New Houston Rockets Owner Open To NHL Team
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HisIceness
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Mightygoose
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This will surley help the cause.
Once Seattle's arena plan gets closer to fruition, an expansion process will follow and we'll see if he applies.
Once Seattle's arena plan gets closer to fruition, an expansion process will follow and we'll see if he applies.
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If the expansion fee is not out of line a NHL team in Houston should be a
If the expansion fee is not out of line a NHL team in Houston should be a
There is only 1 spot though and there would be 3 groups bidding. Quebec Seattle and Houston. Its not a slam dunk though.
Zippy316
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I wouldn't be shocked in the next several years if Phoenix ends up moving to Seattle/Houston, the other gets an expansion team, and the Islanders end up in Quebec.
HisIceness
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I think the NHL would be a great success in Houston. As many have pointed out over the years, there is already a natural rival in Dallas (Texas takes their rivalries quite seriously if you've never been, see UT vs. A&M and the traditions surrounding that now defunct game). Houston has seen tremendous growth over the years, the city still has some folks who remember the days of the Aeros.
Ah, poor Chris Dudley. Dude always got dunked on it seemed.
If the expansion fee is not out of line a NHL team in Houston should be a
Ah, poor Chris Dudley. Dude always got dunked on it seemed.
there's 0% chance the Islanders leave NY, AND Arizona is going nowhere at this point, it hasn't been Phoenix since Glendale and GRA was built
Zippy316
aka Zippo
Islanders' arena situation looks increasingly murky although absolute worst case scenario NVMC is always an option. Don't want to derail this thread too much though.
Regardless, Houston seems like a market primed for an NHL team. Huge market, some hockey history in the past, natural rivalry in state, and West Coast team to balance the conferences (although it does complicate the central).
cbcwpg
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If the expansion fee is not out of line a NHL team in Houston should be a
What is not out of line?
Pretty obvious the fee will be starting at $500,000,000 , which is way out of line IMO, but it's what Bettman is asking for.
the problem is, how much damage did Houston take because of the history, and the way it ended, just because Alexander no longer has control, doesn't mean HOU wants a team, as Fertitta states, it has to be prudent, and a right choice, I don't see that happening.
AdmiralsFan24
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they outright own the franchise, nick, that's why the Iowa Wild exist, Watson only had rights over the name Aeros
Bixby Snyder
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Has the NHL said it plans on holding at 32 teams? Because I don't think I've heard anyone say that. Anyway I think the only way Quebec gets a team is by the league adding 2 more teams in the west. Making Quebec #32 would create an east/west imbalance just like we had before Vegas.
By federal law the NHL has to have a opening bidding for expansion.
No it doesn't. Houston will have a chance to bid for a team just like Seattle and quebec. It doesn't make them any much of a slam dunk as any other group bidding.
Bixby Snyder
IBTFAD
uh there aren't 3 ownership groups bidding, and it likely is maxed at 32, because look at Vegas, they barely got 1 affiliation completed.
Plus you can't over expand and end up having to deal with at some point relocations with no where to put them.
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