team in the GTA (Leafs joke!).
Could the GTA host another NHL team? No doubt. Just having two teams in Toronto just doesn't seem right (to me). If the NHL did relocate/expand to Ontario, then it should be Hamilton. If Canada, then Quebec City. If Bettman wanted to keep teams in the US then Kansas City (arena is ready), Las Vegas (unexplored market), Atlanta (third time's a charm right?) or Seattle (even though the NBA coming back makes that market over saturated)...Ok, I'm delusional.
One thing that everyone could agree to is how annoying another Toronto team would be. Cox and Simmons would have another team to complain about - and do they really need any more material? Fans would be switching from one crappy team to another (it is Toronto ya know). Ticket prices would skyrocket. The insufferability meter would be off the charts, twice-over.
/End incoherent ramblings
Lineup Notables
Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal Canadiens
Van(ek) Halen: Ville Leino (hip), Cody McCormick (finger), Patrick Kaleta (neck), and Robyn Regehr (lower body) are out. Ryan Miller will start.
Subbanator: Max Pacioretty (appendectomy) and Petteri Nokelainen (back) are out. Carey Price starts this afternoon.
Edmonton Oilers vs. Colorado Avalanche
Edmonton: Shawn Horcoff (neck), Ben Eager (concussion), Ryan Jones (eye), Andy Sutton (knee), and Theo Peckham (hip) are out. Devan Dubnyk gets the nod in net.
Colorado: Gabriel Landeskog (head/neck/leg/whatever you can think of) and Steve Downie (knee) are out. Semyon Varlamov is expected to start.
Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs
???: Marc Savard (concussion), Shawn Thornton (concussion), Daniel Paille (upper body), and Tim Thomas (bunker-related) are out. Tuukka Rask will be in net.
???: Joffrey Lupul (
Chicago Blackhawks vs. Calgary Flames
Top Team: Daniel Carcillo (lower body) and Steve Montador (concussion) are out while Michal Rozsival (lower body) is questionable. Ray Emery is likely to start.
Bottom Feeder: Sven Baertschi (hip) is out. Miikka Kiprusoff starts tonight.
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