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Originally Posted by New Era
Breaks up the west coast swing into very nice bite sized pieces, so the trvl problems can be marginalized. Big difference between a hour and a two or three hour flight. Also, Portland is a proven hockey market. A lot of the other cities mentioned aren't and really have no connection to the game in any way. Just make more business sense.
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While they do a good job supporting junior hockey I don't know that Portland would support an NHL franchise long term. They are baseball crazy and MLB is number one on their wish list. Football crazy also. Hockey is barely on the radar in Portland.