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CrazyEddie20
Hey RuZZia - Cut Your Losses and Go Home.
[MOD] post a link to a reputable media source to corroborate your rumor.
There is a BOG meeting, yes. They'll make a decision on expansion, perhaps. But that doesn't mean that expansion is guaranteed.
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I dont recall ANYONE on here making any guarantees about anything regarding expansion. BUT I DO RECALL Gary bleepin' Bettman saying that the committee on expansion had met last week and made a recomendation to all 30 teams and that the BOG would vote in vegas on June 22nd and make an announcement that day. He also said that there were 3 courses of action available to the board...#1 Expand to vegas and quebec or to only 1 of them...#2 vote to push back the decision to another time and or year...#3 Not expand at all.
A number of reputable people in the vein of mackenzie etc ahve said that they have sources inside the room and the decision to expand is a go and it will be vegas. Which makes sense since they are in vegas for the announcement and awards plus owners aren't going to turn down 500 million free and clear of the players.
Hope you are willing to apologize on the 22nd if they do announce that they are expanding etc.
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CrazyEddie20
Hey RuZZia - Cut Your Losses and Go Home.
For what? It's not a done deal until they say it is. [MOD]
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Of course it's not a done deal until announced...BUT some very high profile people in the business have made comments about it being a done deal and being announced on June 22nd. People who would be very foolish and lose a ton of credibility should it not happen. People who's livelihood depends on that credibility.
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And just now, on the bottom crawl on espn it has breaking news that the ap is reporting that he NHL is expanding to vegas, providing the operating people can come up with the 500 million fee.
Major4Boarding
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Does Elliotte Friedman work as a reputable media source? 
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-executive-committee-unanimously-recommends-las-vegas/
How 'bout the Associated Press perhaps?
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-executive-committee-unanimously-recommends-las-vegas/
How 'bout the Associated Press perhaps?
Well, looks like Vegas will get a team (per ESPN), which means there will be an AHL affiliate at some point.
Just wish the thread would have started AFTER the announcement.
Just wish the thread would have started AFTER the announcement.
Agalloch
EliteProspects
Before or after, it doesn't matter. I would like to know if AHL will create a 31th team now.
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210
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Yes, they will. They're going to be coy about it, but with 31 NHL teams the AHL will want a matching 31 teams, and it's a very safe bet they'll start play in October of 2017 when the Vegas NHL entry does.
tsanuri
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Here are 3 front runners for the location. The last two would probably be the more likely choices.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/hockey-vegas/here-s-what-s-next-las-vegas-nhl-team
http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/hockey-vegas/here-s-what-s-next-las-vegas-nhl-team
Agalloch
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Cacciaguida
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As I expected, they want to go to Cali. It's close enough, has plenty of markets available and plenty of rivals. I bet they think Oakland/SF is too close to the Sharks. But I expect those cites to get a team or two within a couple of decades.
Summerlin I was not expecting, so it's a suburb of Las Vegas?
I have doubts of putting an AHL team and NHL team at the same (barely tested) market at the same time. I would have expected Reno first honestly.
Would the Summerlin team be named the Wranglers?
Summerlin I was not expecting, so it's a suburb of Las Vegas?
I have doubts of putting an AHL team and NHL team at the same (barely tested) market at the same time. I would have expected Reno first honestly.
Would the Summerlin team be named the Wranglers?
LadyStanley
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My guess is the AHL BOG won't have any new franchise for the 16-17 season, but whenever the NHL expansion team(s) start play there will be opportunity for new franchise then.
Rumors here in Utica have comets President Rob Esche as a part of the Las Vegas Management. Apparently he has already left this area and moved to Las Vegas.
Agalloch
EliteProspects
Vancouver could move their affiliate in California at the same time as Las Vegas NHL team arrival.
What about Spokane for a Vegas affiliate? Didn't they used to have a minor league team in the old professional WHL?
SeattleSharksFan
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Spokane and the state of WA as a whole is dominated by the WHL, which is the main reason why the AHL has not tried venturing that way.
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KevFu
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I would think Fresno & Reno would be the two leading candidates. It’s not “that close” to Vegas, but all the games the AHL teams will play are San Jose, Stockton, Ontario, Bakersfield, San Diego.
Sacramento is a dark horse, depending on what happens with the Sacramento Kings old arena when their new place opens. Turning it into an AHL arena would make some sense (And help the growth of hockey in Northern California).
I think the only way the Pacific Northwest gets AHL teams is if Las Vegas and Vancouver work together and become travel partners in places like Seattle & Tacoma, or Spokane & Boise, or something like that.
Working together to have teams in clusters makes sense. But obviously, it’s not that easy. So when it comes down to individual franchises doing what’s best for them, that points to Reno or Fresno.
Sacramento is a dark horse, depending on what happens with the Sacramento Kings old arena when their new place opens. Turning it into an AHL arena would make some sense (And help the growth of hockey in Northern California).
I think the only way the Pacific Northwest gets AHL teams is if Las Vegas and Vancouver work together and become travel partners in places like Seattle & Tacoma, or Spokane & Boise, or something like that.
Working together to have teams in clusters makes sense. But obviously, it’s not that easy. So when it comes down to individual franchises doing what’s best for them, that points to Reno or Fresno.
What kind of a hockey history does Reno have? I know a couple of Canadians who live there but they don't seem the hockey type.
tsanuri
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I swear they must have edited that article and listed those right after I copied it.
Cacciaguida
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Avsrule2022
"No more rats"
How about a cluster of AHL teams in 2017-18 of Utah (Las Vegas) Idaho (Vancouver) and Loveland (Avalanche. Yes I know they would need to buy a team). That woild make 8 teams I believe West of Colorado. And provide a bridge between the Texas teams and some of the mid-west teams.
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