- already horrible name reports
- god-awful arena
- very meh incoming team, with the chances of a decent piece or two wanting out this offseason
- Mormon-dominated area (normally religious groups wouldn't be a factor, but Utah is half mormon) and every mormon friend I had growing up (I had many lol) had zero interest in hockey (Derek Ryan is the only LDS NHL player) but lots of interest in other sports (many LDS athletes across other sports) so I feel like the data points towards a fair question: does a Mormon market have a big interest in an NHL team? At the very least it's gonna be a massive culture shock to NHL athletes haha
Yea I don't think it's gonna work. But I hope I'm wrong. Utah (or at least the little I've seen of SLC) is ridiculously beautiful.
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