Hartford was not the smallest market in the league when it left; Buffalo is much smaller. Quebec City and Winnipeg are also much smaller. Raleigh is around the same size, and only when expanded to include other cities in an area the size of Connecticut does it exceed Hartford. If Hartford is combined with Springfield, Mass and New Haven, it's a market of about 2 million people. The Boston Bruins Jerseys just never really tried to enter the New Haven and Fairfield County markets as they should have. The wealth of a market is also important, and the Hartford area is one of the wealthiest in the country, along with a strong corporate base. The population and companies of Fairfield County also await some wooing, as the New York teams are all City, Westchester, Long Island, and Wholesale Jerseys oriented. The market isn't to blame; the league just doesn't want a team there. It's kind of annoying to keep hearing this bunk about potential teams needing permission from other markets to set up shop because they are "in their territory" when they are clearly NOT. Fact: If Hartford wanted a team they would not need the permission of the Rangers or the Bruins. Hartford is clearly not in the territory of the Bruins sell NHL Jerseys. Copps coliseum is not in the Sabres territory either and Hamilton could conceivably build an arena slightly west of the city to skirt the issue with the Leafs. Pretty interesting, and I hope the Whalers fans all the best, but sadly I'm not seeing Hartford getting a NHL team back anytime soon. Hartford's a great town, but there are just way, way too many other possible sites vying for an NHL team, like Seattle, Kansas City, Houston (for the size, you'd better believe the NHL is interested if possible), Hamilton, and the always fan-favorite Winnipeg that likely are more attractive alternatives for NHL teams that want to relocate (or if the NHL wants to expand). Plus, as Brian Favat said, it's smack dab in the middle between two of the most profitable MLB Jerseys franchises in the guise of the Bruins and the Rangers, so getting their approval for another team in their turf is a huge hurdle to cross. But I do agree that the Hartford Whalers logo is pretty awesome, and the Connecticut Whalers logo is pretty good, too. Nice, simple, easy to remember/identify, and conveys a strong point. On a side note, I actually have a friend that's a Rangers/Wolf Pack fan that lives just outside Hartford that's furious at Baldwin and the hockey "fans" (as he puts it) that live in the area. He's been talking about this proposed move to become the CT Whalers for a couple weeks now, and as he puts it, it's just a cheap marketing ploy to get folks that don't know any better to suddenly start following a team that they mostly ignored over the years with the delusional prospect that the Whale might return if they start showing some support to the rebranded AHL team. In other words, he believes that Baldwin's not even serious about bringing the NHL back to town, but is just saying that to play on the hoping Whalers fans into supporting the Rangers-affiliated team that they've ignored for about a decade and for new Jerseys sales. He's got no interest whatsoever to make Hartford an NHL town again.
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