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  • JATMtheJATM
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    • Aug 2012
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    league expansion could be here very soon



    quebec will almost certainly get the nords back. i imagine seattle will be next as they try to build their new arena. and toronto is about to build its new arena as well.

    but alignment, thats a different animal. i wonder how this shakes out. remember, the league doesnt feel columbus can survive in the west anymore. if they stayed, they felt like the franchise was going to have to move at some point.
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  • black N yellow
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    • Dec 2012
    • 311

    #2
    Re: league expansion could be here very soon

    expansion?? How about a little rearranging..like moving the southern teams which lack support to Canadian cities which lost a team.

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    • DraftBoy
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      • Jul 2002
      • 107452

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      Re: league expansion could be here very soon

      Is expansion really a good idea?
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      • JATMtheJATM
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        • Aug 2012
        • 59230

        #4
        Re: league expansion could be here very soon

        Originally posted by DraftBoy View Post
        Is expansion really a good idea?
        depends on how you look at it. with revenue sharing and the TV deal, the league can expand. with the lopsided conferences, the league planned for expansion.
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        • DraftBoy
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          • Jul 2002
          • 107452

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          Re: league expansion could be here very soon

          Originally posted by JATMtheJATM View Post
          depends on how you look at it. with revenue sharing and the TV deal, the league can expand. with the lopsided conferences, the league planned for expansion.
          Neither constitute good reasons to expand.
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          • JATMtheJATM
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            • Aug 2012
            • 59230

            #6
            Re: league expansion could be here very soon

            Originally posted by DraftBoy View Post
            Neither constitute good reasons to expand.
            theres no reason not to either. 32 teams would be perfect. we will see what happens next year.
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            • DraftBoy
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              • Jul 2002
              • 107452

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              Re: league expansion could be here very soon

              Originally posted by JATMtheJATM View Post
              theres no reason not to either. 32 teams would be perfect. we will see what happens next year.
              Also not a good reason to expand.
              COMING SOON...
              Originally posted by Dr.Lecter
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              • BuffaloRedleg
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                • Aug 2013
                • 1270

                #8
                Re: league expansion could be here very soon

                Whalers FTW

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                • JATMtheJATM
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                  • Aug 2012
                  • 59230

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                  Re: league expansion could be here very soon

                  Originally posted by BuffaloRedleg View Post
                  Whalers FTW
                  sadly. itll never happen. the league got too big for smaller regional cities like hartford. grand rapids, michigan wanted a team in the mid-late 90s. they built the arena to be easily expanded just in case. but now it probably wont ever happen. but quebec and seattle and eventually toronto are probably going to happen.
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                  • OpIv37
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                    • Sep 2002
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                    #10
                    Re: league expansion could be here very soon

                    **** expansion. Give the Panthers to Quebec and Carolina to Seattle.
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                    • YardRat
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                      • Dec 2004
                      • 86146

                      #11
                      Re: league expansion could be here very soon

                      Expansion is the last thing the NHL should be thinking about.
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                      • jamze132
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                        • Jun 2003
                        • 29290

                        #12
                        Re: league expansion could be here very soon

                        Don't tell me the Sabres are going to regionalize and play some games in the Rogers Centre...

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                        • gebobs
                          One Bills Drive, Georgia - 871 miles south of Orchard Park
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 11520

                          #13
                          Re: league expansion could be here very soon

                          Originally posted by DraftBoy View Post
                          Neither constitute good reasons to expand.
                          I abhor asymmetry.
                          Lehner's history. He just doesn't know it yet.

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                          • OpIv37
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                            • Sep 2002
                            • 101230

                            #14
                            Re: league expansion could be here very soon

                            Originally posted by JATMtheJATM View Post
                            depends on how you look at it. with revenue sharing and the TV deal, the league can expand. with the lopsided conferences, the league planned for expansion.
                            The solution is contraction, not expansion.

                            Carolina, Florida, Phoenix, Nashville, maybe even Dallas, TB or Columbus.

                            Move one to Seattle, move one to Quebec and just eliminate 2 more.
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                            • JATMtheJATM
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                              • Aug 2012
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                              Re: league expansion could be here very soon

                              Originally posted by OpIv37 View Post
                              The solution is contraction, not expansion.

                              Carolina, Florida, Phoenix, Nashville, maybe even Dallas, TB or Columbus.

                              Move one to Seattle, move one to Quebec and just eliminate 2 more.
                              to me, 28 teams would be perfect. 14/14 conference. every division 7 teams.

                              that said, the NHLPA would never allow contraction, unless team rosters were expanded from 23 to say 25 or 26.
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