This post is sadly 100 percent accurate. Organized hockey is done in Newfoundland and Labrador, it's time to move on. There is not enough money on top of what you have said.There is simply no way to get a team to work in Newfoundland, in any capacity if we're being realistic. Your nearest Quebec opponent is Baie-Comeau. Your Maritime brethren are a flight away, and major junior teams, especially out west, only really use those once (or twice, if it's a championship series like Prince Albert and Vancouver) to cut travel costs.
Realistically, since I doubt that this actually comes to pass, is there anywhere in the Northeast/Quebec that would even want a team? Would Granby be? interested, I have my doubts that the Q will go down south into Maine again.
Mile One Centre (or whatever they call it now) just keeps enticing people to keep trying, in spite of the history of pretty well every team that has ever played there.This post is sadly 100 percent accurate. Organized hockey is done in Newfoundland and Labrador, it's time to move on. There is not enough money on top of what you have said.
Realistically, since I doubt that this actually comes to pass, is there anywhere in the Northeast/Quebec that would even want a team? Would Granby be? interested, I have my doubts that the Q will go down south into Maine again.
And even in that case, the CFL going back to even Mark Cohon vastly preferred Halifax, or at the very least Moncton, before going to St. John's. By this point, I just don't think there's a viable market for any sort of professional sport in Newfoundland that will ultimately last - the dollars needed for travel on the whole just kneecap efforts right there and then.I almost think that the only way a team could succeed there would be a once a week sport like football, though I'm not expecting someone to bankroll a CFL stadium there.
And even in that case, the CFL going back to even Mark Cohon vastly preferred Halifax, or at the very least Moncton, before going to St. John's. By this point, I just don't think there's a viable market for any sort of professional sport in Newfoundland that will ultimately last - the dollars needed for travel on the whole just kneecap efforts right there and then.
Maybe Fredericton would be a better choice for a QMJHL team?
Portland isn't a 7-hour ferry ride from anywhere.If a WHL team can work way down in Portland, I don't see why it couldn't in NFLD.
But it's nearly a 12 hour bus ride and about 3 hours from its nearest away rink.Portland isn't a 7-hour ferry ride from anywhere.
Sure, it's 12 hours from PG to Portland, but try 12 hours and then a full day on a ferry. (And 7 hours is just the actual sailing; add at least an hour before for loading and then 30-45 minutes after.) And a ferry adds extra logistical challenges - anyone who has to travel on BC Ferries on the regular knows that you have to be flexible on travel, and that's a 90-minute sailing. If something goes wrong and you miss the sailing, you're screwed. Oh yeah, and additional cost.But it's nearly a 12 hour bus ride and about 3 hours from its nearest away rink.