stawns Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 The League needs to lose teams, not add more. The talent level is watered down enough as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 NHL has denied these rumors, sorry to break your bubble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 exactly.......contraction should be the order of the day, not expansion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I'm from Toronto. Every franchise we get fails. If the Canucks, Rangers or Pens moved to Toronto they'd find a way to lose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 How many times have you heard a coach get a complete vote of confidence from the GM right before the coach gets fired? Just because they deny it, doesn't mean there isn't any substance to the rumour. It kind of makes sense in a few ways. Owners would be happy for the expansion revenue. The PA would be happy for all the extra NHL level jobs (there would probably be a couple more AHL teams pop up too). It would also make their division realignment work with 4 even divisions. I would have preferred to see a couple of teams move and couple of teams fold, but since it looks like that isn't going to happen, expansion wouldn't surprise me at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTG Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 How many players would we be able to protect? I mean there is the obvious in Kesler, Sedin, Sedin, Schneider, Hamhuis, Bieksa, Edler but I worry that a guy like Burrows might get plucked from one of these teams because we wouldn't be able to protect him. Expanding the league seems counter intuitive. Owners right now are complaining about low profits, something remedied by cutting costs, not trying to float new market teams. Move the Southern market teams that are doing the worst, there is your new profit margin. This entire proposition seems like speculation right now so I'm not going to read too much into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 The Leafs won't want a team that close ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 The Leafs won't want a team that close ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombieksa Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 living in Windsor and traveling around between London and Hamilton I think expandng in a city that is not a suburb of TO would be benificial as it reaches more fans. Put a team in Kitchener or London and people from Windsor to Niagra would buy season tickets faster than Winnipeg did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 You said Florida twice. I'd keep the Bolts personally. The other two, I agree with. While we're at it, Columbus needs to go too, and maybe 1 New York area team. (Isles or Devils) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Algur Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Another loser franchise. And that's another thing about NHL expansion. You allow more plugs like John Scott to be employed over kids who are better and more deserving. This guy has been getting a free pass for years now. His career should have ended after college. Me, personally, I don't really care. But as a player in the AHL for example, I would be pissed that this guy is getting the chance to play over me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Agreed 32 teams will just make the overall talent pool much worse, athough I don't really see your point about how more NHL franchises would be a bad thing for kids in the AHL. Personally I would rather see relocation over expansion. Quebec City, Seatle, Kansas City and Hamilton/Toronto all deserve an NHL franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanBeef Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 You said Florida twice. I'd keep the Bolts personally. The other two, I agree with. While we're at it, Columbus needs to go too, and maybe 1 New York area team. (Isles or Devils) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Quebec City and Seattle hopefully. Toronto doesn't need another NHL team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Actually he said it 3 times haha (TB is in Florida) And why would they shut down either of the Isles and Devils, both teams seem to be doing fine, and they have won multiple cups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Actually he said it 3 times haha (TB is in Florida) And why would they shut down either of the Isles and Devils, both teams seem to be doing fine, and they have won multiple cups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaches Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 You said Florida twice. I'd keep the Bolts personally. The other two, I agree with. While we're at it, Columbus needs to go too, and maybe 1 New York area team. (Isles or Devils) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Instead of another Toronto team, why not expand to a more deserving city like Hamilton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Instead of another Toronto team, why not expand to a more deserving city like Hamilton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin-B Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Is expansion really feasible for the league? As much as I would love to see Seattle and Quebec City with a team,I would think that wouldn't really be an option considering the few teams that already have financial issues and leaving relocation as the only means if the league wanted a franchise in these or other cities. But that's what I (think) and this might be why I don't work in the business of hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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