Yes, I'm a hockey poolie. No, you won't see much on here about my pools. Maybe just a Friday post, because everyone needs to brag or rant about selfish things. I'm in 2 player pools and 2 pick game winner pools.
There is one pool that has my emotional investment more than the others, The "Pick 6" Pool where you have to pick the winners of 6 games on Saturday and if you do, you win. If no one picks 6 winners the pot rolls over to next week. The first week was a carry over, the 2nd week (2 weeks of money) was split between 11 people, and the next 2 weeks after that have been carried over. This weeks pot is 3 weeks worth of entry fees (over $1000 in the pot). Needless to say, Saturday is going to be interesting. I'm not going to bother posting all my for the Weekend Pool but I will post my 6 winners for Saturday and reasoning.
Pittsburgh over Buffalo: Buffalo is playing on back to back nights and just suck, this is an easy pick.
Tampa Bay over Columbus: Columbus is struggling and are also playing on back to back nights.
Philadelphia over Colorado: The Flyers are playing well right now, the Avs are not. The Avs defense is just horrendous and the Voracek/Giroux line will light them up.
New York Islanders over Arizona: The Islanders are a good team this year, and the Coyotes have really struggled out of the gate and are playing on back to back nights.
Note: I'm pretty confident in the 4 picks above. The 2 picks below... not so much.
St Louis over Nashville: The Blues have found their game after dealing injuries and illness to start the season. Plus they have the human highlight real in Tarasenk... OMG!!!!
Washington over Carolina: Both teams are on playing back to back nights. I'm not feeling 100% on this pick but I feel Washington is just a flat out better team despite Holtby being a seive.
Here's hoping I'm yelling "Fuck Ya" after the Islanders beat the Coyotes to clinch my Pick 6 pool.
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Friday, November 7, 2014
Thursday, November 6, 2014
I'm Back - Arena Locations and re-locating the Panthers/Coyotes
It's been a while since I have attempted to post anything that remotely resembles a blog post other than long rambling rantings on the HFBoards Canucks forum. Going forward I am going to write short blog posts whenever I get an idea. I will try and keep it short and sweet. Today, Arena locations.
The location of an arena is very important to the financial success of a team. The old saying "If you build they will come" is completely false if applied to arenas and NHL teams. The best teams in the NHL financially all have arenas that are located centrally and have easy access by mass transit and vehicles, as well are surrounded by the infrastructure of restaurants and bars that hockey fans can go to before and after the games.
The location of the arenas of the Arizona Coyotes and Florida Panthers are a huge hinderence to either team ever being able to be financially succesful. These arenas do not allow for any sort of spur of the moment walk up clientel that teams that have arenas closer to the economic centers of the area do. The Capitals are good example of a team that moved to an arena that is more centrally located and easier accessed for the average fan.
The Coyotes and Panthers will have to be re-located if they are going to be financially succesful. This does not mean leaving the market area though. These franchises need to stop trying to make these out of town out of the way arenas work and move to a centrally located arena that is close to the economic center of the market and can be accessed easily by public and private modes of transit.
Follow me on twitter @holmes156, and if you want me to flood your timeline with crazy tweets during Canucks games @calgarycanuck03.
The location of an arena is very important to the financial success of a team. The old saying "If you build they will come" is completely false if applied to arenas and NHL teams. The best teams in the NHL financially all have arenas that are located centrally and have easy access by mass transit and vehicles, as well are surrounded by the infrastructure of restaurants and bars that hockey fans can go to before and after the games.
The location of the arenas of the Arizona Coyotes and Florida Panthers are a huge hinderence to either team ever being able to be financially succesful. These arenas do not allow for any sort of spur of the moment walk up clientel that teams that have arenas closer to the economic centers of the area do. The Capitals are good example of a team that moved to an arena that is more centrally located and easier accessed for the average fan.
The Coyotes and Panthers will have to be re-located if they are going to be financially succesful. This does not mean leaving the market area though. These franchises need to stop trying to make these out of town out of the way arenas work and move to a centrally located arena that is close to the economic center of the market and can be accessed easily by public and private modes of transit.
Follow me on twitter @holmes156, and if you want me to flood your timeline with crazy tweets during Canucks games @calgarycanuck03.
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