No it's not, not when they let the new teams just take players from existing teams. We're the ones that have to sit here and watch our teams suck while slowly building and developing players. Then a new team gets to come and just take your players? f*** that and especially f*** that if they want to do it 4 more times in the next 5 years.
NHL wants to expand to 36 teams
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No it's not, not when they let the new teams just take players from existing teams. We're the ones that have to sit here and watch our teams suck while slowly building and developing players. Then a new team gets to come and just take your players? f*** that and especially f*** that if they want to do it 4 more times in the next 5 years.
Quebec City, Atlanta, Houston, Phoenix. I really like it the way it is now, but if it has to be 36? Right the wrong in Quebec City, if Bettman really wants to give Atlanta a 3rd chance because everyone insists the conditions are in place for it to work this time, Bettman wants to go back to the market he fought tooth and nail for all those years, and Houston's a good opportunity.
Could probably support like 4 teams.
Having only Leafs that no one can go to watch just makes 0 sense.
In Tampere, Finland, for example, currently we have Tappara vs Ilves as a playoff series, and it's constantly getting 10-12k in audience, which is pretty good for a city of 200k people. And these are always the most meaningful games of the season.
To me, it's just so obvious.
Well, they will double their chances to pass the first round, make sense
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@Three On Zero This may mean us finally have a shot at playing in the show
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Keep adding teams and most the 1 OA's are going to be past their prime when they see their first playoff games, or jump ship and have more teams will go from rebuild into rebuild.
They are going to ruin the league with this.
They are going to ruin the league with this.
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Why not just make it a cool 78 teams while we´re at it? Or 142?
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I don't usually mind expansion but it is kind of sad for this reason.
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We could have no more expansion, and Toronto and Vancouver fans will never live to see their team win a cup.
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We might as well go to 40 and create two NHL divisions of 20 teams, with four teams moving up and down each year.
With 36 teams, the league loses ground, but the schedule also becomes very complicated. It's impossible to complete an 84-game schedule by playing every team twice.
Because even with 36 teams, there will still be markets to conquer.
After Houston, Atlanta, Kansas City, and Arizona, Portland, Indiana, Milwaukee, and Quebec will still be missing teams.
The NHL's mistake is to have placed two or even three teams in the same location.
Anaheim, Tampa Bay, New Jersey, and Long Island it's too much Four teams in the NY area and state out of 25 US teams is too many. In the NBA, only two out of 29 US teams. In the NFL, three out of 32 US teams. MLB, 2 of 30.
You move those franchises into the missing markets and that's it.
Anaheim is 40 minutes from LA, Tampa can host a few Florida games as part of a truly unique Florida team, New Jersey is located in a shady location anyway, Long Island is unstable without a large fan base and can host the historic NY Rangers.
New generations will adapt immediately; the two-bit internet fan who's a Ducks fan without ever having set foot in California will find another toy. Only a handful of passionate adults with an exaggerated attachment will sincerely cry. The majority, more pragmatic, will focus on their local team.
With 36 teams, the league loses ground, but the schedule also becomes very complicated. It's impossible to complete an 84-game schedule by playing every team twice.
Because even with 36 teams, there will still be markets to conquer.
After Houston, Atlanta, Kansas City, and Arizona, Portland, Indiana, Milwaukee, and Quebec will still be missing teams.
The NHL's mistake is to have placed two or even three teams in the same location.
Anaheim, Tampa Bay, New Jersey, and Long Island it's too much Four teams in the NY area and state out of 25 US teams is too many. In the NBA, only two out of 29 US teams. In the NFL, three out of 32 US teams. MLB, 2 of 30.
You move those franchises into the missing markets and that's it.
Anaheim is 40 minutes from LA, Tampa can host a few Florida games as part of a truly unique Florida team, New Jersey is located in a shady location anyway, Long Island is unstable without a large fan base and can host the historic NY Rangers.
New generations will adapt immediately; the two-bit internet fan who's a Ducks fan without ever having set foot in California will find another toy. Only a handful of passionate adults with an exaggerated attachment will sincerely cry. The majority, more pragmatic, will focus on their local team.
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f*** it. Make it 40. Nothing matters except that sweet sweet revenue.
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NHL really wants to destroy itself
Let’s go to a 100, why stop at 36……
Let’s go to a 100, why stop at 36……
I want ten more Slinky plants in operation by the end of year! There is no way that the Slinky market will ever get oversaturated!
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The new teams pay around 40-50 million for each one of those players. Most owners would sell all of their players, if they could get 50 mil a pop.
I'm not saying it doesn't suck for the fans. But owners doesn't give a damn about fans, as long as there are more potential fans willing to shovel them money. And there have always been, for over 100 years already, I don't see that ending any time soon.
Quebec does deserve a team. Too bad you can't pay for 32 brand new super yachts with deserve. So the owners will opt for money instead.
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I both agree and disagree with the notion that expansion to 36 from 32 is going to dilute the talent pool. I agree in the sense that expansion does always dilute the talent pool from what it is already - that's just undeniable. While the game is declining in a few places, I would like to think that the places where it's growing makes up for that, and the presence of an NHL team in a particular city, especially if it's a new market, tends to accelerate that growth. I use that notion as the foundation for an argument that the ship does ultimately get righted over time.
What I'll concede is that going from 32 to 36 so rapidly would have quite an impact on it and it could be pretty painful for a couple decades before that ship does get righted.
What I'll concede is that going from 32 to 36 so rapidly would have quite an impact on it and it could be pretty painful for a couple decades before that ship does get righted.
