NHL Expansion back on agenda?

[BB79]

Just what we asked for, more watered down schedules and talent

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Just what we asked for, more watered down schedules and talent

What is a watered down schedule?

 

[CTHabsfan]

What is a watered down schedule?

I'm pretty sure they mean teams playing against each other even less often than now.

 

[dj4aces]

What is a watered down schedule?

A calendar featuring lackluster light beers?

 

[Bucky_Hoyt]

32 team sched of 82 games probably needs to dump conferences
4x games in division (28)
2x games with 6 teams in each other division (36)
3x games with 2 teams in each other division (18)
Playoff seeding is top 4 in each division
Division semi
Division final
Conf final (or reseed remaining division winners)
SCF


34 team sched of 82 games probably needs to dump divisions and conferences
2x games across league (66)
3x games with 16 teams across league (16)
Playoff seeding is top 16 in league
4 rounds


36 team Sched of 82 games probably still dumps divisions and conferences
2x games across league (70)
3x games with 12 teams across league (12)
Playoff seeding stays the same as above

 

[Dynamite Kid]

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2024/10/05/kings-panthers-le-party-a-leve-a-quebec

34,664 announced attendance for the two games combined. No Canadian team playing, no Nordiques. Fan support isn't an issue. Maybe.....just maybe, this could inspire someone(s) to step up and become co-owner(s).

 

[Final Baton]

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2024/10/05/kings-panthers-le-party-a-leve-a-quebec

34,664 announced attendance for the two games combined. No Canadian team playing, no Nordiques. Fan support isn't an issue. Maybe.....just maybe, this could inspire someone(s) to step up and become co-owner(s).

With regular-season ticket prices too.

I think there'd need to be a rich american owner willing to purchase the espansion team though, for a team to land here. I don't think there's someone in Québec that has both the fortune, and the interest in running a sports franchise.

And even then : I don't think this BOG likes this market. So I don't believe it will happen.

 

[Tawnos]

Strong attendance in novelty situations does absolutely nothing to address any of the challenges the QC market would face with a team.

Weak corporate support
Exchange rate problems
Ownership ability to weather attendance dips

The Jets are facing that that third one, but are owned by someone who can easily handle it, and is willing to do so (at least as long as it’s temporary).

 

[dj4aces]

Maybe.....just maybe, this could inspire someone(s) to step up and become co-owner(s).

Perhaps it will attract others to invest. But even if a couple preseason games does get the money rolling, there are a number of other challenges with the QC market that don't exist in the other known prospective markets.

 

[nhlfan79]

Atlanta hosted sold out preseason games in The Omni in the early 1990s, leading to the Knights coming to town.

Maybe QC should have an AHL affiliate for the Habs.

 

[Final Baton]

The attendance was always good in Qc city, even with poor teams on the ice.

I would not be worried about selling corporate suites either; for having lived here and close to it all my life, I can say that this city has changed a lot(for the better). It is way more diverse economically than it was, jobs aren't just about the parliamemt anymore. Everyone in the province and who has visited the city recently know it, but those outside generally don't.

The prospective wealthy owner is the only roadblock IMO.