take the teams at the top of the list. new york’s number is largely based on the yankees dominance in the 90’s. that had nothing to do with star attraction but $$$$ that george could toss at them. It also includes the islanders run in the early 80’s. Then boston. recently it was the pat’s and red sox. the sox are just like the yankees where it is $$$$. early it was the celtics domination, along with LA, in the NBA.

detroit is high on list thanks to the redwings of the late 90’s and the bad boys run in the NBA, the lions don’t exist and the tigers have been virtually non-existent as well.

how about LA? it is all lakers. star power? maybe. money, absolutely before the cap which they were in the playoff nearly all of the 80’s.

is it star power that attracts talent to win championships? what about houston’s run in the NBA or san antonio? what star power is attracting talen in SA? tim duncan? they have 4 championships and i challenge anyone to name more than 5 members. i’ve given you one and i’ll give you david robinson.

if it is star power you want, be a rangers fan. it sure worked for them over the last 20 years.

The wolves (sorry to add it to this board) had a star in KG, which had other people WANT to come here to play. They don’t now… and after trading Mayo, still have no one that WANTS to come here to play.

The Wild are heading in that direction, which was my point. When Gabby goes, there won’t be anyone that a player would WANT to come here and play with. That’s why I think it’s critical that you get one of those guys (Hossa) or (Gabby) so folks will want to come here.

Otherwise you wait and hope through the draft that someone will develop.

And please don’t tell me that we have Burns, Koivu, etc. They are great players but aren’t the type of player that would cause a Hossa or Sundin or someone of a higher level to want to come here to play with them. That’s all I was saying.

tried to catch up but i gave up. I will comment on this:

Minnesota sports teams have done just that and it’s why you see only two championships, heck only 3 finals APPEARENCES in over 25 years of Minnesota Professional sports teams. So in approximately 90 seasons of sports we have just THREE. That is weak and unacceptable to me.

since 1980
including the 4 major sports
LA
boston
detroit
chicago
philly
denver
baltimore-wash
st louis
san fran
edmonton
dallas
miami
atlanta
pittsburgh
oakland
houston
buffalo

have more playoff appearances than mpls-stp

seattle-vancouver
san antonio
cleveland
cincinnati
san diego
charlotte
montreal
calgary
tampa
toronto
kansas city
phoenix
indy
salt lake
portland
milwuakee
orlando
nashville
ottawa

have fewer, and I didn’t count those with no appearances.

this goes back nearly 30 years. the teams at the top generally have mulitple franchises per sport. new york has 3 hockey teams, 2 hoops teams, 2 football teams, 2 baseball teams. LA had 2 football, 2 NBA, has 2 hockey and 2 baseball.