▲ 65 r/canes
NHL Player Jack Hughes referred to Lenovo Center as “the hardest rink to play in because of the fans and the way they play… it is a rocking spot”
5:40 mark of video
u/Professional_Eye6140 — 18 hours ago
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The Minnesota Timberwolves have been Minnesota’s most successful pro sports franchise in the playoffs over the last 5 years
The only one that has really been having any playoff success.
u/Professional_Eye6140 — 6 days ago
Was Columbus the right Ohio city for the NHL when they added a market ?
The NHL is in Columbus in part because an owner and arena were an option.
Was Columbus the “right” Ohio city for the NHL between the three Cs?
Just thinking through the cities:
- Cleveland: has always appeared the most cultural hub oriented of the Ohio cities. Is farther north closer to Great Lakes / hockey country. This said, Cleveland is closer to Detroit and Pittsburgh so more bleed into other hockey markets
- Cincinnati: way further south in what is probably the least hockey-esque part of state. Seems to be the worst of the 3.
- Columbus: seems to be a middle ground between Cleveland and Cincinnati. But not a natural pro sports town since it’s also a college town competing with OSU. But no other pro sports in town.
I guess my gut (and I don’t live in Ohio) is that Cleveland seemed like the most natural decision. Should the NHL have done Cleveland ? Was Columbus the right call? What’s the best hockey region in the state (knowing that Ohio isn’t a big hockey state like MN / MI / MA)?
u/Professional_Eye6140 — 6 days ago
The Minnesota Wild are the winningest NHL franchise all time by Winning % without a Stanley Cup
Amazing to see how high the Wild rank all time in winning % and also how low some iconic franchises rank (Hawks, Kings, Rangers, Leafs for instance).
This being said it’s hard to completely chalk this up to bad luck. The Wild rarely if never have had a Stanley cup caliber team. The team hovers between mediocre to slightly above average every year without bottoming out like some of these franchises.
And it makes you wonder if the team just wants to be relevant every year for ticket sales and owner ego or if it isn’t capable of building an elite team in playoffs. It’s not hard to see some bad teams like the Sharks building their pieces now to make a run down the road.
One last thing but newer expansion teams may benefit from how OT losses are handled so that may be boosting the Wild a tad. But point remains, always relevant, never bad. Also rarely great either.
Edit: by winning %, the data is points %.
u/BucksBrew — 6 days ago
▲ 29 r/UrinatingTree
What’s the opposite market of Minnesota sports ?
MN sports
- losing in heartbreaking fashion
- blowing leads
- inexplicable losses
- playoff meltdowns
- never winning titles
I assume the opposite would be clutch, pulling wins out of their asses, and constant winning.
u/Professional_Eye6140 — 8 days ago
▲ 37 r/UrinatingTree
If the Wolves and Wild both flame out in the next week, will there be a “congrats Minnesota” coming ? Or is this just par for the course with Minnesota sports ?
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u/Professional_Eye6140 — 13 days ago
▲ 2 r/Dashcam
Are the separate brand dashcams better than the ones that are integrated into CarPlay displays? Also it goes without saying but if you have two different devices, powering both at same time is challenging with only a few cig lighters to power it.
u/Professional_Eye6140 — 16 days ago
I had heard some of the F1 attendees were also people at the Kentucky Derby last night in Louisville. The Kentucky Derby itself was delayed by ~10 min so anyone flying private would barely be able to sleep and make it to Miami in time.
In addition for those taking AA flight 1325 this morning between Louisville and Miami, they would have missed opening gates.
People were counting on all the time they needed to get between the two cities. Really surprised with the move given some crossover with the attendees.
u/Professional_Eye6140 — 18 days ago