Joey Moss
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Does anyone know when they announce the location for next years draft? Also how do they determine it?
Does anyone know when they announce the location for next years draft? Also how do they determine it?
Anaheim or Phoenix. Only teams never to host an ASG or Draft. Anaheim has been in the league for a pretty good amount of time now.
NHL teams have to apply or bid to host the draft.
The host is usually announced in April or May 1 year prior.
Hopefully it is held somewhere that cares about hockey and attendance is large.
bring it to Boston
Where is it this year?
Edmonton definately should.
I would want Colorado to have it because it has either been forever since we had it or we never had it. But I predict it will be a Southeast or a Pacific team.
Toronto is probably another good bet, considering how good this draft is.
The Kings just hosted a draft, so I have doubts about Anaheim.
Phoenix? and have 3 people show up?
There were a few posters who thought the same would happen in LA this past year. I thought it was a decent turnout considering the Draft started at 4pm on a Friday afternoon. I wondered if there was any legitimate concern about a prospect being stuck on the freeway while his name was being called.
Although I also wonder how much the attendance could fluctuate based on who's picking where. There were hundreds of Oilers fans in attendance, but I could count on one hand how many Bruins/Panthers/Blue Jackets/Islanders jerseys I spotted.
As long as tickets remain free, folks will show up. There might not be the ticket demand that you'd see in Toronto, but I imagine there are 10,000 hockey fans in any market that would sit through the first round of a draft.
Toronto is in the same position. There was some story last summer about Burke lobbying for a ASG/Draft in the near future, and I kept thinking, "Why? We'll either be crap and have no All Stars, or we'll have no 1st."The Flyers keep telling the league they want to host the draft, but it's hard when you keep trading all your draft picks.