Largest northern US metro areas without NHL team (from the WIN thread):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_o...tistical_Areas
Seattle 3.4 M
Baltimore 2.7 M
Portland 2.2 M
Cincinnati 2.1 M
Cleveland 2.1 M
Kansas City 2.0 M
Indianapolis 1.8 M
Providence 1.6 M
Milwaukee 1.6 M
Memphis 1.3 M
Louisville 1.3 M
Richmond 1.3 M
Hartford 1.2 M
Salt Lake 1.1 M