Per the score. Done deal it says.
http://www.thescore.com/news/563625
Per the score. Done deal it says.
http://www.thescore.com/news/563625
Last edited by JATMtheJATM; 08-26-2014 at 07:26 PM.
BurnsideNHLESPN tweet...The NHL does not want Quebec to get a team, and can you say Las Vegas Panthers
Last edited by DetDannyWilliams; 08-26-2014 at 08:32 PM.
The NHL needs to contract, not expand.
http://www.si.com/nhl/2014/08/26/rep...-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!
Last edited by Crisis; 08-27-2014 at 01:18 AM.
Originally Posted by LOSman WINSOriginally Posted by Prov401Originally Posted by better days
I wouldn't worry about that. You can protect anyone with skill pretty much.
Lehner's history. He just doesn't know it yet.
gebobs (08-27-2014)
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.
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.
I want the nordiques back
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I guess Daly shot down expansion rumors today.