AHL announces 2018-19 divisional alignment
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Note the lone empty slot in the Pacific.
Of course it’ll depend on where the 32nd AHL team ends up.
ask your ownership there in Seattle, tommy.... you're going to need an ECHL one likely as well
Note the lone empty slot in the Pacific.
Of course it’ll depend on where the 32nd AHL team ends up.
well there's a gap in the PNW so somewhere along there. There is really only one ideal location and that's Boise and promote the stealheads to AHL.
royals119
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I would assume Colorado will be playing the shorter schedule, so at least every team in the same division will have the same number of games. Points percentage will only be needed for seeding in the western conference championship and maybe the Calder cup final. (And for the regular season award for best record).
For Cleveland, aside from replacing Manitoba with Laval (which is a much shorter trip), the rest of the bus trips are probably a wash for them. I could see them making a ten day to two week trip through Rockford, Chicago and Milwaukee, and each of those teams visiting Cleveland, with the Texas teams playing extra games against each other to make up the difference, and reduce the travel a bit.
For Cleveland, aside from replacing Manitoba with Laval (which is a much shorter trip), the rest of the bus trips are probably a wash for them. I could see them making a ten day to two week trip through Rockford, Chicago and Milwaukee, and each of those teams visiting Cleveland, with the Texas teams playing extra games against each other to make up the difference, and reduce the travel a bit.
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Boise is still 500 miles from Seattle. If you are going to have to fly your players between the AHL and NHL teams anyway, why not put the team in California so it is closer to the other divisional foes, and reduce travel time between games? Fresno, Long Beach, or Sacramento would all have advantages over Boise.
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Wouldn't be surprised if they move into WHL markets in the area. There's ones in the Seattle metro area, with one in Seattle itself (Winnipeg, San Jose both have NHL & AHL teams in the same arena) and another in Everett that both draw well. Portland, Spokane, and Tri-City are all in driving distance also.
Well aware none of them may want to jump up from major junior to pro, but WHL has been getting hit with lawsuits and may have to go to full professional status anyways and pay their players minimum wage anyways.
Well aware none of them may want to jump up from major junior to pro, but WHL has been getting hit with lawsuits and may have to go to full professional status anyways and pay their players minimum wage anyways.
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On twitter I asked Michael Fornabaio, the Sound Tigers beat writer, if he knew how many games Colorado was playing, and he mentioned that their season ticket advertising says it's 34 home games...
The only way I see ahl hockey in the north west is for the Canucks and Seattle to put the teams in their own city like the Leafs, Sharks and Jets have done.....
Or maybe just in their general metro area. Tacoma has an arena ready to roll for Seattle, as does Abbottsford* for Vancouver. That said, it seemed that Vegas realized jumping straight in with an AHL team was an excessive burden with getting their NHL team off the ground as well. That's reasonable, and I imagine Seattle might agree, so it may be more likely that the expansion AHL team goes to an already established NHL team like it did this year.
*(hi Hutch, yes, I know this was done by Calgary already, please don't write a diatribe about how it was originally Omaha and is now Stockton).
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tigervixxxen
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So what is the schedule coming out tomorrow or something?
Well the only other western conference team I've seen say anything is Grand Rapids.
Well the only other western conference team I've seen say anything is Grand Rapids.
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JMCx4
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The Heat have announced the traditional 6 guaranteed home dates. Many other teams in the West are either still in the playoffs or recently exited.
Tao Jersey Jones
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Below is how many times the Devils will host each team at Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena:
Syracuse – 5
Rochester – 5
Utica – 4
Toronto – 3
Belleville – 3
Laval – 3
Cleveland – 2
Springfield – 2
Hartford – 2
Lehigh Valley – 2
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – 2
Charlotte – 2
Providence – 1
Bridgeport – 1
Hershey – 1
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As for Seattle... Everett has only been filling half their arena for WHL Championship Series games this week. The combination of the building being primo (moreso compared to Tacoma, BTW) and the Silvertips being, shall we say, chaseable...
...tells me that's Seattle's prime option.
Moreover (and I went over this on the BoH Seattle thread), Boise has too much of an independent streak to host an AHL team. AHL demands development over performance, and Boise has a history of demanding a W/L product, so to speak.
There are no good situations in California where Seattle can place an AHL team... the good ones are taken.
...tells me that's Seattle's prime option.
Moreover (and I went over this on the BoH Seattle thread), Boise has too much of an independent streak to host an AHL team. AHL demands development over performance, and Boise has a history of demanding a W/L product, so to speak.
There are no good situations in California where Seattle can place an AHL team... the good ones are taken.
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Cleveland posted their matrix today. No Hartford/Springfield/Providence/Bridgeport, but they still play Chicago/Grand Rapids/Milwaukee/Rockford from the West. So sick of those teams, thankfully only twice a year do they come in. I wish that they would have dropped them and played the entire Eastern Conference, but travel wise this does make sense.
GindyDraws
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Trust me, the Admirals could do without a 7 hour bus ride to Cleveland. They usually end up flat and tired and on the losing end.
If you got your wish, we would have even less variety in the schedule.
