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Originally Posted by Vulcan
The canucks GM Gillis was interviewed at the game last night and he said they had a number of cities applying to host their AHL affiliate. He also said they would be looking for a city preferably handy to Vancouver.
If so, a deal would tie them up and they wouldn't be moving to Abbotsford.
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it is not uncommon to see 1 and 2 year affiliate deals in the AHL. For example from what I understand the deal between San Antonio & Florida is a year to year deal. The Canucks in Chicago was just for 2 years... etc