Bro, you can’t just wield weapons like this so recklessly.
dukefan15
Whalers also had the WHA title in 1973.
But yeah they were mostly trash otherwise
oooriole09
Whalers night pretty much reinforces why moving from Hartford was one of the best things the NHL/Karmanos did and why a franchise will never go back.
Its a saturated market and never grew the game. The folks with Bruins/Rangers flair saying “Conn native here, fuck the Hurricanes” are doing nothing but proving that.
New markets, like Raleigh, actually grow the game. Swapping jerseys doesn’t. Exactly why Atlanta will get a nod. Exactly why SLC will get a nod. New markets equal more fans.
Rant over.
Carolina_Captain
Downvote me, call me a boomer, etc., but I’m not a huge fan of the Whalers thing. The jerseys are always beautiful, but it seems weird to keep wearing a different team’s gear. The Titans shouldn’t wear Oilers unis, the Avs shouldn’t wear Nordiques unis, and the Canes shouldn’t wear Whalers unis.
Alum07
I’m just saying, maybe they should have specified when whining ‘Bring Back the Whale’s the first 20 years or so the team was here
dobdus
As a Connecticut native, now living in NC, I enjoyed watching Whalers night. It was very nostalgic for me as I watched the Whalers as a kid. The comments about Connecticut being hurt is very validated. The Whalers left and I do think it was justified. What made the pain much worse for the fan base was Robert Kraft saying he would bring the Patriots to Hartford. It was awesome and there were very big plans… at the end of the day though it was a ploy to get Mass to pay/help pay for Patriots Place and stay in Mass. CT’s market is too small to compete with Boston and New York and the only hope for a professional team is to get a ‘New England’ team located there but that won’t happen.
Cylinsier
I get former Whalers fans not being into Whalers night to be fair. Probably feels like rubbing salt in the wound to them. But there are two or three people in the main hockey sub who are way, way too angry about this. Eating hundreds of downvotes to go on paragraph long rants about how much they are constantly seething about the Hurricanes existing. Saying they don’t just want a team again, they will only be happy if the Hurricanes franchise specifically moves back so that Carolina fans have to live through what they have. And I am just thinking yeah I would probably be pretty upset if the Canes relocated and then wherever they went they wore Canes gear once a season… for the first few years. Then I’d get over it because life is too short to be that pissed about sports.
There was one guy there that said he was in his 30s and was spitting venom about how much he hates us. Dude you were a child when they left, get a new team or get over it. Nobody under 30 would even know the Whalers existed if we didn’t choose to remember them, and the owner that fucked their market over is gone. I can’t imagine being that fixated on something that is irrelevant to your overall life for that long. But I guess I also live somewhere where there’s more to do than watch a hockey game, so maybe I would understand if I lived in Hartford.
Glad_Inspector5236
If the Canes moved away and the new team did “Carolina Hurricanes night” I wouldn’t like it. Says the person who just bought a Whalers hat and sweatshirt -thus explaining why the Canes do Whalers night.
Shot-Tax-6327
Why is this even a thing? It was soooooo long ago. Connecticut is THE armpit of New England. I lived there. The taxes are high, the people are miserable and they don’t have any professional sports because they can’t support anything being so close to NY or Boston. The ‘Carolina’ Hurricanes are our team and have fans all over the globe. If they can get $$$ in revenue for marketing a Whalers night at ONE home game per season, why wouldn’t they? People buy into it and I personally think it’s a nice way to nod where you came from. It was a business decision, period.
lanbuckjames
I was never pissed at New Orleans when the Hornets moved down there. Just seems like a weird thing to be upset about.
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We’ve got to move on from the Whalers thing.
Bro, you can’t just wield weapons like this so recklessly.
Whalers also had the WHA title in 1973.
But yeah they were mostly trash otherwise
Whalers night pretty much reinforces why moving from Hartford was one of the best things the NHL/Karmanos did and why a franchise will never go back.
Its a saturated market and never grew the game. The folks with Bruins/Rangers flair saying “Conn native here, fuck the Hurricanes” are doing nothing but proving that.
New markets, like Raleigh, actually grow the game. Swapping jerseys doesn’t. Exactly why Atlanta will get a nod. Exactly why SLC will get a nod. New markets equal more fans.
Rant over.
Downvote me, call me a boomer, etc., but I’m not a huge fan of the Whalers thing. The jerseys are always beautiful, but it seems weird to keep wearing a different team’s gear. The Titans shouldn’t wear Oilers unis, the Avs shouldn’t wear Nordiques unis, and the Canes shouldn’t wear Whalers unis.
I’m just saying, maybe they should have specified when whining ‘Bring Back the Whale’s the first 20 years or so the team was here
As a Connecticut native, now living in NC, I enjoyed watching Whalers night. It was very nostalgic for me as I watched the Whalers as a kid. The comments about Connecticut being hurt is very validated. The Whalers left and I do think it was justified. What made the pain much worse for the fan base was Robert Kraft saying he would bring the Patriots to Hartford. It was awesome and there were very big plans… at the end of the day though it was a ploy to get Mass to pay/help pay for Patriots Place and stay in Mass. CT’s market is too small to compete with Boston and New York and the only hope for a professional team is to get a ‘New England’ team located there but that won’t happen.
I get former Whalers fans not being into Whalers night to be fair. Probably feels like rubbing salt in the wound to them. But there are two or three people in the main hockey sub who are way, way too angry about this. Eating hundreds of downvotes to go on paragraph long rants about how much they are constantly seething about the Hurricanes existing. Saying they don’t just want a team again, they will only be happy if the Hurricanes franchise specifically moves back so that Carolina fans have to live through what they have. And I am just thinking yeah I would probably be pretty upset if the Canes relocated and then wherever they went they wore Canes gear once a season… for the first few years. Then I’d get over it because life is too short to be that pissed about sports.
There was one guy there that said he was in his 30s and was spitting venom about how much he hates us. Dude you were a child when they left, get a new team or get over it. Nobody under 30 would even know the Whalers existed if we didn’t choose to remember them, and the owner that fucked their market over is gone. I can’t imagine being that fixated on something that is irrelevant to your overall life for that long. But I guess I also live somewhere where there’s more to do than watch a hockey game, so maybe I would understand if I lived in Hartford.
If the Canes moved away and the new team did “Carolina Hurricanes night” I wouldn’t like it. Says the person who just bought a Whalers hat and sweatshirt -thus explaining why the Canes do Whalers night.
Why is this even a thing? It was soooooo long ago. Connecticut is THE armpit of New England. I lived there. The taxes are high, the people are miserable and they don’t have any professional sports because they can’t support anything being so close to NY or Boston. The ‘Carolina’ Hurricanes are our team and have fans all over the globe. If they can get $$$ in revenue for marketing a Whalers night at ONE home game per season, why wouldn’t they? People buy into it and I personally think it’s a nice way to nod where you came from. It was a business decision, period.
I was never pissed at New Orleans when the Hornets moved down there. Just seems like a weird thing to be upset about.