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Originally Posted by Table 5
Yeah, while I tend to think the NHL decision makers tend do a decent job most of the time, if you look at league expansion from the early 90s on, it seems like almost half of these could be considered bad or questionable moves.
Anaheim: Win
Arizona: Fail
Atlanta: Super Fail
Carolina: Questionable
Columbus: Questionable
Florida: Fail
Minnesota: Win
Nashville: Win
Ottawa: Win
San Jose: Win
Tampa: Win
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There would have been more fails on your list a few years ago.
Tampa
Nashville
Anaheim
Carolina
Have all struggled for attendance in the recent past. Championships, solid play and some grass-roots investment has brought them some consitency. Although Anaheim, considered one of the best teams over the last few years, still seems to have trouble with regular season games.
It's been well documented that Columbus has a great fanbase, but the team has been so bad since it first started there that fan support is dwindling. Hopefully Davidson and Kelkalinen (?) can bring them some success as I'd like to see them do well. They're similar to Nashville in that way I think.
Florida and Arizona both should have moved years ago.