NHL Carolina to address AHL BOG in October about possible 33rd franchise
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If Chicago is going to continue its independence makes a lot of sense to add a 33rd AHL team, especially if it’s owned by a NHL team.
only problem is what happens when chicago wolves realizes its a bad idea then what?
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In theory Dundon could probably license out the operations of a 33rd franchise to a group like the owners of the Atlanta Gladiators, while technically remaining the owner and having full control over hockey ops.
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Doesn't really make sense to have an Independent Chicago and then limit the AHL teams to 32, meaning 1 team is short a controlled team, unless 2 clubs wish to share, but those days seem long gone.
Negan4Coach
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The Checkers and Wolves should be EJECTED from the AHL and a new, Dundon controlled team put in their place, those rat bastards
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But it isn't a bad idea from the Wolves perspective.
The Wolves are an independent team. They're only beholden to their own fans. So their only goal is to win games, not develop players. If all of their opponents are trying to do both that puts the Wolves at an advantage.
Problem is they lose out in higher level talent players.
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High level talent players aren't going to stick around for very long in any event.
Negan4Coach
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That was freaking great when he did that. Can you imagine an alternate history where he didn't do that, and beat John Kerry and then Bush?
Paging Harry Turtledove...
GindyDraws
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Or, and hear me out...
He puts a team in Houston, and uses that as leverage to convince Tillman Fertitta that hockey is actually worth trying as a 4D chess ploy to grab the Coyotes.
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You really should consider cutting off the energy drinks somewhere around 6 PM, JDog'.
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I bet there's some alternate universe where he became emperor and we changed our currency to "BYAHS"
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In that hypothetical scenario you run the risk of Tillman Fertitta declaring that Houston is not a hockey market if the AHL team can’t sell out the lower bowl on a random Wednesday in February.
The younger ones can.
And the older players would rather be on a deal where they could be called up than a deal where they are beholden to an independent AHL team for the full season.
Once a player is past 25, kind of out of the prospect age range. If they have some nhl experience can be the 13/14 F or 7/8 Dman.
Like Alex Biega was for his late 20’s to early 30’s. Play 25-30 games a season but collect an nhl pay check of $750-800k.
Yukon Joe
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An older player isn't going to be put on a two-way deal, generally speaking. The club has a max of 50 contracts, so plenty of AHLers are on AHL-only contracts.
An older player looking at an AHL-only deal may well prefer to play for Chicago, where they know they don't risk playing further down the line-up just so some prospect can get playing time.
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But Chicago (or any AHL team) can only dress five guys with more than 250 pro games.
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Charlotte has been rumored to be for sale for years you would think Michael Khan would be receptive to an offer from Dundon, However I wouldn't be surprised if Charlotte is a money pit because of the lack of nearby opponents and Dundon isn't keen on adding the team to his portfolio.
