If Cam Neely's in the Hall, Kariya should be too. Kariya doesn't have the 1000 point mark next to his name, but he was arguably the 2nd best winger in the world (after Jagr) for a good 5 years. He should be in the Hall.
What the hell is an "impact bat"? Do you guys mean "big bat"? Because I consider David Murphy (who has a higher OPS than Gomez) to be an impactful hitter, just in a different way. I agree that we could use a big bat to hit 5th, but some of you are acting like we haven't done anything at all, and that is asinine.
yeah, what happens in NHL arbitration is the player and team each come up with a number, and the arbitrator then picks a number in the middle, so you're always going to have players ask for too much, and teams give too little.
Go learn more about the business side of owning a sports franchise and then come back. Besides the fact that those cities don't have enough people, they also don't have enough coporate support to properly support an NHL team. Also, are there any perspective owners in those cities? Who's going to pay for a 20,000 seat arena?