News Article: Bettman has changed his tune on NHL expansion

[deeshamrock]

There were several articles about the NHL expansion coming, that 2 teams will join the NHL.

http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Gallagher+Bettman+changed+tune+expansion/10150984/story.html

Sources close to the situation have indicated Las Vegas is a done deal, the only thing to be determined being which owner will be entitled to proclaim that he brought the first major league sports franchise to Sin City.

The other team that is the favorite is Seattle with some of the other articles suggesting that Quebec will get a 'relocated' team.
The 2 new teams will join the Western Conf. and as soon as 2016/17 possibly.

SO that means a double expansion draft...interesting.

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[Eco]

Nothing about a team coming to Atlanta? Damn...

 

[Reclamation Project]

I would absolutely *love* a team in Vegas.

 

[Ventana*]

Yes!

 

[Sleeping Dog]

Hmmm. I wonder which player(s) we lose in an expansion draft.

Not saying this is going to happen, but if MR ends up in vegas, oh boy. Epic parties!!

 

[Legionnaire]

Vegas? Hmm. Seems like a recipe for disaster and a disaster just waiting to happen. Oh, but can you just imagine the scandals?

Janet Gretzky as GM and Rick Tocchet for coach! Woot!

 

[Dawdler]

Nothing about a team coming to Atlanta? Damn...

no offense, but Atlanta has had 2 bites at the apple and failed both times, I highly doubt the NHL goes back to Atlanta, the market has shown it won't support a NHL team, despite I'm sure having rabid hockey fans.

 

[KopitarFAN]

Forget it.

 

[kingsboy11]

It doesn't seem to make much sense to me to put a brand new franchise in a city where there has never been a professional sports teams.

 

[TwzKing]

It doesn't seem to make much sense to me to put a brand new franchise in a city where there has never been a professional sports teams.

seems to me it would be a gamble.

 

[1UP]

seems to me it would be a gamble.

I smirked, then felt shame unimaginable.

 

[Butch 19]

It doesn't seem to make much sense to me to put a brand new franchise in a city where there has never been a professional sports teams.

sooo, by that logic, there should be no sports teams west of the Mississippi, right?

oh yeah,

 

[TwzKing]

I smirked, then felt shame unimaginable.

I kept refreshing giggling to myself.

 

[Reclamation Project]

A lot of unfamiliar faces in this thread.

 

[Master Scheif]

A lot of unfamiliar faces in this thread.

Yeah? Well your face is.. unfamiliar too! Take that!

 

[Reclamation Project]

Yeah? Well your face is.. unfamiliar too! Take that!

 

[KopitarFAN]

I like how everybody on the mainboard is suddenly an expert on all things Vegas, probably based on that one trip they had 10 years ago. I live here, have for almost 5 years, and don't claim any significant level of knowledge of the economics or demographics of the city. That said, I have to believe that people will make a weekend out of it to come see their teams play, much in the same way they go to LA and/or Anaheim, along with something resembling a fan base that would develop in this melting pot of a city.

 

[Reclamation Project]

I like how everybody on the mainboard is suddenly an expert on all things Vegas, probably based on that one trip they had 10 years ago. I live here, have for almost 5 years, and don't claim any significant level of knowledge of the economics or demographics of the city. That said, I have to believe that people will make a weekend out of it to come see their teams play, much in the same way they go to LA and/or Anaheim, along with something resembling a fan base that would develop in this melting pot of a city.

Reading the main board? You're better than that. Ignore the salty Canadians.

 

[ADifferentTim]

no offense, but Atlanta has had 2 bites at the apple and failed both times, I highly doubt the NHL goes back to Atlanta, the market has shown it won't support a NHL team, despite I'm sure having rabid hockey fans.

Yup; even then, both the Hurricanes and the Predators are courting the ATL market, the deepest of the Deep South.

Hmmm. I wonder which player(s) we lose in an expansion draft.

Not saying this is going to happen, but if MR ends up in vegas, oh boy. Epic parties!!

...only if they include Jeff Carter in the mix. I just hope Tyler and Tanner are left alone in LA.

As for the topic itself...

1. I hope the Panthers get relocated to Quebec, especially when South Beach has both Dolphins and Heat as their Top 2 teams in that media market, with the Marlins rounding up the Top 3.

2. This means that the Coyotes get transferred to the Central Division, especially when Seattle and Las Vegas are in the Pacific Time Zone and their teams get confirmed.

Pacific: LA, ANA, SJ, VAN, EDM, CGY, SEA, LV
Central: AZ, CO, WPG, MN, DAL, NSH, STL, CHI

3. Under the presumption the Panthers shall be the relocated team, the ECF is now projected to be rearranged into:

Atlantic: NYR, NYI, NJ, PIT, PHI, DC, CAR, TB
Northeast: DET, CBJ, BUF, TOR, OTT, MTL, QC, BOS

 

[KopitarFAN]

Reading the main board? You're better than that. Ignore the salty Canadians.

I should know better, but I hadn't been able to find the article confirming the story, so I looked there.

 

[CTKingsFan]

Every time we starting winning, it spawns another team in the area!

 

[kingsholygrail]

Eh, sounds like a lot of speculation. Nothing verified.

 

[DocWest]

I don't even want to think who we would lose in the expansion.

 

[Ron*]

Nothing about a team coming to Atlanta? Damn...

no offense, but Atlanta has had 2 bites at the apple and failed both times, I highly doubt the NHL goes back to Atlanta, the market has shown it won't support a NHL team, despite I'm sure having rabid hockey fans.

Pretty sure he/she was joking.

 

[Ron*]

Eh, sounds like a lot of speculation. Nothing verified.

Yeah, with all due respect dee, that article was heavily-dosed with speculation. Sure would like to know who his "sources close to the situation" are.