Funny Josh is a Whalers fan who probably hated Atlanta the way I hated Winnipeg a few years ago. Thrashers STH from day one thru the day they bolted no pun intended, but there weren't enough of us apparently.
Anyway, when the Thrashers left, I was looking for a team to follow and had it narrowed down to Chicago (due to Marian Hossa, best all around player the Thrashers had in their short history) and Nashville. I picked Nashville when it became clear I couldn't watch almost all Hawks games on WGN (none as it turned out), plus proximity to Nashville helped. For some reason the NHL in their wisdom shows 1/2 Preds games (a 3 to 4 hour drive to Nashville) and 1/2 Canes games (an 8 to 9 hour drive to Raliegh) in the ATL as "regional games" Great Marketing by the NHL.
Anyhoo I digress.
Prolly pull for the Hawks (despite them being a Preds nemesis) due to the Original 6 factor, Hossa, plus I hated TB - SE rival - as a Thrashers fan .
T.O.
Last edited by tonyo; 05-31-2015 at 04:16 PM.
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