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Binghamton Black Bears to FPHL

ek93

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bleedblue94 said:
I do think sometimes we and everyone downplay what goes into the process of getting a team. We all just say so and so will get a team and the fingers snap but reality just isn't that way.
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No doubt, that’s why it was never possible for this year. But they have a year to figure it out, and a vacant franchise in the North division to fill (Brampton). Seems like a match made in heaven as long as both sides are willing.
 
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ek93 said:
No doubt, that’s why it was never possible for this year. But they have a year to figure it out, and a vacant franchise in the North division to fill (Brampton). Seems like a match made in heaven as long as both sides are willing.
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nope, T/R replaced Brampton....Brampton's franchise went the way of Manchester as of 4 months ago, hence the league meetings where they were shut down completely instead of dormant, ek.
 
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ek93 said:
No doubt, that’s why it was never possible for this year. But they have a year to figure it out, and a vacant franchise in the North division to fill (Brampton). Seems like a match made in heaven as long as both sides are willing.
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The Brampton membership was returned to the league. It no longer exists. The ECHL rebalances the divisions when teams go to puppy heaven.
 
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Even though they have a nice even 8 teams I don’t think the Fed is done for the summer. Not sure what the plan for Bloomington is. Motor City is most likely done. If Bloomington comes in I feel they’d be looking to add a southern team
 
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Maybe 210 can shine a little more light but I've been hearing that both Newfoundland and Trois Rivieres might begin their season in Manchester pending on the status of the Canadian border. It helps that its one owner to work out a deal with the arena and I'm sure Maine and Worcester wouldn't complain.
 
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ek93 said:
No doubt, that’s why it was never possible for this year. But they have a year to figure it out, and a vacant franchise in the North division to fill (Brampton). Seems like a match made in heaven as long as both sides are willing.
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I think it needs to be more than willing. Any potential ownership group needs to be able to balance a bottom line. The barn in Binghamton is very old and hasn't had any significant improvements in decades. There are very limited revenue streams available in and around buildings like this. The ECHL isn't a cheap league to operate, certainly nowhere as cheap as the FPHL. There needs to be a way for local owners to at least break even in that kind of market. Who knows, maybe the local gov will put their eggs in the FPHL basket, and if they do than who knows what happens in the ECHL by the time they realize the fed isn't viable long term in that market. That is what I am getting at by suggesting more needs to go into it than just an app for a team and motivated league/owner. The minor pro hockey landscape has changed so much and cities that cant wrap their head around the limited opportunities remaining to secure an ECHL franchise going forward are going to get left behind in the long run.
 
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Atlantian said:
Even though they have a nice even 8 teams I don’t think the Fed is done for the summer. Not sure what the plan for Bloomington is. Motor City is most likely done. If Bloomington comes in I feel they’d be looking to add a southern team
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So... Motor City came and went without ever playing a game?
 
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It's more a complete rip off of Binghamton university bear cats, and copies the school colors. It's pretty comical bc a lot of people started thinking this team was related to the school somehow
 
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bleedblue94 said:
It's more a complete rip off of Binghamton university bear cats, and copies the school colors. It's pretty comical bc a lot of people started thinking this team was related to the school somehow
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Only if Binghamton University is a trade school.
 
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I think he's saying that the level of hockey in the FPHL would be the equivalent of a trade school compared to a D1 school like Binghamton.
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That is what I was assuming, but I didnt want to just take another dump on the fphl by assuming that ha
 
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