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Beninho · 03-06-2023, 02:37 PM

Houston is a great city. I understand the want for them to possibly get a team there after the Stars being a relative success. Atlanta makes absolutely no sense, competing with 3 other major sports franchises in the city, along with college football. I wouldn’t even say the Braves or Hawks have “big fanbases” for being what most would consider a major market.

Expansion is ####ing tiring tho, Flames have enough issues trying to contend and here comes two more teams to dilute the talent pool further. Seattle and Vegas was already annoying being in the same damn division, both immensely profiting on the favourable expansion rules. Will be fun in 3 years when the Flames may be rebuilding and they miss out on another top 3 pick to the Atlanta Deep Fryers

03-06-2023, 02:37 PM	#181
Beninho Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: San Francisco Exp:	Houston is a great city. I understand the want for them to possibly get a team there after the Stars being a relative success. Atlanta makes absolutely no sense, competing with 3 other major sports franchises in the city, along with college football. I wouldn’t even say the Braves or Hawks have “big fanbases” for being what most would consider a major market. Expansion is ####ing tiring tho, Flames have enough issues trying to contend and here comes two more teams to dilute the talent pool further. Seattle and Vegas was already annoying being in the same damn division, both immensely profiting on the favourable expansion rules. Will be fun in 3 years when the Flames may be rebuilding and they miss out on another top 3 pick to the Atlanta Deep Fryers Last edited by Beninho; 03-06-2023 at 02:41 PM.