NHL Floats Idea of Adding 2nd Toronto NHL Team

[Ming]

Doesn't Grand Rapids have a Red Wings minor league team (I think from the American Hockey league)

I had to go to one of my daughters skating events there, and they had a great faciility for a minor league team.

[notyoueither]

I believe they are the Wings' affiliate.

I'm not sure why people in the media continue to think that there is going to be any expansion of the NHL. If Balsille wants in, all he need do is wait a bit. He'll have his pick of any number of teams with owners who want to bail. Of course, he'll need to have the cash at the time. That might not be as straight-forward as it would have been 18 months ago.

[Guynemer]

Expansion, no. Moving franchises out of you've-got-to-be-****ting-me locations like Miami, Tampa Bay, Nashville, Phoenix, Atlanta, and Raleigh? **** yes.

[Ming]

I know the NHL tried expansion in the south to try to make it more of a national sport to help their tv contract... But what a bunch of morons.

They really need to move some franchises. The first criteria should be "Do the local people care about hockey"

[notyoueither]

There was a time when nobody much would have cared about hockey in Los Angeles or Dallas.

It is likely that some clubs will move in the next 5 years, or that some will fold (I don't see any way out of Phoenix) but the idea to grow the game was not an entirely bad one IMO.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Guynemer
Expansion, no

I agree--30 teams is more than enough-- Relocate if and when necessary