Confirmed with Link: It's official: The NHL's 31st franchise - Las Vegas
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haha, well it does make sense why they didn't get a team. Canadian dollar is garbage and the GDP is awful indicating it isn't going to bounce back. Plus, 16 teams in the east vs. 14 in the west (now 15).
QC will get a team when Carolina needs to move. Be patient Nordiques fans.
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Team_Spirit
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16.6M dollars check and no team in Quebec City.
edit: confirmed the team has no name yet. no clapping for Pierre Dion hahaha
edit: confirmed the team has no name yet. no clapping for Pierre Dion hahaha
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I have no problem with that. Vegas will rot at the bottom of thet standings while Quebec will get an existing team that will be much better and will cost less.
It's a tribute to his military school background or something like this. Not sure the exact details, just know it has somethign to do with the military.
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I don't know if they could object to the trademark request, being that London is not a professional team.
montreal
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Wouldn't be surprised if scott mellanby leaves the Habs to join LV. Going to be very interesting to see who they get in the expansion draft. With the changes to the format they should get some decent players if they have good scouts/GM.
But they do pay their players
Yeah it's just a question of market. IIRC whenever a company submits for a trademark, any other company can file an objection. It can be rejected outright or the plaintiff has to make his case that the trademark would cause him serious damage. I don't think a CHL team could justify damage caused by an NHL team, but IANAL, so I don't know.
Fun fact: There's a bunch of sports team from the UCF (University of Central Florida) also named Knights and a New York Rugby team.
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I get that our $ is playing against Qc, but I put myself in their (Qc) shoes: now two teams in the desert. Meep meep!
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Can't say I'm not a little bitter about this.
To give a team to Las Vegas, in the desert, with zero hockey history before a place like Quebec City... it's just wrong.
To give a team to Las Vegas, in the desert, with zero hockey history before a place like Quebec City... it's just wrong.
I have a feeling their arena will have plenty of full-houses.
And for each one fans will get free chips.
Well tbf, they built a rink, sold season tickets and secured sponsorship. None of that would have mattered though if they weren't in the West, which was the biggest factor. Plus, the NHL wanted to be the first franchise in LV of the big 4.
Important to put down roots before the NBA and NFL get there.
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Boycott the Habs then because LV was unanimous and Geoff had all the reason in the world to to vote NO to Quebec City's bid.
It's the Habs market now. The old die-hard people now cheer for the Avalanche, Boston or Ottawa.
