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Originally Posted by troutman
Howard Bloom @SportsBizNews
NHL expansion report set to be published at @sportingnews #NHLExpansion
Heard a clip from Bloom on the radio - he was saying that since owners don't share expansion $ with the players in the new CBA, it is a no-brainer. $50 M for each franchise.
Players get 100 new jobs, and hockey revenues will increase.
CTV clip:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=426122
When asked if he had a reliable source he said "do the economics". Has to be pure conjecture.
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No doubt it's pure conjecture, but the league has left itself open to the "when, not if" expansion discussion since realignment. Heck, I bet there were fewer than 50 replies to the realignment thread here before someone floated the idea of expansion to two western cities.