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Originally Posted by saXon
It's not cheap to pack up a whole AHL franchise and move shop. Moving a franchise every 4-5 years doesn't help establish a solid foundation to the org either. That's a lot of $$ and a lot of work.
Abbotsford is a decent locale right now for the team. Unless something cherry comes up, like maybe in Airdrie, there's no sense in moving them.
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Seems pretty common these days for AHL teams to change affiliations/cities:
This year:
Dallas affiliate moved from Houston to Iowa
Vancouver moved from Chicago to Utica
St.Louis moved from Peroia to Chicago
Last year:
Anaheim moved from Syracuse to Norfolf
Tampa Bay moved from Norfolk to Syracuse
Two years ago:
Vancouver moved from Winnipeg to Chicago
Atlanta/Winnipeg moved from Chicago to St.Johns
Buffalo from Portland to Rochester
Florida from Rochester to San Antonio
Phoenix from San Antonio to Porland
I suppose most of these are just affiliation changes which is less of an ordeal, although it would be the same thing if Calgary moved to Adirondack.