Potential Atlanta NHL Expansion Team Thread

[dj4aces]

Carter is also an analyst for TNT. Is it possibe that he was at the meetings in that role and not as a rep for his Atlanta expansion group?

That would be my question. Seeing as how I don't have HBO Max streaming + sports package, I was unable to watch the recent game (Rangers v Sabres) that was on the network... so have no idea if they even discussed the BoG meeting on-air.

My *gut* says that, even if he was attending the meeting as a TNT analyst, there's nothing that says he wouldn't also be there as a party interested in bringing the league back to Atlanta. While it might seem Krause's group is ahead in this race, we also don't really know what Carter's up to. From a business standpoint, just because one is quiet doesn't mean they're not up to something.

 

[aqib]

Carter is also an analyst for TNT. Is it possibe that he was at the meetings in that role and not as a rep for his Atlanta expansion group?

Two questions:
1) Since he isn't a beat reporter/insider so would he really be at a BOG meeting as part of his analyst duties?
2) Is there a strong preference in Atlanta over one site over the other?

 

[GreenHornet]

Two questions:
1) Since he isn't a beat reporter/insider so would he really be at a BOG meeting as part of his analyst duties?
2) Is there a strong preference in Atlanta over one site over the other?

1. The NHL To Atlanta Twitter account speculates thusly, though I have to believe that if he did speak with any owners, the subject of his bid had to have come up in any conversation.



2. The only ones who might know the answer to this question with any degree of certainty are probably all members of the BoG (or perhaps Bettman and/or Daly). One thing is for sure, whatever Carter is up to with regard to his bid (which features building a new arena at the North Point Mall in Alpharetta just six miles south of Krause's proposed Gathering arena), he has held his cards VERY close to the vest throughout this whole process -- far closer than Krause, whatever that means.