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FlippinWaffles t1_j6edxiy wrote

Reply to comment by solomons-marbles in Bring back the whalers!!! by iwanttobehappy2022

Bingo! With the current nhl layout there is no way we are getting any nhl team. Plus Harford would find a way to fuck it up

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JasJoeGo t1_j6g367s wrote

Peter Karamanos wanted the government to build him a stadium where he’d make all the money from concessions, as opposed to the civic center where he just got ticket revenue. I loved the whalers and was devastated when they left but using public money to make a rich man richer is not ideal. So frankly Hartford didn’t fuck it up.

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FlippinWaffles t1_j6g499j wrote

Oh I was talking about all the wolfpack crap plus the yard goat fumble. Wolfpack gets 0 support from the city as far as I can tell. I never see anything remotely close to hartford supporting them. In fact I remember several years ago when the circus was in town, the pack had made the playoffs and they ended up playing 5 straight away games because Hartford decided that the circus was more important. I just don't see how they even have the wolfpack staying around

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solomons-marbles t1_j6ivtz3 wrote

That playoff run had nothing to do w the city, but w poor management from the team & HCC. The HCC should never have booked a circus run during play-offs.

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FlippinWaffles t1_j6n68k3 wrote

Interesting I never knew that is how it works with something like the circus or bigger events

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SherrickM t1_j6gg660 wrote

Cause it's cheaper to the team's parent company than doing anything else with it.

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