***Official 2017-18 NHL Season Thread***

[CaliforniaChief]

Seattle's going to get an expansion team in 2020. Or 2021? Anyways, they get an expansion team. KC's only hope would be the move of a franchise.

And even then, there's a lot of momentum to bring a team to Quebec City or another Canadian city before they'd come to the US.

That said, I'm a huge Kings fan but I'd totally be on board with whatever team would move to KC.

Teams with bad situations? Arizona, Carolina, ?

[banecat]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

Seattle's going to get an expansion team in 2020. Or 2021? Anyways, they get an expansion team. KC's only hope would be the move of a franchise.

And even then, there's a lot of momentum to bring a team to Quebec City or another Canadian city before they'd come to the US.

That said, I'm a huge Kings fan but I'd totally be on board with whatever team would move to KC.

Teams with bad situations? Arizona, Carolina, ?

The Kansas City Coyotes has a nice ring to it, and I'm sure that Houston will be likely changing the name from Hurricanes to something else unless KC beats them to the punch, and enough time passes after the events of last August

[NJChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

Seattle's going to get an expansion team in 2020. Or 2021? Anyways, they get an expansion team. KC's only hope would be the move of a franchise.

And even then, there's a lot of momentum to bring a team to Quebec City or another Canadian city before they'd come to the US.

That said, I'm a huge Kings fan but I'd totally be on board with whatever team would move to KC.

Teams with bad situations? Arizona, Carolina, ?

Is Carolina really in a bad situation with money? Their fan base is actually pretty supportive. I also don't think the NHL ever wants to give up on southern teams. Attendance-wise Florida and Arizona are not great. Perhaps Florida could use a move to Miami or something. IDK.

For selfish reasons the Islanders moving to KC would be cool because it would be fun for KC but more important to me would be one less team to compete with for the Devils. There are 4 hockey teams in one area here counting Philly and thats not even counting the 3 football teams, 3 basketball teams, and 3 baseball teams. Oh and now 3 soccer teams.

[Gadzooks]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

Seattle's going to get an expansion team in 2020. Or 2021? Anyways, they get an expansion team. KC's only hope would be the move of a franchise.

And even then, there's a lot of momentum to bring a team to Quebec City or another Canadian city before they'd come to the US.

That said, I'm a huge Kings fan but I'd totally be on board with whatever team would move to KC.

Teams with bad situations? Arizona, Carolina, ?

The new Cane's Owner has made it clear that he's keeping the team in Carolina. They've got a pretty good roster on paper, I think they just need to start winning to get some butts back in the seats.

I still don't quite understand why the NHL is so hell bent on keeping the Coyotes in Arizona. In 2009 the Coyotes owner filed for bankruptcy, and agreed to sell the team to Blackberry's Jim Balsillie for $212.5 million. Balsillie wanted to move the team to Hamilton, but the NHL balked. The NHL has put a lot of money into keeping the Coyotes in that market.