Expansion Draft is coming - who would you protect?

[ADifferentTim]

1. They can play in the Thomas and Mack for one season. I do believe that the current MGM arena is too small and not upgraded for an NHL team full-time.

2. And another thing. The NHL isn't going to confirm jack squat until it's official. They said until the nth hour that Atlanta wasn't moving. Well we all saw what happened there.

1. I personally don't know whether previous NHL preseason games occurred there, so does Thomas and Mack at UNLV have NHL-sanctioned ice rink?

2. Of course, always straight from the horse's mouth.

Meanwhile...

I was just snooping on this ****** page's comments section and found this nugget:

http://www.***********/r/hockey/comments/2409bn/nhl_expansion_20152016_season/

"I've read articles that the NHL is heavily interested in expanding to Seattle. The problem is that the owner(s) of the new arena being built has a clause in his contract with the city(?). The clause says the arena must have a NBA team first. So NBA would need to relocate a team to Seattle or expand before the NHL can expand there."

 

[Reclamation Project]

1. I personally don't know whether previous NHL preseason games occurred there, so does Thomas and Mack at UNLV have NHL-sanctioned ice rink?

2. Of course, always straight from the horse's mouth.

Meanwhile...

I was just snooping on this ****** page's comments section and found this nugget:

http://www.***********/r/hockey/comments/2409bn/nhl_expansion_20152016_season/

"I've read articles that the NHL is heavily interested in expanding to Seattle. The problem is that the owner(s) of the new arena being built has a clause in his contract with the city(?). The clause says the arena must have a NBA team first. So NBA would need to relocate a team to Seattle or expand before the NHL can expand there."

Hockey has been played there and it's probably the nicest arena in the state. Not really sure about what's up in Reno at UN,R.

 

[ADifferentTim]

I just hope the expansion actually happens during the 2016 offseason, on the way to the 2016-17 season; that way, more history shall be made in between.

 

[triplcrown]

Proud to be a reactionary...

More than 30 teams in the NHL...?

you said, whaaaat????

 

[King RAZZ]

During one of THE Salvation Army's kettle kick offs...I overheard one of the mayors (forgot if it was Oscar [aka "Otis the Drunk"] or his wife) state that they'd prefer to have an existing team relocate to Vegas rather than go in as an expansion team...

 

[tigermask48]

So the NHL wants to expand and the top potential sites are Las Vegas, and Seattle? What? Where did Quebec and a 2nd team in Toronto/Markham go as well as the return to Kansas City with the new arena there? So confused... Also having been to a couple Wranglers games in Vegas, it would be a Phoenix level disaster if it happens. People in Vegas don't care about hockey. Even during the playoffs it near impossible to find a bar showing games anywhere.

 

[Telos]

So the NHL wants to expand and the top potential sites are Las Vegas, and Seattle? What? Where did Quebec and a 2nd team in Toronto/Markham go as well as the return to Kansas City with the new arena there? So confused... Also having been to a couple Wranglers games in Vegas, it would be a Phoenix level disaster if it happens. People in Vegas don't care about hockey. Even during the playoffs it near impossible to find a bar showing games anywhere.

The NHL is looking to add western teams to even out the western conference and add more of a presence on this side of the rocky mountains.