WHY ARE CANADIAN CITIES IGNORED FOR NHL RELOCATION AND EXPANSION?
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Published 2024-04-12
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Atlanta gave Canada 2 teams - Calgary & Winnipeg. đ
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When Quebec City's population reaches 1 million, then we can talk about them getting a franchise again. With the Canadian dollar at $0.73 US, anything less is just asking for financial troubles and yet another relocation down the road.
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Not rocket science....Quebec has highest tax rates in country and the government is overbearing.
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Why the SLC hate? Utah loves their sports. They have been screaming for another pro team for decades.
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The most recent relocation was to a Canadian city?
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SLC has been making noise and I havnt heard a thing out of Quebec from a potential owner for a while now......
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Thereâs many reasons why this makes sense: - Same general area as Phoenix so no need to redo the divisions/conferences - Cold weather in Utah means thereâs potential for hockey I think this team can do well in SLC - Despite only being the 41st largest metro in the US it is still significantly larger than any Canadian city that doesnât currently have a team - Economy is better with lower taxes, citizens have better purchasing power, and the Canadian dollar is weak at the moment compared to the dollar - Expands geographical footprint to grow the game which Bettman said bluntly is what heâs trying to do - No language laws in US markets like you see in Canada especially with a market like QuĂ©bec City
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Just want to own up to the fact I'm one of those Canadian hockey fans that has spouted a lot of conspiratorial comments in Mr. Bettman's direction. But when you hear from Canadian managers who actually work with him and can share an informed point of view, those conspiracy theories quickly look like rubbish.
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This guy is such a cry baby. Tons of Canadian players have all 7 Canadian teams on their no trade lists. Itâs not a mystery why they arenât expanding there. Nobody wants to live there and pay half of their salary to taxes. Thatâs why players flock to the Stars, Panthers, and Knights.
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It's not money, it's geography. The Coyotes are in the western conference, Salt Lake is in the west, Quebec in the east. Do you really think the league would go 15-17 in their conference setting? Now if they do an expansion, Quebec will get a team. However, Ottawa and Winnipeg showed that small canadian markets lose money and bring no new audience to the league. The only reason they might go to Quebec is if they have nowhere else to go on the east.
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Because quebec city is the same size as winnipeg, has fewer corporations and winnipeg fans already cannot fill their arena for a team that's in the playoffs.
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Iâm Canadian and find it hilarious how little these guys know about sports economics. Hamilton and Quebec donât hold a candle to atleast 5 American cities without a team. Popularity doesnât correlate with financial success. The nhl is going where the money is just as they should.
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I think Houston is a better market than Salt lake city or Quebec city but i am looking at it from a financial perspective. I think there are politics involved with the salt lake city winter Olympics bid for 2034. The owner of the Nba houston rockets has come out and said he wants an nhl team. I think the nhl might need to hire some MBA grads with a financial specialty.
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A move to Canada does not âgrow the pieâ. There are no new hockey fans to be found in Canada. Thatâs why it makes more sense to find a large U.S. city.
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Quebec City has one major problem: The Habs. They will never allow another team in Quebec
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Itâs not that difficult to understand: 1. High taxes. 2. Small markets. Itâs why Quebec and Hamilton will never get NHL teams.
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Itâs insane how badly you guys just fundamentally misunderstand this business. The reason Canada does not get teams is not because we donât have enough hockey fans, itâs exactly because we have enough hockey fans. All those people in Quebec who would support a Quebec hockey team ALREADY support the Montreal Canadiens or the Colorado Aves or any number of teams because Canadians like hockey. Thereâs no point putting a hockey team in a hockey town financially because the people there are ALREADY hockey fans so you arnt adding any new customers just changing which jersey they buy, thereâs no extra profit in that. The NHL and Bettman want to put hockey teams in places that DONT already like hockey because then they can add fans, add customers, as opposed to just have customers you already have buy a different jersey. If they put a hockey team in Quebec, yes the hockey team would be very popular, but again it wouldnât add any new fans of hockey, just take fans who already watch hockey and give them a different team to support. Thatâs a lateral move which in business is pointless. If you really want a hockey team to come to your town you need to make the NHL think that your town DOESNT already like hockey. Saying your town can easily fill a stadium and constantly talking about how popular a team would be in your town is HURTING your chances of ever getting one. Not to mention Canada already has a way higher proportion of hockey teams to population, 3x more teams per person than the US in fact, so if anything we have TOO MANY teams. People in Quebec watch hockey and support the Canadiens and Aves already, giving them another team is pointless as it will just split the existing fan base between 3 teams without adding many, if any, new hockey fans. Not to mention that most Canadian provinces have a smaller population than most US CITIES, so the potential growth in the US is literally orders of magnitudes higher. Itâs the same reason we only have one baseball team and one basketball team, it would be financial suicide to add another one of them because there isnât enough people in Canada. We are extremely lucky to have as many hockey teams as we do. We have a hockey team for every 5 million Canadians where as the US only has a hockey team for every 15 million Americans.
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Dude it doesnât make sense to send a western team over to the Eastern conference when you have 32 teams and 16 teams conferences that would put 17 teams in the east and 15 teams in the west and besides Utah was ready now. Also if you look at the economic situation right now in CANADA it doesnât make sense to or relocate a team north the border Especially when you got an expansion fee, how can be well over $1 billion and our relocation fee thatâs looking like itâs gonna be over $1 billion as well it just doesnât make sense right now. Put your Ego aside.
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Maybe because Canada has 38 million people with 7 teams already a new Canadian TV is not going to bring in more revenue than a new major US market especially when it comes to TV letâs be real
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The league does not need expansion. There are already several NHL teams with AHL level rosters, and many teams with low attendance.