NHL to Atlanta odds just increased significantly

[Little Psycho]

Stop f***ing expanding. There’s already a shit load of teams

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Can't wait for them to relocate to Quebec City in 15 years.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Speculation Prediction: shitty contracts incoming to get this team started right. One of the following will be a Flasher: Huberdeau, PLD, or Nurse.

You can't expose players with no movement clauses in expansion drafts.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

might as well, the league is a circus and expansion drafts are fun

 

[These Are The Days]

BWAAAAHHHH HAHAHAHAHA. So many people gon be big big mad about this.

 

[PaulD]

Kids enrolling in hockey is growing so much in the US that I don't see a problem with the NHL being watered down.
USHL/NCAA programs are infinitely better than they were 20 years ago so the talent pool overall is getting deeper
Sincerely,

A 49 year old Canadian

Two very good points.

 

[The Nuge]

When this fails, at least the logic follows that it will go to a Canadian city, and we maybe get the Nordiques back

Atlanta —-> Calgary
Atlanta —-> Winnipeg
Atlanta —-> Quebec City?

 

[rojac]

You can't expose players with no movement clauses in expansion drafts.

I believe you can if they agree to it.

 

[MikeyMike01]

They should be a combination of the old teams:

The Atlanta Flashers

 

[Pablo El Perro]

I believe you can if they agree to it.

Which one is agreeing to it? I can't remember a player who has, but haven't checked.

 

[rojac]

Stop f***ing expanding. There’s already a shit load of teams

If you don't like the product the NHL is putting out, just stop watching it and move on.

 

[EpochLink]

Speculation Prediction: shitty contracts incoming to get this team started right. One of the following will be a Flasher: Huberdeau, PLD, or Nurse.

Huberdeau can get that sports car again!

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

How many teams do we need f***ing 40? How does Canada only have 7.

Don't complain! California has a larger population than Canada and they only have 3.

(kidding. I mean it's true but I don't think California needs more teams)

Seriously though. I don't care about talent dilution but 32 teams is more than enough. You barely see your team play some other conference teams as it is. And the season is already too long.

But I'm sure there's plenty of owners drooling over those expansion fees...

 

[KCC]

Stop f***ing expanding. There’s already a shit load of teams

Oh well. If it happens it happens. Move on if you don't like it.

 

[Menzinger]

Why?

I'd rather see a market get a chance that hasn't had a team already. Have nothing against Atlanta as a city, but don't want to see the league replace what hasn't worked in the past.

That said, won't complain if Atlanta gets the team either.

Edit: thinking about it more, I'm also likely under-valuing growth in the sport in the South. I don't have a good sense of hockeys popularity in Georgia

 

[rojac]

Which one is agreeing to it? I can't remember a player who has, but haven't checked.

Fleury had an NMC and let the Penguins make him available in the Vegas draft.

 

[These Are The Days]

Kids enrolling in hockey is growing so much in the US that I don't see a problem with the NHL being watered down.
USHL/NCAA programs are infinitely better than they were 20 years ago so the talent pool overall is getting deeper
Sincerely,

A 49 year old Canadian

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. There's no telling that in 25 years if Atlanta of all places won't produce the single best player the USA has ever had because they got a new team in a few years. By the time his career is over he is some 700 goal stud who skates like McDavid and shoots like Ovechkin it's because he picked up a stick instead of a football

It's only good for the sport if that happens

 

[cowboy82nd]

So you don't want McDavid to score 200 points?

No

 

[PaulD]

so in 10 years will this team be relocating to Quebec City or Hamilton?

I wish. But no, relocating to Houston , Milwaukie, or Hartford more likely.

 

[rojac]

It’s more likely to be another Nashville or Dallas. It’s a different city than it was and the circumstances are different, too, as other have explained better than I could.



Yeah there never used to be garbage teams at the bottom of the league when there were 20 teams…

Well, technically, there were never 20 teams in the NHL. They went straight From 17 to 21 when they added the WHA teams.

But yeah, there were sucky teams back then. The Leafs were one of them. But it’s possible that fans didn’t notice as much given that 16 of 21 teams made the playoffs.

 

[PaulD]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. There's no telling that in 25 years if Atlanta of all places won't produce the single best player the USA has ever had. Some 700 goal stud who skates like McDavid and shoots like Ovechkin it's because he picked up a stick instead of a football

It's good for the sport if that happens

So how old is he now......the superstar kid that picked up a stick instead of a football because the Atalanta Thrashers had team in his hometown?

 

[Pablo El Perro]

I wish. But no, relocating to Houston , Milwaukie, or Hartford more likely.

Can Hartford support a team?

 

[FlyguyOX]

so in 10 years will this team be relocating to Quebec City or Hamilton?

The last ballyhooed Canadian expansion/relocation is currently 1st in their conference and badly filling their already almost league-smallest arena.

No more Canadian niche markets

How many teams do we need f***ing 40? How does Canada only have 7.

Because they got Winnipeg who leads the league and can’t even fill out their small arena

 

[Little Psycho]

If you don't like the product the NHL is putting out, just stop watching it and move on.

The schedules are a shit show already, don’t need to complicate it more. Let’s be honest, the NHL just wants another distraction to hide the horrors of the last 10 years.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

The schedules are a shit show already, don’t need to complicate it more. Let’s be honest, the NHL just wants another distraction to hide the horrors of the last 10 years.

The last 10 years have been fine.