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Originally Posted by Matty81
I'm in the minority here it seems but I hate this... I really dislike expansion to sunbelt type cities with no hockey grassroots. Seattle I like but Vegas could be Phoenix 2.0.
I am afraid it will be mediocre support for years, milking the equalization payments for all they are worth and then a cup run fed by the NHL's welfare draft system rewarding their badly run business. We'll be watching a half assed crowd that never watched a hockey game before that season and never will again stand around half heartedly cheering during a 40 degree cup parade in a 10 years.
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San Jose...no hockey grass roots, but does pretty darn well. Partly due to no pro sports teams to really compete with at that end of the peninsula and decent average income of locals.