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From B2: The talk is that New Year's Day isn't 100% set in stone for the Winter Classic. That might enable southern sites.

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Jan 2 '09, 13:59

Plus, the NHL's ice machine is apparently good until 6 degrees Celsius (44ish F.)

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I think the date is important. Otherwise, casual TV viewers will see it as "just another hockey name". - Mop Jan 2, 14:08 3
- name = game. -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 14:10
- I tend to agree that they should attempt to establish this as a New Year's Day tradition, but the NHL doesn't view it that way. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 2, 14:09 1
  - *rolls eyes* Is Bettman still calling the shots? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 14:11
If you try hard enough, can't you make outdoor ice in Phoenix? - Mop Jan 2, 14:04 13
- Wasn't there an exhibition game in the Ceasar's Palace "arena" one year? - Name Withheld By Request Jan 2, 14:07
- either team would need to develop a bankable star. -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 14:06 11
  - Every year they suck is another year they get a chance to draft a top prospect. -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 14:09 4
    - so any time now, right? -- nm - Phoenix Coyotes Jan 2, 14:09 3
      - C'mon, when your head coach has been retired 5 years and is still the best player on the team...... -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 2, 14:10 2
        
        I don't like thrashing former Winnipeg Jets, but is there a more overrated player than Shane Doan? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 2, 14:14
        
        LOL! -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 14:11
  - *wipes tear* -- nm - Anze Kopitar Jan 2, 14:08 5
    - Exhibit A of "Why the NHL has marketing problems". -- nm - TFox Jan 2, 14:09 3
      - though every sport has its "foreign name" issues. - Reagen Jan 2, 14:20 2
        
        It's a turkey stuffed with an oglu. -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 14:30
        
        Yao. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 14:23
    - The Slovenian Assassin! -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 14:09
Ah, that'd up the charm. An outdoor January game in Atlanta, just like when Atlantans were growing up on their ponds. -- nm - TFox Jan 2, 14:03

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From B2: The talk is that New Year's Day isn't 100% set in stone for the Winter Classic. That might enable southern sites.

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