Out of the blue the other day, the thought occurred to me: why doesn't Anchorage, Alaska have an NHL hockey team? It would be the perfect place for a franchise! It's cold, it's dark, there's nothing to do, it's close to Canada, and Sarah Palin recently mentioned she was a "hockey mom", so a lot of kids must play hockey up there. It's not a very large market, admittedly, but they'd have to fill up the arena more than the teams in Atlanta, Tampa, and Phoenix. C'mon, not only do they not have ice naturally in Phoenix, they don't have water. It's the desert! Hockey should be played in cold, dark regions, populated with many beer-drinking guys. Sounds like a team would be a perfect fit in Alaska.