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August 9, 2012
Brooklyn Islanders Not Likely?
The Prospect Park
by Jess Rubenstein
No, not likely at all.
So I guess Bruce Ratner did not get the memo from Gary Bettman regarding moving the New York Islanders to the Barclay Center in Brooklyn. Ratner who's the minority owner of the Brooklyn Nets thinks moving the Islanders into the brand-new arena would be a good idea.
Normally I would agree but I don't know how the Islanders could survive or compete against the Rangers in an arena that would have the smallest seating capacity in the NHL. I also don't see how having three NHL teams within arms length of each other is good for the NHL.
NoLandGrab: And it's not even the small number of seats, but the way they're configured, that make the Barclays Center completely untenable for NHL hockey.
Posted by eric at August 9, 2012 11:51 AM