We almost had the Penguins. It was so close the schedule makers had two schedules reflecting east and west for them.
He had wanted that team, but Mario Lemieux stepped in at the last minute to save them from leaving Pittsburgh. I don't recall any indications that he was ever interested in another NHL team after that interaction.
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2014/03/portland-penguins-how-we-almost-landed-the.html very close
Just a thought? If Portland did get a hockey team? I wonder if we could start a forum board that didn’t have 16-18 trade threads going at the same time? I wonder if we could tell jokes and not hurt peoples feelers all the time? I wonder if we would have to give @SlyPokerDog doggy treats?
Since no one knows anything about hockey except a few of us, we can be the mods and do whatever the fuck we want to
There are a total of 11 NBA/NHL teams that share arenas. It could be done. https://arenadigest.com/2018/10/24/shared-nba-nhl-arenas-2018-19/ Shared NBA-NHL Arenas in 2018-19
Another exciting game. Could be 3-1 either way. Have to say Colorado played a very intense OT in that game. They pressured The whole time.