NJ Devils in big financial mess; NHL may need to bail them out

shack

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Not very likely. Quebec City would be ahead of the Haligonian destination and even that would be below even odds.
 

Doc Holliday

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I always see a lot of empty lowe rlevel seats when they show hights from devils home games
There are empty seats all over the place....the place is only half full most of the time.
 

blackrock13

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Not very likely. Quebec City would be ahead of the Haligonian destination and even that would be below even odds.
At least in Halifax, there won't be any broadcast wars or penalties and the Maritimes will back it big time.
 

Ironhead

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Move them to the GTA, that would be my first choice.
Hamilton would be second and Quebec City third.
 

rafterman

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Halifax here we come.
Ha ha ha once they build a new state of the art 17,000 seat arena for ?.....$600, 700 mil.

I don't really follow the sport but it seems a pruning of 6 or 8 teams would ultimately be very beneficial for the remaining teams and the league overall.
 

gcostanza

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Ha ha ha once they build a new state of the art 17,000 seat arena for ?.....$600, 700 mil..
~$400,000,000, but I get your point.
 

dj1470

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Move them to the GTA, that would be my first choice.
What? A little hangover this morning? Still a little tipsy from last night?

NEVER going to happen. MLSE will never allow another NHL team inside their area. Look at how hard MLSE and Buffalo work at keeping a team out of Hamilton? You think they would suffer another team in Toronto? No way. No how. Never, never, never, never.
 

Ironhead

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What? A little hangover this morning? Still a little tipsy from last night?

NEVER going to happen. MLSE will never allow another NHL team inside their area. Look at how hard MLSE and Buffalo work at keeping a team out of Hamilton? You think they would suffer another team in Toronto? No way. No how. Never, never, never, never.
IF IT WAS UP TO ME.
It is not, so I too doubt it will happen, but as the League says the teams have no say in the decision of where the NHL relocates a franchise.
 

shack

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IF IT WAS UP TO ME.
It is not, so I too doubt it will happen, but as the League says the teams have no say in the decision of where the NHL relocates a franchise.
Isn't there a precedent (Raiders moving to LA against the NFL's wishes) that proves the NHL wrong?
 

Ironhead

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Solution: Germany and France
A little 'ha ha' as to the two counties you mentioned, but you never know.

A whole Euro division ?
Moscow
ST.Petersburg
Kiev
Stockholm
Helsinki
Prague
Minsk
Berlin
 

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MLSE would allow the move if they were allowed to own the team.
What? A little hangover this morning? Still a little tipsy from last night?

NEVER going to happen. MLSE will never allow another NHL team inside their area. Look at how hard MLSE and Buffalo work at keeping a team out of Hamilton? You think they would suffer another team in Toronto? No way. No how. Never, never, never, never.
 

Ironhead

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MLSE would allow the move if they were allowed to own the team.
Again, according to Bettman and the NHL, no team has any jurisdictional privilege. If the NHL wants to move another team into the GTA, the Leafs only option is to get enough governors(NHL owners) to vote against the move.
 
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