THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
You have to close the page we ve on. That's life. Hopefully next book treats me the way this book treated me."
— Ozzie Guillen
ed in saysence
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What year did Guillen win his one and only World Series with the White Sox?
A: 2005 against the Houston Astros
ESPN.COM
MORNING BREW
As NHL's prospects rise, so do Kansas City's
Coming off one of the most exhilarating postseasons in its history, the NHL will lase its skates again for the 2011-12 season starting on Oct. 6. With no professional basketball games in the foreseeable future because of the NBA lockout, the NHL will be the only professional sports league complementing the NFL during winter, possibly raising the sport's profile.
Arguably the top story during the NHL offseason was the Atlanta Thrashers' decision to relocate to Winnipeg and rename its franchise the Jets. Winnipeg once had an NHL franchise nicknamed the Jets, but it relocated to Phoenix in 1996 and became the Phoenix Coyotes. No sport has undergone more franchise relocations than the NHL, but one city is hoping for another franchise move: Kansas City.
Back in the early 1970s, the NHL awarded Kansas City with an expansion team nicknamed the Scouts. The Scouts entered the NHL in 1974, but stayed in Kansas City for only two seasons because of financial struggles, poor fan support, lousy ownership and losing. The franchise moved to Colorado and changed its nickname to the Rockies, but relocated again to New Jersey in 1982. It was renamed the Devils. Since 1982, the New Jersey Devils have appeared in four Stanley Cup finals and won three.
The NHL has given Kansas City an opportunity to redeem itself by hosting preseason
games in the Sprint Center. Built in 2007, the Sprint Center has hosted college basketball games as well as NBA and NHL preseason games, but besides the Kansas City Command of the Arena Football League, it lacks a tenant. This makes Kansas City an attractive destination for any franchise considering relocation.
Kansas City is a small sports market that doesn't possess a passion for hockey, but its sports fans are hungry for a winter sports team, which has been lacking since 1985 when the Kansas City Kings, an NBA team, moved to Sacramento. The Royals and Chiefs have disappointed Kansas City sports fans for many years, forcing them to become bandwagon fans during the NHL season. An NFL franchise in Kansas City could cultivate hockey in the Kansas City metropolitan area, but all of this is moot if a potential ownership group doesn't express interest in moving a
team to the heart of America. However, two teams that could potentially move to Kansas City include the Florida Panthers and the New York Islanders.
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Hockey in South Florida is a very hard sell. It's already hard enough for other South Florida teams to fill their facilities to capacity because of the magnificent weather and non-native residents who root for their hometown teams, so attendance at Florida Panthers hockey games has been low for several years. It has been tough for the franchise to make revenue. Losing, combined with poor attendance, fan support and low team revenue means relocation. Forbes ranked the Panthers 22nd of 30 teams in team value at $168 million. The average attendance last year was 15,685, which was ranked 22nd of 30 teams by ESPN. Their 86.6 percent capacity percentage was among the worst in the NHL last season. The Panthers have not qualified for the postseason since the 1999-2000 season.
This once proud franchise that won four consecutive Stanley Cup titles from 1979-1983 has struggled mightily in many facets. Since their inception in
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
1972, the New York Islanders have played in the venerable Nassau Coliseum, but the arena is severely out-of-date. The New York Post reported Nassau County voters recently rejected a referendum to build a new arena and the islanders lease at Nassau Coliseum expires in 2015. Last year's average attendance was a woeful 11,059, and their attendance capacity percentage was 81.5 percent, the worst in the NHL according to ESPN. Their $151 million team value is 26th in the NFL, according to Forbes. The team is also putting a bad product on the ice and has missing the postseason in five of the last six seasons.
- Edited by Jonathan Shorman
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