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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Abbotsford and Chilliwack are essentially one market and they had no problem chasing the Bruins out when the Heat moved in.
Saskatoon is a growing city with too much potential for the AHL to ignore.
I am not sure how Billings or Montana in general would work.... do they have the flight network to support an AHL team?
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They are essentially one market but two different cities, two different city councils and two different buildings to deal with.
Also they got a sweetheart deal in Abbotsford that allowed them to not worry about the fact that they didn't have any fans going to the game and the market is way bigger than what we are talking about here.
Unlikely that a Saskatoon, Red Deer, Lethbridge etc. are going to give the AHL a sweetheart deal to cover the losses if they even want to talk to them about using their building which already have WHL teams as the primary tennant.