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Old 03-29-2014, 06:30 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan View Post
Fort Mac would be pretty dangerous travel wise for the WHL. I doubt the league wants to start moving too far North. The Fort Mac team may be able to afford to fly in and out, but I doubt the other teams are willing to do so.

Really Fort Mac might make for a better potential AHL city.
With a pretty impressive arena project in the works Fort McMurray will get a WHL team soon enough. Like mentioned above the solution is flying teams to and from Edmonton then busing there. A bit costly but an expected cost.
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