As Dreamers Do Part Deux
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Cool. I know this version got urusei yatsura as a big hit but what else they got?
Right now, for the 2007-08 season, the EIHL consists of the following:
Belfast Giants
Milton Keynes Lightning
Coventry Blaze
Basingstoke Bison
Nottingham Panthers
Sheffield Steelers
Manchester Phoenix
Cardiff Devils
Edinburgh Capitals
Hull Stingrays
Newcastle Vipers
Fife Flyers
Glasgow Guardians (Known IOTL as Braehead Clan, founded early ITTL)
Meanwhile across the pond, the NHL has a new alignment...
| Western Conference | |||
| Pacific Division | Northwest Division | Midwest Division | Frontier Division |
| Las Vegas Silver Knights Los Angeles Kings Mighty Ducks of San Diego San Jose Sharks | Calgary Bandits Edmonton Oilers Seattle Thunderbirds Vancouver Canucks | Chicago Blackhawks Milwaukee Admirals Minnesota North Stars Winnipeg Jets | Colorado Rockies Houston Aeros Oklahoma Twisters St. Louis Blues |
| Eastern Conference | |||
| Atlantic Division | Northeast Division | Central Division | Southeast Division |
| New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins | Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs | Buffalo Sabres Cleveland Moondogs Detroit Red Wings Washington Capitals | Atlanta Flames Charlotte Checkers Tampa Bay Lightning Tennessee Titans |
Meanwhile in the IHL...
| East | North | South | West |
| Baltimore Skipjacks Cincinnati Cyclones Hamilton Bulldogs Hartford Whalers New Jersey Devils (Newark) Norfolk Fleet (Expansion) Quebec Nordiques (Expansion) | Grand Rapids Griffins Fort Wayne Komets Indianapolis Racers Iowa Heartlanders (Des Moines; Expansion) Kalamazoo Wings Peoria Rivermen St. Paul Wild | Dallas Pegasus (Expansion) Florida Panthers (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale) Kansas City Grillers (Formerly Rustlers) Kentucky Thoroughblades (Louisville) New Orleans Revelers Orlando Solar Bears San Antonio Iguanas | Alaska Aces (Anchorage) Calgary Hitmen Idaho Steelheads (Boise; Expansion) Long Beach Ice Dogs Phoenix Roadrunners Portland Buckaroos Utah Grizzlies (Salt Lake City) |
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Yup. More opportunities for guys that would otherwise languish in the AHL, ECHL or another lower league IOTL. More accessibility to the sport in parts of the US where American/gridiron football still reigns supreme.
Very Nice! Reminds me of a IOTL Washington Wizards concept logo I drew around 2000.
Nice.
Aw yeah! Love the new alignment! Keeps a lot of rivalries intact.
Also very nice, but maybe 60 hockey teams is a little overkill, even for this timeline. Surprised Saskatchewan didn't get a team in this expansion.
Guys that were busts in the NHL IOTL might fit better in TTL's IHL. Keep in mind that Long Beach, Phoenix, New Orleans, New Jersey and now Dallas are the clubs that have kept the IHL attractive to TV networks wanting to cover hockey at a lower price than what NBC, SBC and ESPN are currently paying for the NHL at the moment. I keep forgetting if Regina or Saskatoon was the bigger city in Saskatchewan, but I wanted only one to represent the whole province.
I didn't want to break up the Pens/Flyers rivalry. It's because of that specific one that I put the Caps with the Sabres, Moondogs and Red Wings even though DC is further east than the other three.
This year, the Sorcerers actually make two return trips to Florida after having left Jacksonville; Against the NFC South rival Bucs at Raymond James and another against the Dolphins at Joe Robbie because the AFC South and NFC South face each other according to the interconference rotation. At the Edward Jones Dome, the Sorcerers host the Oilers and Panthers.
The Dolphins and Panthers are both trying to lure ex-Jags fans to their side. This offseason, the Panthers wanted to change their neon blue to more of a teal to cater to ex-Jags fans, but the Dolphins expressed concern that it would be too close to their aqua color. That dispute was put to rest by NFL commissioner Amy Trask, pointing out the teal feud is now pretty much moot since the WLAF Tomcats pretty much adopted the Jaguar colors as their own this past spring.
IOTL, the only times Miami and Carolina looked good against each other uniformwise was 1998 (Marino's only visit to Charlotte IOTL) and 2017:
@WB18 @TheMatthew25 @stratonapba @Mitch!
Now, here's what the WLAF Jacksonville Tomcats' logo looks like:
Now, here's what the WLAF Jacksonville Tomcats' logo looks like:
This is just beautiful.@WB18 @TheMatthew25 @stratonapba @Mitch!
Now, here's what the WLAF Jacksonville Tomcats' logo looks like:
Very good, might I make a suggestion of adding Dundee Stars, Aberdeen Lynx, Belfast Giants and Leeds Knights to the list as well as perhaps two new Welsh teams for this TL such as Swansea Slayers and Wrexham Dragons (Deeside Dragons IOTL) and perhaps most important of all a London team to make it work which would give us a pretty good 18 team league that can be split into three geographic areas much like with OTL.
Plus securing a major TV deal would help the league considerably.
Those clubs will be added next year.
As for London, the Mighty Ducks of San Diego and Los Angeles Kings will start the regular season at the O2 Arena (former Millennium Dome) and the EIHL will announce the London expansion club during the first intermission.
Edinburgh of course play at the Murrayfield Ice Rink.
By the way, the new Wembley Stadium (Current Wembley IOTL) will open this fall and the WLAF Monarchs will play there next spring.
For those wondering about PVX: Requiem, released ITTL by Warner Bros. under the Carolco label, it still turned out to be shit.
The scene in which the Predomorph (Predalien IOTL) attacks a pregnant woman was cut from theatrical and home video releases ITTL because the film was initially awarded an X (NC-17 IOTL) just for that.
The scene in which the Predomorph (Predalien IOTL) attacks a pregnant woman was cut from theatrical and home video releases ITTL because the film was initially awarded an X (NC-17 IOTL) just for that.
1: What is this movie?
2: Why couldn't they keep it in the home video releases?
It was the sequel to PvX: Predators vs. Xenomorphs, which came out in 2001.
Oh...
Will the deleted scene eventually be released somehow, either through pay-per-view, or an "uncut home video release"?
Most likely an exclusive "unrated" DVD. That scene would still likely be trimmed out for basic cable reruns.
OF COURSE IT WOULD BE TRIMMED OUT, EVEN WITH THE LOOSENED BS&P OF TTL!
Great! But maybe The Jim Henson Company would launch TheCoolTV as a cable channel (OTL it was a digital broadcast television network), to compete with outings like MTV and VH1.