Will say, if anyone wants to see a loud crowd, that Anaheim/Jets game starts in 30 min I believe.

Hard not to get caught up in a bit of the excitement, as the city is buzzing. Havent seen the energy like this since moving here in '97.

Will be a 'white-out' in the stands.
- flyer_nutter

Good for them. Talk about two different worlds atlanta and Winnipeg sheesh. Atlanta should be excommunicated from the nhl How did one of the worst sports cities get to host the Olympics?

Good for them. Talk about two different worlds atlanta and Winnipeg sheesh. Atlanta should be excommunicated from the nhl How did one of the worst sports cities get to host the Olympics?
- Just5

Bustin on the ATL? Why would you say it's a bad sports city?

Holy poop.

Bustin on the ATL? Why would you say it's a bad sports city?
- leon neon

I don't know, maybe because even when they were winning divisions and going to World Series', the Braves still couldn't sell out their playoff games?

Bustin on the ATL? Why would you say it's a bad sports city?
- leon neon

Well

http://www.forbes.com/sit...rable-sports-cities-2014/

I don't know, maybe because even when they were winning divisions and going to World Series', the Braves still couldn't sell out their playoff games?
- Doc_Sarcasm

Oh, you call baseball a sport. Silly me.

Bustin on the ATL? Why would you say it's a bad sports city?
- leon neon

It's a city of mostly transplants in an area where nascar is #1. They have to pump crowd noise into their poopty football stadium Bc their crowd can't do the job. See the Braves post below mine. They couldn't hold onto two nhl teams now. Hawks attendance is brutal win or lose. Pretty bad

Oh, you call baseball a sport. Silly me.
- leon neon

Fine, you lost TWO, TWO NHL franchises. Remind me how many other cities lay claim to that distinction?

It's a city of mostly transplants in an area where nascar is #1. They have to pump crowd noise into their poopty football stadium Bc their crowd can't do the job. See the Braves post below mine. They couldn't hold onto two nhl teams now. Hawks attendance is brutal win or lose. Pretty bad
- Just5

They're the Los Angeles of the south.

Fine, you lost TWO, TWO NHL franchises. Remind me how many other cities lay claim to that distinction?
- Doc_Sarcasm

didnt they lose a basketball team? and if you count the xfl they lost a football team

Bustin on the ATL? Why would you say it's a bad sports city?
- leon neon

Because it is. Terrible sports city, well to be more specific, a terrible PRO sports city. They love their Bulldogs.

Fine, you lost TWO, TWO NHL franchises. Remind me how many other cities lay claim to that distinction?
- Doc_Sarcasm

It was very annoying because it was the closest place for me to watch a game and not very expensive to get good seats. I got to go to two games there and they started sending me emails about being a season ticket holder.

Pietrangelo destroyed.

Well

http://www.forbes.com/sit...rable-sports-cities-2014/
- ob18

NFL - Southern's are Huge Football fans, but they prefer to watch on Saturdays i.e. they are college football fans - much more than Northerns. I'm a Northern. I'd much rather go to a U of Georgia game than Falcons.

MLB - The stadium is not in a safe neighborhood, it is moving to the burbs... The fans base is in the burbs. The attendance will raise. Baseball is a dying sport.

NBA - Good following

NHL - There are a lot of fans - tons of fans. The problem is that ATL is a transplant city, nobody is from ATL. The fans are loyal to their previous teams, not the new one. I liked the Thrashers, but my blood runs O&B. I saw a couple NY rags and Philly games - their was more "away" fans than home (but they all lived in ATL). Having too many transplants (especially with a losing mismanaged team) was the Thrasher down fall. Your not going to sell season tickets and fill seat for a Phx or Calgary games. Not to mention again, the stadium local sux'ed. If it was in the burbs and the team won (not mismanaged - the Coburn trade?), the team would have gathered a following like Nas or Carolina.

NHL

Pietrangelo destroyed.
- hereticpride

after STL chokes again, if Hitch gets fired, where do rank him among the other coaching options?

after STL chokes again, if Hitch gets fired, where do rank him among the other coaching options?
- Giroux_Is_God

McLellan
Babcock
Deboer
Hitch

McLellan
Babcock
Deboer
DJ Smith
- aflyerpower8

Fixed

McLellan
Babcock
Deboer
Hitch
- aflyerpower8

I like your list, I really don't think Hitch has a shot at being hired again. I would put Julien, who looks like dead man walking above Deboer.

Is it just me or is the text much smaller with the new format when reading on your phone?

Is it just me or is the text much smaller with the new format when reading on your phone?
- funmaster18

No it's not just you

Fixed
- ob18

You wanna give us a run down of this "DJ Smith" character?

You wanna give us a run down of this "DJ Smith" character?
- JAKEw1234

Head coach of the Oshawa Generals........Only a matter of time before he gets a shot.

No it's not just you
- Just5

Great. Carry on.

Head coach of the Oshawa Generals........Only a matter of time before he gets a shot.
- ob18

Do you think he's NHL ready? Looks like he's only been a head coach for 3 years now, and never coached outside of the OHL.