Quebec City Nordiques for sure! Ottawa, QC, and Montréal rivalry would make a lot of money!
Pensfan668758
Hamilton Tigers!
fbdnssnnd
Whalers!
ubcthrowaway-01
Kansas City would be a great market today imo. That team was ahead of its time in the league
ExposDTM
Quebec makes the most sense to me but I do love the thought of a team being in Oakland and thriving there. That town deserves better than it’s gotten from the Raiders and A’s.
beth12345678901
Quebec
TherealDJStryker
Thrashers
DuckHK93
Seals New Logo and Keep Colors 🙂
dhas19
Bringing back the Rockies may have some logistical issues…
NeekoNyaNya
Quebec Nordiques
Bill-Blurr
I wish Winnipeg would just rehash the old logo already. It rightfully belongs to the franchise no? I mean make a retro jersey with jets colours or use it as a sleeve patch. Idk something, it’s such a cool logo. Hate to see it go to waste.
DisastrousYou75
Nordiques!
CMFT_69
Scouts
Kornchup
Idk why people keep asking this question. The Nordiques win overwhelmingly, every time.
ThatZombieGuy115
Atlanta Thrashers
JayTee245
Whalers without a doubt!
ScoopKane
Nordiques or Whalers.
Keeper_Jdubz
I think I hear some brass bonanza 🐋
ZombieBait2
Hamilton Tigers or Quebec Nordiques if I had to choose a non Canadian team it would be Hartford or Golden Seals
Numerous-Substance66
Both atlanta teams. If one team didn’t work twice, two teams at once is bound to work. Built-in rivalry.
AWokenBeetle
Gimme Atlanta for more southern hockey
c4ptm1dn1ght
Bring back the Golden Seals, and they can play in Oakland. Oakland needs a new sports team.
NBA-014
Quebec
RedditLOLOL69
Nords
Tiger5804
The Whalers
Falcon3492
The Seals and the Barons were one and the same team.
TheObscuris
All the people who want a Canadian team are doing it wrong. The answer is the Atlanta Thrashers. Atlanta Flames to Calgary, Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg. Atlanta Nordiques has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
makalder
It would be interesting to see the Rockies still going today. Especially if that what if thing with Gretz happened and they drafted him. Hockey I’m CO got huge in the late 90s, but if Gretz was here in the 80s I can’t even imagine. I wouldn’t change it though, I have so many great Avs moments to cherish.
OrangeAdenaline
Golden Seals
Deadbolt_2023
The Whale.
BubbaSpanks
The Nords!!!
3Snowshoes
The Whale. All day. Every day. It is the only sensible answer. Most of these cities and states have teams already, and hockey should never sniff Atlanta again.
amach9
Whalers and Nordiques. You can’t make me just pick one
itsjustalicia
Tigers!
NotAMacaw
Nordiques
boltswinagain
Thrashers.
That team had potential. The branding was on point, they had fuckin *Heatley and Kovalchuk* for fucks sake, and the city of Atlanta was behind them up to the point where fans hit fuck it with ownership – throughout their entire 12 year tenure in Atlanta, the Thrashers only suffered net losses of $130K.
They just need what neither the original Thrashers nor the Atlanta Flames ever had – ownership that actually gives a shit about hockey, about Atlanta, and about the fans. The Flames ownership group was a bunch of profiteers out to make the quickest buck possible, and the Atlanta Spirit Group’s handling of the Thrashers can only adequately be described as hockey terrorism.
Maybe if Bettman had had as much of a hard-on for the Atlanta market as he does for the Arizona market, then the Thrashers would’ve lived.
Puzzled-Breakfast493
Hartford whalers. They had the coolest uniform colors.
CliffW3KKO
Hartford Whalers. Honorable mention for California Golden Seals
Sir-McDoodoofart
Anyone but the Nordiques just to piss off the French Fries
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Nordiques
The Ottawa Senators for mass confusion
Thrashers
Quebec City Nordiques for sure! Ottawa, QC, and Montréal rivalry would make a lot of money!
Hamilton Tigers!
Whalers!
Kansas City would be a great market today imo. That team was ahead of its time in the league
Quebec makes the most sense to me but I do love the thought of a team being in Oakland and thriving there. That town deserves better than it’s gotten from the Raiders and A’s.
Quebec
Thrashers
Seals New Logo and Keep Colors 🙂
Bringing back the Rockies may have some logistical issues…
Quebec Nordiques
I wish Winnipeg would just rehash the old logo already. It rightfully belongs to the franchise no? I mean make a retro jersey with jets colours or use it as a sleeve patch. Idk something, it’s such a cool logo. Hate to see it go to waste.
Nordiques!
Scouts
Idk why people keep asking this question. The Nordiques win overwhelmingly, every time.
Atlanta Thrashers
Whalers without a doubt!
Nordiques or Whalers.
I think I hear some brass bonanza 🐋
Hamilton Tigers or Quebec Nordiques if I had to choose a non Canadian team it would be Hartford or Golden Seals
Both atlanta teams. If one team didn’t work twice, two teams at once is bound to work. Built-in rivalry.
Gimme Atlanta for more southern hockey
Bring back the Golden Seals, and they can play in Oakland. Oakland needs a new sports team.
Quebec
Nords
The Whalers
The Seals and the Barons were one and the same team.
All the people who want a Canadian team are doing it wrong. The answer is the Atlanta Thrashers. Atlanta Flames to Calgary, Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg. Atlanta Nordiques has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?
It would be interesting to see the Rockies still going today. Especially if that what if thing with Gretz happened and they drafted him. Hockey I’m CO got huge in the late 90s, but if Gretz was here in the 80s I can’t even imagine. I wouldn’t change it though, I have so many great Avs moments to cherish.
Golden Seals
The Whale.
The Nords!!!
The Whale. All day. Every day. It is the only sensible answer. Most of these cities and states have teams already, and hockey should never sniff Atlanta again.
Whalers and Nordiques. You can’t make me just pick one
Tigers!
Nordiques
Thrashers.
That team had potential. The branding was on point, they had fuckin *Heatley and Kovalchuk* for fucks sake, and the city of Atlanta was behind them up to the point where fans hit fuck it with ownership – throughout their entire 12 year tenure in Atlanta, the Thrashers only suffered net losses of $130K.
They just need what neither the original Thrashers nor the Atlanta Flames ever had – ownership that actually gives a shit about hockey, about Atlanta, and about the fans. The Flames ownership group was a bunch of profiteers out to make the quickest buck possible, and the Atlanta Spirit Group’s handling of the Thrashers can only adequately be described as hockey terrorism.
Maybe if Bettman had had as much of a hard-on for the Atlanta market as he does for the Arizona market, then the Thrashers would’ve lived.
Hartford whalers. They had the coolest uniform colors.
Hartford Whalers. Honorable mention for California Golden Seals
Anyone but the Nordiques just to piss off the French Fries