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Old 01-30-2019, 08:39 AM   #71
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Originally Posted by brocoli View Post
This could be a long term ripple effect. If the Moose do in fact move to Saskatoon, do the Blades stay there? Do you maybe look at Lloyd or some smaller market? Swift does seem as the logical team to move, but as the smallest market now, does that make any financial sense? Are they better off having unbalanced divisions to keep travel costs down?
Lloydminister is way too small. Fort McMurray proposed a 6000 seat arena before the fire hit, so if that plan got back on track, that would be an ideal spot for a team. Grande Prairie as well, if a large enough rink could get built there.

Alternatively, the league could go back to Nanaimo to put as second team on Vancouver Island. That would rebalance the divisions too.

Preferably though, the Blades stay put and the Moose goes somewhere else. Thunder Bay would be ideal, imnsho, though again, a new arena would be a long term necessity.
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