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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
currently there are 25 functional NHL cities in the US (24 minus Arizona which will very likely be on the move). To get to 36 teams, you need 5 more cities.
Not sure what cities can actually support/want NHL? Atlanta is out, unless the NHL wants to got there a third time and strike out. So you have Houston, Sacramento? Milwaukee? Not sure who else?
Demand drives supply - there's a reason that Networks aren't having bidding wars for the NHL: the market isn't there.
the expansion fee is definitely enticing, but I don't think the market in the US has much more capacity then what its currently at.
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KC, Salt Lake City and Portland are commonly named as potential NHL cities.
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From HFBoard oiler fan, in analyzing MacT's management:
O.K. there has been a lot of talk on whether or not MacTavish has actually done a good job for us, most fans on this board are very basic in their analysis and I feel would change their opinion entirely if the team was successful.
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