11BMasshole t1_j6g0p49 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 1:46 AM

Reply to comment by johnsonutah in Bring back the whalers!!! by iwanttobehappy2022

If marketed well a Hartford area team could draw from the Springfield area. Although I’m pretty sure they tried back then , but the Bruins were very much the preferred team with the Rangers a close 2nd.

johnsonutah t1_j6g2w2i wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:01 AM

Doubtful that anyone from MA would pull for a CT team over a Boston team. It would just be out of convenience - being closer to Hartford so they could attend games. And even then, everyone who’s been to hartford knows its infrastructure blows, traffic sucks, and the city isn’t a place you want to be.

Better to set up shop in New Haven or FFC along the train line. You’d get all the Hartford people anyways + the massive quantity of people living in FFC