Regardless of the poor reputation of the city, I think moving the team out west is just a plain bad idea...even with 5-6 western AHL teams, the bulk of teams are in the East.
The AHL team will end up with huge travelling issues like they had in Abbotsford.
Having the team closer to Calgary is somewhat insignificant....more important is the proximity to other teams in the league and to a major airport.
Surprised with this move.
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