macavoy
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I was going to say: 2 Billion over 10 years, 200 Million a year, the most the NHL has EVER gotten, isn't exactly peanuts.
What is really interesting is that the NHL prevented a USA team from moving until a $2 BILLION dollar deal was signed, then boom, the dominos fall and there is now a magical MAKE IT SEVEN team in Canada.
$2 BILLION isn't exactly chump change. The NHL owners and Gary Bettmen aren't idiots.
I think there are a lot more hockey fans in Atlanta than there are Thrasher fans. One thing that hurt the team was the difficulty they had winning people over, or holding onto them once they were in the fold.
I agree, the fact that there is a strong ECHL team in Gwinette says a lot about hockey in the area. It has more to do with the arena than anything else.