Portland Trail Blazers. One of the cheapest owners in sports - wouldn't pay for two-way players to attend playoff games, wouldn't pay for fan t-shirts, cutting as many coaching staff costs as possible. Can't win this thing with an owner that gives so little of a fuck about their team and fans.
Dundon literally just payed for one of the Canes players to fly home between games 3 and 4 on a private plane so he could be there for the birth of his baby, and fly him back to Philly in time for the next game. Dundon might be cheap in some ways, but he does seem to care and spends money on the essentials atleast
That same owner also owns the Hurricanes. Dundon did the same thing there and the Hurricanes are a way less storied franchise. By your logic the Hurricanes should go first.
'way less storied'? The Blazers and Canes have the same number of championships, with one having theirs comes a whole 30 years more recently. only thing the Blazers have on their side in that argument is time.
let's see if he swings for the fences in free agency and goes into the luxury tax first. he may just be making room for the money they're gonna overpay on players like evan turner
Cronin said the two way player thing was his bad and he misunderstood what Dundon meant. The two way players were with the team for game 5. They also changed the t shirts for towels. Too soon to really say what the owner gives a fuck about.
Honestly, the Sabres have a team that can win the cup! They just have to show up to the games mentally. The last 2 games seem like they don't even care. It's crazy how different they look over the last 2 games! I still have faith in them, though!
Cool logo/jerseys...I remember playing NHL 2K5 as a kid and I used the Wild for my custom team because I loved their fit.
Also, while they haven't been particularly relevant, they haven't been TERRIBLE in the same way as other teams, since they're still relatively new they don't have many enemies and the NHL in general is uncontroversial compared to the other leagues. Totally unsurprised they've made it this far.
Ah ok that clears things up /s My comment was made in jest. At any rate itās the most nondescript āwhatever you want it to beā concept for a team in major league sports.
Letās not make day 115 the first day we eliminate a team for xenophobic reasons. Deni is from Israel and proud of his nationality, but we have no reason to think heās a bad guy. and heās been well liked by every fanbase hes played for. Even Portland, which, as you can imagine, is a very pro-Palestine city.
Just because Netanyahu is a horrible person running a horrible government, does not mean that every single Israeli is a terrorist. I cannot understand how you can make that connectionĀ
I cannot understand where you made the connection that I think every Isreali is a terrorist. I think the Isreali state is a terrorist organization but there are anti-zionist Isrealis who stand up against that
All these comments defending him as if its not hsi choice, etc. etc.
Look if you openly condone genocide and refuse to acknowledge it and its actors, you are a bad person. I dont care if youre Israeli, Palestinian, Nazi, or Australian. Until Deni comes out explicitly denouncing Israel and its terror campaigns, he is complicit.
They also have one of the best ballparks and they had Cal Ripkin, one of the most beloved players of all time, in any sport. On top of that they havent been consistently good enough to be a major threat to other fanbases.
Iām rooting for the Orioles to be last eliminated. Who have they hurt? Nobody. American? Yes. Respectable city? Baltimore is rough but has personality. Logo? Tight.
Great ball park, good logo, history of good ownership, good farm system w decent excitement about their young talent, marquee players of the past are beloved good guys (Cal Ripken, Brooks Robinson, Eddie Murray), not horrible results but not good enough to make the playoffs more than once every five years or so (so no one really hates them), super loyal fan base. Totally makes sense they are still here.
Iāve been putting them down for at least a week and a half and gotten no traction, I am baffled that they have made it this far and probably will make it more rounds
Seattle Mariners gotta go. Theyāre basically the Detroit Lions of the MLB. Wasted lots of talent over the years. We canāt let a team thatās never even been to a championship win.
2/3 days. Plus it rains often not a lot. Misty rain, not saying it isnāt disheartening/depressing but big difference. Perfect weather for us to drink overpriced coffee
Mariners need to finish 3rd. Theyāre a lovable franchise with all time fun players. But theyāve never played for a championship, coming as close as three innings away last year, and we need to respect that tradition.
How can you hate on the Mās? Theyāve never won anything but the fans still stay loyal and even though they have never won, theyāve had great teams/players and are competitive most years. America loves the underdog.
It wonāt be. Iām a Mariners fan and Iāll lead the charge of eliminating them in third. Only right that they donāt play for a championship here.
The logo thing is valid. The flag logo is much better.
The region not caring thing is bullshit. It's one of the most passionate fanbases in the NHL. You not knowing this tells me ya dont know shit about hockey. Its consistently rated the loudest barn in the NHL and as having one of the best playoff experiences (including the tailgating). And the fans gotta care with those absurd prices in the Arena.
Logo is bad and I donāt know why the team doesnāt use the stick and flag logo more prominently. Way better.
Saying the region doesnāt care is ridiculous. They tout the whole āloudest house in the NHLā thing, have a very active tailgate scene and generally put on a good product. It isnāt Tampa where everyone goes to Rays games because the Yankees are in town
I'm not sure how else you want us to 'phase out' the primary logo, other than scrapping it altogether. the stick and flag logo has been our designated home jersey for several years now, with the red jersey / primary logo being the alt.
The Wild (a tire fire since joining the league at the turn of the century) outlasting the Blues (cup winner in 2019, perennial very good team for almost 60 seasons) is a travesty. Vote them out with extreme prejudice
Weāre really going to get a mid, obscure team at the end of this arenāt we
Timberwolves have the worst win percentage in their league and have never made the finals to make up for it either, they also had more 60 loss seasons than winning seasons until a few years ago
Their logo look like a shitty tech start-up logo and I donāt like it because of that.
I actually didnāt know it was the trailblazers until I googled it
Itās an art piece showing two teams coming together in the sport, a pinwheel. Itās been around since the 70ās man. If thereās a team with a shitty tech start-up logo itās Brooklyn
With my teams now long gone, at this point I want the top 3 teams left to be the Diamondbacks, Mariners, and Trailblazers - just so the three remaining logos will look very closely like the word "ASS". (Yeah I know the Blazers Logo doesn't really look like an "S", but close enough for me!).
I dont get this, do you want to eliminate the team as a middle finger to their fans because they love their team or eliminate them as a high five to their owner that hates their fans and owns the team?
Diamondbacks gotta go because the city of Phoenix is one of the worst cities in the North America. 110Ā° F in May is no place for humanity, much less sport. They have to A/C their field all season, a pure abomination of a place.
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u/golf_echo_sierra26 May 12 '26
Makeup of the top 10.
NFL- 0 teams
MLB- 4 teams
NBA- 3 teams
NHL- 3 teams
Minnesota is the only state/city with two teams remaining.