Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Toronto and Quebec City to get their own NHL team


NHL expansion?

Today I read an article on yahoo that claims there are plans to expand to Toronto and Quebec City.  This plan makes a lot of sense to me personally because the realignment plan that has been thrown around calls for four conferences 8, 8, 7, and 7 so two new teams would even that out perfect.  The article I read http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/nhl-expansion-toronto-quebec-city-most-likely-next-152048215--nhl.html also included in this article they throw out the idea of 6 new teams making it 9 teams per conference.  The idea of expansion teams gets me real excited because the league is flooded with so much talent.  I think prospects would get chances sooner and you would be able to tell the difference between a teams 1st and 3rd line.  One city I could see getting a new team is Seattle I know that expansion will most likely be into Canada as it should, but Seattle just got a brand new arena where it looks like the Sacramento Kings of the NBA will be moving soon.  I definitely think they would like two professional teams in their new arena.  Plus I think a Seattle, Vancouver rivalry would spark instantly. 

I love the Idea of additional teams in the NHL the talent is definitely there and the NHL would benefit greatly with additional teams.

Does your city not have a team?  Where would you put a new team?  Maybe try Atlanta again... probably not.  Maybe if Toronto gets a second team why not add one to Detroit or a "New England" team.  Double up all the original six cities!!

3 comments:

  1. Whatever happened to the rumors regarding Hamilton?

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  2. You know I have heard Hamilton thrown around in the mix and if they were to actually go through with the 6 expansion teams its a huge possibility. I like the idea of a bigger league but I am extremely optimistic any expansion teams will even happen.

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