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Congrats to both teams for great series.

Too bad for city of Vancouver.... :(

I am surprised no one has posted here regarding the catastrophe that happened in Russia. Almost every teammember of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl got killed in the plane crash, such big names for hockey world, in both players and coaching staff.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Mister

Yeah, surrounding area is the problem, not the city itself. Most teams are in cities with less than 700k in the cities themselves.

I think Winnipeg would be more successful than the team in Atlanta, at the very least. Still think it should have been the Québec Nordiques getting to debut that new logo they never used (the one with what I guess was a husky or a wolf)...but I don't call the shots. Honestly, hockey's a niche sport. Always going to be. Just cater to the people who want to be catered to. Many of those people are in Canada...

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Sold out all season tickets in 17 minutes. I think a city of 700000 can at least make a go of supporting the Jets. God knows there are 11 teams in financial trouble in the NHL, and none are in Canada. Sometimes you sell your product to people who understand it rather than selling it to people who choose not to learn or enjoy it....

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

I am surprised no one has posted here regarding the catastrophe that happened in Russia. Almost every teammember of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl got killed in the plane crash, such big names for hockey world, in both players and coaching staff.

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I havne't been posting on Chit Chat for the most part since the spring...it was a tragedy and an awful thing to conteplate, but I am not shocked in a sense. Russian airlines such as Aeroflot are still using on all their domestic routes old USSR era relics such as the Yak 42 that were in the crash. Dave King, the former Canadian national team coach coached in the KHL for a year or two and he said it was one of the reasons he left, in that he didn't think much of the airplanes he had to sit in.

Pavel Demetria, Ruslan Salei, and a few others plus head coach Brad McCrimmon all died on that plane...and were NHL'ers. I counted 5 or 6....so a lot of people starting the NHL season will do so with heavy hearts.....

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

I havne't been posting on Chit Chat for the most part since the spring...it was a tragedy and an awful thing to conteplate, but I am not shocked in a sense. Russian airlines such as Aeroflot are still using on all their domestic routes old USSR era relics such as the Yak 42 that were in the crash. Dave King, the former Canadian national team coach coached in the KHL for a year or two and he said it was one of the reasons he left, in that he didn't think much of the airplanes he had to sit in.

Pavel Demetria, Ruslan Salei, and a few others plus head coach Brad McCrimmon all died on that plane...and were NHL'ers. I counted 5 or 6....so a lot of people starting the NHL season will do so with heavy hearts.....

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yes many Russian airlines do but not Aeroflot.

Their mainstay in the fleet are Airbuses as well as 9 B767,
However they do have more modern Russian aircrafts such as the IL-96 (6) and the brand new Sukhoi Superjet 100.
Aef also have orders for B777, B787 and Irkut MS-21.

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Originally Posted by BleAivano

yes many Russian airlines do but not Aeroflot.

Their mainstay in the fleet are Airbuses as well as 9 B767,
However they do have more modern Russian aircrafts such as the IL-96 (6) and the brand new Sukhoi Superjet 100.
Aef also have orders for B777, B787 and Irkut MS-21.

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Quite right, and as far as I've been told, biggest problem is not the russian airplanes, but the people and the way planes are maintained.
Like you said, Aeroflot is using very modern fleet.

I truly hope that we won't be seeing any more tragedys in the hockey world :/

The new season of NHL is about to start..... what are your thoughts about it? Teemu one-more-year Selänne continues so no news from Ducks camp. Some interesting trades thought. Obvioulsy I have looked most of them through blue and white glasses but most interesting is Dany Healey's move to Minnesota. I hope it'll boost Mikko Koivu and the rest of the team yet another level :up:

what is the difference between from NFL and NHL. I am from Hongkong so not so familiar with your games leagues.

Does ESPN air NHL anymore?

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Originally Posted by A.F.F.

Does ESPN air NHL anymore?

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to make a long story short:

NHl sold the rights to Medge consulting (MC). MC asks for too much money and no European tv company or ESPN Am have bough the rights so far.
currently there is no legal way of watching NHL from Europe.
everyone just say that "They are working on it".