NHL met with a group interested in expanding to New Orleans

[PhysicalGraffiti]

Hamilton would probably be a disaster for its own reasons. You have diehard lifelong leaf fans there who probably won't be lining up to support a new team. The concerns around a new team so close to TO with a population population of 500k is very real.

I think Quebec should be given a team before atl/Pheonix if you can get an ownership group together, but the NHL may have priced themselves out of Canadian expansion with what they charged Vegas and Seattle.

I just know I've seen Hamilton come up on again/off again, but seems to be the prevailing thought that it won't work like you said.

As someone who's not traveled to the Toronto area before, I can honestly say I don't know the likelihood of a two team Toronto area working. It's wild to think between Manhattan, Long Island, and Newark there are 3 teams, but I also understand how much larger the population is. I just associate so many Toronto area folks I know with being way more die hard than most people in the greater NYC area.

 

[NeelyWasAWarrior]

NHL is crazy. 32 teams is more than enough. Even 30 was more than enough. Just crazy.

All about the money. Expansion is wealth building detrimental to the on ice product. We as fans suffer not just with an inferior product but the likelihood of seeing your team hoist the cup diminishes with more teams in the fold.

 

[BTO]

Of course they did. I hear Moosonee wants a team too. Hey, why stop at 40?