CBlake
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- Dec 22, 2014
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For years NHL teams especially those on the west coast had their AHL teams quite far away and it was never an issue. Vancouver in Hamilton, all the teams in Atlantic Canada etc. and distance was never an issue.
Even when the the Flyers and Leafs moved their AHL teams into their own the back yard and talked about the advantages of it, teams did not just jump up and follow suite.
All of a sudden in the last few years it has become important to have them close by as seen by all the moves into California. So what has been the driving force behind the change?
Even when the the Flyers and Leafs moved their AHL teams into their own the back yard and talked about the advantages of it, teams did not just jump up and follow suite.
All of a sudden in the last few years it has become important to have them close by as seen by all the moves into California. So what has been the driving force behind the change?