Episode IV, A NEW HOPE
It is a period of NHL unrest. The Quebec Nordiques, striking from a hidden base deep in Canada, have lost their first battle against the evil NHL Galactic Empire. During the battle, NHL agents managed to steal secret plans to the Nordique’s ultimate weapon, a new "Colisee", an arena with enough power to destroy an entire planet. Pursued by the NHL’s sinister agents, Nordique's owner, Marcel Aubut, races home aboard his Winnebago, custodian of the Nordiques only hope that can save his people and restore freedom to the galaxy….
As it turns out, Marcel Aubut failed at his mission. The Nordiques
didn't get their new arena and ended up being sold to new owners who moved the franchise to Colorado and renamed them the Avalanche. Quebec has been without an NHL team since that 1995 move that left the hockey-crazy city crushed. The Nordiques played from 1972 til '95 in Quebec, starting off as members of the World Hockey Association before joining the NHL. Now Marcel Aubut is staging a bold and daring comeback for the French-Canadians of Quebec.This past weekend, Aubut met with NHL Commissioner and certified 'tard, Gary Bettman in New York City. Along with Aubut was the Mayor of Quebec, Regis Labeaume (who's name translated, I believe is "Regis The Bomb", which would be undeniably awesome). They met to discuss the possibilities of constructing a new arena to house a potential franchise; Bettman said that a new venue would be key to having a team return to the city. The Nordiques played their entire 23-year time in Quebec at the Old Colisee and Quebec's inability to update the facilities partially led to the team's move to Colorado.
The hockey-starved city has plans on the table to get a new arena built if the NHL would give them a franchise. Aubut and "the Bomb" are looking to steward the plans over the next couple years and hopefully give the people a team to root for. If Bettman could remove his head from his own butt for a couple minutes, he would see that hockey in Quebec is a no-brainer. The people are ravenous puck-heads who basically live and breathe hockey as it's the only sport that really means anything to them - sorry Saskatchewan Roughriders. Not having a NHL-level team in Quebec is like not having Baseball in NYC or smog in LA. It's just not right, and ought to be rectified ASAP even if you never liked those stinky French-Canadians. Here is a quick aritcle on it.
The hockey-starved city has plans on the table to get a new arena built if the NHL would give them a franchise. Aubut and "the Bomb" are looking to steward the plans over the next couple years and hopefully give the people a team to root for. If Bettman could remove his head from his own butt for a couple minutes, he would see that hockey in Quebec is a no-brainer. The people are ravenous puck-heads who basically live and breathe hockey as it's the only sport that really means anything to them - sorry Saskatchewan Roughriders. Not having a NHL-level team in Quebec is like not having Baseball in NYC or smog in LA. It's just not right, and ought to be rectified ASAP even if you never liked those stinky French-Canadians. Here is a quick aritcle on it.
1 comments:
'Stinky French Canadians'? That's a bit harsh, don't you think? Worst drivers ever... God awful tippers... rudest people on the planet... those are little nicer and more fitting.
As much as I am NOT a fan of the Froggie Nation to the north, they do eat, breathe and sleep hockey. That is their only saving grace and thus why they should have a team. But until the NHL gets a commish that doesn't ride the short bus, both for his stunted growth and lack of wits, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon.
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