NHL wants to expand to 36 teams

[Rpenny]

0 reason why Toronto should not have a 2nd team.

In theory yes but in reality a second franchise would be forgotten every time the leafs got good

 

[Bounces R Way]

Gary trying to hit that elusive Lockout Triple Crown. Would really cement his legacy.

 

[AintLifeGrand]

0 reason why Toronto should not have a 2nd team.

Toronto's demographic shift from a traditional hockey demo to a majority non- native Canadian demo, do not bode well for a 2nd team.

Hockey won't even be the most popular sport in the country by the end of the decade

 

[NVious]

Gary trying to hit that elusive Lockout Triple Crown. Would really cement his legacy.

Tbh I think the owners and players would love expansion, just more money for their greedy little palms.

It's the fans that suffer for it.

32 teams is perfect, but anymore and the product not only gets watered down but winning the cup gets harder for everyone. In the span of 10-15 years winning a cup will have gotten 20% harder with literally nothing changing about the game.

But it's all about the money so it wouldn't surprise me at all if they did expand massively because it is a boom for everyone that isn't already a fan of a team.

 

[HockeyVirus]

In theory yes but in reality a second franchise would be forgotten every time the leafs got good

New York can have what, 4 teams? Toronto can have 2

 

[MCR74]

The first 4 would be my guess as the most likely to get a franchise.

But if they go ahead with the plan (36 by 2030) that's nearly a franchise per year. The players left exposed by the time they get to teams #35 and #36 .... Yikes. Kansas City's top line will be centered by Ryan Reaves.

I wanna see that.

 

[lawrence]

what about Portland? I want our 3 team hub.

 

[HansonBro]

New York can have what, 4 teams? Toronto can have 2

Think I speak for a lot of Leafs fans here, any team built on or near the 401 highway would thrive. Thats how much we hate driving downtown. How would it affect the Leafs? Im not sure

 

[Oddbob]

0 reason why Toronto should not have a 2nd team.

Actually the Leafs stop all of this from happening with them not wanting anyone in "their" turf!

 

[Oddbob]

Also enough with adding new teams. We want good teams, not further watered down teams.

 

[JPeeper]

Chicago and San Jose are historically bad and the NHL wants to add 4 more teams.

Do we really need 5-6 teams that go 20-55-7?

 

[kingsholygrail]

Imagine a new Toronto team ending their cup drought first.

 

[Turin]

Good way to severely hurt the acersge product which is already soft and corporate and sanitized even in comparison to 8 years ago.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Oh great…more oversaturation.

f*** this league

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

I understand why so many are against expansion. It's like the people that build their house in the new suburbs and then complain when other people do it after them.

Here are some facts
The US population is expanding
Hockey has been a northern only sport
A number of good players are starting to come from not-so North areas
The players keep getting faster and better conditioned
There are some major markets without a team including Houston, Atlanta and Phoenix. There franchises will succeed if don't correctly

Expansion, if done correctly, is not a bad thing.

 

[JKG33]

f*** the NHL, of course going to have the same bullshit as Seattle and Vegas where they want them to be competitive right away so every other team is going to have to pay for it

Ah yes, the Seattle Kraken, the definition of success

 

[Anglesmith]

Oh god the amount of whining by Toronto fans if Toronto media had to split time between the Leafs and another team would put the whining the rest of us do to shame.

 

[cowboy82nd]

New York can have what, 4 teams? Toronto can have 2

Maybe I can’t count, but I only see three New York teams.

 

[Schennanigans]

It should be about time another Canadian comes.

 

[kaiser matias]

Gary trying to hit that elusive Lockout Triple Crown. Would really cement his legacy.

What one of 1994-95, 2004-05, and 2012-13 don't count for him to be looking for a third one still?

 

[landy]

Houston, KC, and Atlanta are a lock. Toronto or New Orleans next is my guess.

 

[Bounces R Way]

What one of 1994-95, 2004-05, and 2012-13 don't count for him to be looking for a third one still?

2012-13 he only got partial credit. Unfinished business some might say.

 

[Lunatik]

I think another team in Toronto would make a lot of sense

I agree, but I'd move the Sabres there.

 

[Garbageyuk]

And that's where Gary Bettman came from: The NbA. The $$$ formula worked to make tons of it so why not ruin the NHLoL?!

The NBA has 30 teams. It makes more money because basketball is vastly more popular, not because of some “formula”.

 

[wolfgaze]