Kansas City Still Not Viable for NHL Expansion, But Still Not for Dumb Reasons

Kansas City is too small for hockey? Is that a fat joke?

GUYS!  

THE KANSAS CITY STAR WROTE A STORY ABOUT HOCKEY!!!

I know, it sounds crazy.  But it's true, right there, on Sam Mellinger's blog.  And the story was only released about a week and a half after Gary Bettman's press conference announcing a new round of NHL expansion.  We're making progress here, folks.  Hockey town Kansas City, here we come!

Of course, there are problems with the logic in the article, so your resident "indignant" Kansas City hockey blog snaps into action!  But we will get to that in a moment.

Kansas City is Abuzz With Hockey-Related News

A day after the EPIC Kings-Pens overtime game that decided the best hockey team in the history of the world (or something), Kansas City has even more hockey news.  Even the KC Star is getting into the act, after the jump of course:

Sam Mellinger: "AEG Killed My Father"

Men, this is apparently the enemy (not Luc Robitaille, the other guy)

As I posted previously, it’s Sprint Center article season at the Kansas City Star.  Additionally, Star sports columnist Sam Mellinger wrote an article in June talking about the NHL and NBA exhibition games coming to the Sprint Center this year (although, the NBA is locked out and stuff).  It was short, sweet, and just the beginning of the “Sprint Center ain’t got no NBA/NHL” media doldrums of the summer.  Mellinger skates around calling out AEG and their lack of getting a team for The Center, going as far as saying “this is one more year when the suits at AEG can pretend there is still a realistic chance of backing up their bravado that helped convince voters to fund the $276 million building” then going off an a tangent about the exhibition games (sorry, no link).  Personally, this is an issue I have always had with Mellinger.  None of his editorials blame someone, and when they do, it is kind of misguided.  But, finally, he did it right.  In his most recent article he blames AEG for insolence and Tim Leiweke for partnering with the Super-Devil.  But, really, he attacks AEG where they live.  Now that’s good reportin’!