Breaker wrote:I'm thinking he meant the Houston Oilers from the NFL...
...you know, you're probably right. My bad!!
Shows how little I think about the NFL, anymore. If you said "Jets," I'd think of Winnipeg before New York.
Speaking of which...
lynchie137 wrote:Hopefully Les Nordiques will return in the near future.
I agree! And I was pumped to see the Jets return around 15 years ago, even if it meant Atlanta had to lose their team. Again. Remember - that's where the Flames used to be, ages ago! I almost feel like no league does more team shuffling and rebranding than the NHL. But I guess they're all guilty of it from time to time.
As a resident of the Pacific Northwest, I just can't get behind a team being called "The Kraken." Whatever!! They had a real opportunity to take advantage of some local flavor with the team name, but... nope. They went with Kraken. As it stands, the closest NHL team I give a rip about at all is the Flames. Even though the Canucks and Sharks are closer to where I live, I just can't get behind them, either.
I do hear rumors every couple of years about the Sonics coming back to Seattle. I hope I see the day, but I also hope that doesn't mean another NBA city has to lose its franchise for that to happen. We'll see.
I haven't really watched the NBA much since the Sonics moved to OKC, and unlike many others out here, I refuse to jump ship and watch the Blazers. No way. If that means I don't have a team to watch, so be it!
Back on sports games, I've always had a soft spot for the original Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey on the N64. The game's not so great, but it's a blast with four players, and easy enough to learn that anyone can pick it up and play. And it's also one of the most-recent games (being based on '96 rosters) to feature the Whalers and the original Winnipeg Jets, though I think it *just* missed out on the Nordiques, who I believe were re-branded as the Avalanche by that time. I should play it again and see...
I know NHL '96 on the Genesis still has the Nordiques, though. Is it the most-recent NHL game to feature them in their original form, aside from "classic" teams in later releases?
