I'm in the minority here it seems but I hate this... I really dislike expansion to sunbelt type cities with no hockey grassroots. Seattle I like but Vegas could be Phoenix 2.0.
I am afraid it will be mediocre support for years, milking the equalization payments for all they are worth and then a cup run fed by the NHL's welfare draft system rewarding their badly run business. We'll be watching a half assed crowd that never watched a hockey game before that season and never will again stand around half heartedly cheering during a 40 degree cup parade in a 10 years.
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