report: nhl to expand to vegas.

[JATMtheJATM]

Per the score. Done deal it says.
http://www.thescore.com/news/563625

[DetDannyWilliams]

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BurnsideNHLESPN tweet...The NHL does not want Quebec to get a team, and can you say Las Vegas Panthers

[OpIv37]

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The NHL needs to contract, not expand.

[Crisis]

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http://www.si.com/nhl/2014/08/26/report-toronto-seattle-quebec-city-join-vegas-2017-nhl-expansion

Toronto, Seattle, Quebec City rumuored to be part of it.

Talent pool is going to be really diluted, but at least Toronto finally gets an NHL team. I can't wait for our roster to get raped in an expansion draft once we start winning!

[JATMtheJATM]

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I wouldn't worry about that. You can protect anyone with skill pretty much.

[gebobs]

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Talent pool is going to be really diluted

Nothing like back in '67-'72. Back then, 90% of the players came from Ontario and Quebec. The pool is much, much larger now.

Guys like Randy Wyrozub and Butch Deadmarsh would never make the NHL now.

[Dr. Lecter]

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Nothing like back in '67-'72. Back then, 90% of the players came from Ontario and Quebec. The pool is much, much larger now.

Guys like Randy Wyrozub and Butch Deadmarsh would never make the NHL now.

I see your Randy Wyrozub and Butch Deadmarsh and raise you Zenon Konopka and John Scott

[gebobs]

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I see your Randy Wyrozub and Butch Deadmarsh and raise you Zenon Konopka and John Scott

Hah...yeah those guys are bums but they have a role that does not really relate to skill. Freddie Shero would have signed Scott and each of his four brothers to contracts back in the 70's. Wyrozub was a 4th round pick. I don't think he'd be drafted today.

But consider that the total NHL roster in '66 was just 120 players with 97% from Canada. Seven years later it had nearly tripled (nearly quintupled if you include the WHA) without any substantial change in the pool of available talent. There were only a handful of Americans and virtually no Euros aside from a certain pair of chicken Swedes. As late as 1975, 90% of players were from Canada. In a few years, they will be just another minority.

Sure the number of teams and players has doubled again since '72, but the US is a far better pool than it was back then and a quarter of players come from Europe. Two more teams isn't going to have any significant impact.

[gebobs]

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The NHL needs to contract, not expand.

Be careful what you wish for. :-)

[JATMtheJATM]

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there is also a report out there that... get this, 4 expansion teams could be created.

las vegas
seattle
toronto (markham)
quebec city

all 4 cities COULD be nhl expansion cities. take that with a grain of salt though.

they would come into the league in 2017. so dont fret. expansion teams dont spring up overnight and play.

[coastal]

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I want the nordiques back

[Dr. Lecter]

Re: report: nhl to expand to vegas.

there is also a report out there that... get this, 4 expansion teams could be created.

las vegas
seattle
toronto (markham)
quebec city

all 4 cities COULD be nhl expansion cities. take that with a grain of salt though.

they would come into the league in 2017. so dont fret. expansion teams dont spring up overnight and play.

Hey Toronto would finally get a NHL team!!!!!

[ckg927]

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I see your Randy Wyrozub and Butch Deadmarsh and raise you Zenon Konopka and John Scott

Except Scott isn't a Sabre anymore. (Thank the heavens! )

[ckg927]

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BurnsideNHLESPN tweet...The NHL does not want Quebec to get a team, and can you say Las Vegas Panthers

Can you say: You'll NEVER see the NHL in the LV on a regular basis? Hell, their ECHL team is on a voluntary hiatus because they got turfed out of their rink(and no, it's not the MGM Grand Garden Arena-it's the rink at the Orleans Arena).

[JATMtheJATM]

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I guess Daly shot down expansion rumors today.