Anson Carter unveils Alpharetta Sports and Entertainment looking to bring expansion team to Atlanta

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[Mr Kot]

Atlanta

Spoiler

Flames

 

[Viqsi]

Cue all the jealous fans of O6 and Canadian teams whining "but relocated twice WAHHH HOW DARE THEY" even tho both times were forced by bad ownership rather than fan support, followed shortly thereafter by frustrated fans of Unapproved Teams making veiled comments about Winnipeg even though it's solid financially despite the overhyped attendance stuff and not going anywhere.

 

[Peasy]

Just fix the coyotes situation before bringing in another expansion team...

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Hell yes, Atlanta is the forefather of southern nhl hockey.

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Quebec City and Montreal have each lost as many NHL teams as Atlanta

 

[Mike Jones]

Yeah water down the talent pool more.

The better option is to move the Flames back. Our arena in Calgary needs to make money for taxpayers and that can't happen with an NHL franchise demanding all of the revenue and throwing only pennies back to the city

 

[Xirik]

I'm split on this one, I like that the league is growing but the NHL already has a goalie crisis and adding another team is going to make that worse.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

Cue all the jealous fans of O6 and Canadian teams whining "but relocated twice WAHHH HOW DARE THEY" even tho both times were forced by bad ownership rather than fan support, followed shortly thereafter by frustrated fans of Unapproved Teams making veiled comments about Winnipeg even though it's solid financially despite the overhyped attendance stuff and not going anywhere.

I can’t speak for all of us, but I’m happy that they will get a team

Teams feel really watered down since Vegas came in, the dynamic of the league (and how to build a winner) is changing fast. I’m curious to see how it goes with a couple more new teams in attractive markets, and with a rising cap.

 

[Xirik]

Yeah water down the talent pool more.

The better option is to move the Flames back. Our arena in Calgary needs to make money for taxpayers and that can't happen with an NHL franchise demanding all of the revenue and throwing only pennies back to the city

The city gets rid of an owner that wants to suck the city dry and wants playoff money instead of actually improving the team?

Sounds great.

 

[yeaher]

It will fail I guarantee it

 

[Bear of Bad News]

I'm split on this one, I like that the league is growing but the NHL already has a goalie crisis and adding another team is going to make that worse.

Does it? I feel like the difference between the league's best goalies and the league's worst goalies is closer than it's been at any point since the 1960s.

 

[OVO16]

I live in atlanta and if its anything like the Atlanta braves....its gonna be a whopping success.

They practically built a small city just for the Braves within Atlanta greater area and its been raking in money ever since

Atlanta suburbs are where the White Rich Demographic live, so it lines up with the NHL demographic

 

[Alex Jones]

How did Anson Carter only play 674 games? He was in the league for a long time. If you would have asked me i would have guessed he got at least 8 or 9 hundred.

 

[BB88]

I'm split on this one, I like that the league is growing but the NHL already has a goalie crisis and adding another team is going to make that worse.

34 teams is ridiculous

Need 2 Stanley Cups soon

 

[SEALBound]

The better plan would be to relocate Arizona Coyotes and then once they have the arena, allow them to "expand" and bring a team back. Basically a franchise reset.

 

[Viqsi]

34 teams is ridiculous

Need 2 Stanley Cups soon

Wales Trophy and Campbell Bowl.

 

[nhlfan79]

It will fail I guarantee it

If Atlanta finally gets its first-ever owner who is actually committed to the NHL hockey team AND they put the arena at North Point Mall, right in the dead center heart of where all of its ticket base is, it will be a license to print money. Atlanta will crush all expectations. It will easily be a top ten market. Sticky this post.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

How did Anson Carter only play 674 games? He was in the league for a long time. If you would have asked me i would have guessed he got at least 8 or 9 hundred.

He played NCAA and didn't have his first full season until he was 23 i think

 

[OVO16]

If Atlanta finally gets its first-ever owner who is actually committed to the NHL hockey team AND they put the arena at North Point Mall, right in the dead center heart of where all of its ticket base is, it will be a license to print money. Atlanta will crush all expectations. It will easily be a top ten market. Sticky this post.

Yeah atlanta's growth as a city has been incredible. The city 10 years ago is not the city now

 

[tucker3434]

It’s been 13 years since the Thrashers left and it was quiet for about 11.5 of them. Now we’ve got competing ownership groups trying to bring the NHL back.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

I can’t speak for all of us, but I’m happy that they will get a team

Teams feel really watered down since Vegas came in, the dynamic of the league (and how to build a winner) is changing fast. I’m curious to see how it goes with a couple more new teams in attractive markets, and with a rising cap.

Same old, same old disputes between the purists who want to return hockey to the traditions and rivalries of bygone times and the reformers who want to take hockey forward to new and younger crowds who couldn't care less about the past. The first group is always declining, the latter group is always growing, so the owners will always tend towards the latter and this happens in all professional sports.

 

[hangman005]

You go Atlanta, I believe in you.

 

[93gilmour93]

Atlanta!!!

I'm sure it will work " this time "

 

[AvroArrow]

Expanding while the Coyotes are still in Arizona is about as stupid as it gets, then again it's the NHL. We don't need another expansion team. 32 teams is already a lot, there's no reason why the NHL should have the most pro-sports teams out of the big 4.