If you could set up a Winter Classic, what two teams would play and where would they play?

2 things. First is about the chase for Tavares. Second is the Winter Classic.

Tavares watch. Im not usually one to point the finger at a team and say they’re calling it quits, especially when it’s a team I like such as the leafs. However, I just cant seem to shake the feeling that the leafs are doing whatever they can to be the worst team in the league and get Tavares in the draft. Then there’s also the thrashers who despite being one of the worst teams last season have done almost nothing to improve themselves but add one defenseman.

I really dont think a team would aim to the worst to get the No 1 pick. To me a season as worst in the league is too damaging to a team. I don’t think the pens aimed for Crosby. I don’t think the lightning aimed for Stamkos. Maybe they did in the second half of the season. I don’t know. But I just don’t think it’s right for a team to throw away a season to aim for someone. Although nowadays a team can easily say “yeah we can toss this season out, get the first pick then come back and maybe win the cup” because truly any team can win the cup these days, so I can see where teams would get their thought process from.

Winter Classic. I love the Winter Classics. I think they’re the second-best if not the best games of the season. I mean really, can it get any better than last season’s Penguins-Sabres matchup? That was the best game in terms of weather and score. And Crosby won it in the shootout, cant get much better than that. Although the ice delays got rather annoying…

Anyways the NHL is looking to Chicago’s Wrigley Field for this upcoming season’s location to host the Blackhawks and Red Wings. It’ll be a hell of a game with an amazing crowd and atmosphere. I just hope it’s the same weather conditions as the last Winter Classic. Not only will this help the Hawks’ boost in publicity, but it will help the fandom too with the location at Wrigley Field. Looking forward to one hell of a game on new year’s day! (I really was hoping they’d play at yankee Stadium this year, but oh well, it’s all good).

Here in Dallas, the new Cowboys stadium is being built. It’ll be one of the biggest, nicest stadiums in the US and I cant help but wonder…. What if the Stars hosted a Winter Classic in the new stadium? I know we only get snow 3 days a year and there’s almost no way the Stars will ever beat out the Cowboys in the headlines. It would be a really nice stadium to play and the weather would be crisp. But that’s probably not enough to bring a game here. Especially considering we don’t really have a huge rivalry. Well we are rivals with the wings but they kill us every time we play so I doubt they’d set a game up against the Wings. I think it would be best to keep the games where it’s snowy and there’s a huge fan base, but I cant help but imagine the Stars playing in the middle of that amazing stadium.