re: I'm considering getting into hockey, help me pick a team

If you're willing to go international with it, how about the Montreal Canadiens? One of the most storied franchises in the league, they hold the record for most Stanley Cup wins, but haven't won it all in a good long while. I think their uniforms look pretty cool...can't speak to how cool a city Montreal is, but I hear it's nice.

And they are responsible for possibly one of the coolest fricking pregame intro's in all of sports LINK