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August 03, 2008

Escape from FLA

So we're coming up on the four year anniversary of the NHL Lockout an event that was at the same time one of the most important and unfortunate in League history. The post lockout world is one were a franchise city doesn't necessarily need to be enormous to sustain a quality team; something that was a fact of life in the Pre-Lockout NHL (Just ask the fans in Quebec, Hartford, and Winnipeg)

So with no way to sustain their franchises in old hockey hotbeds owners were left with no choice but to relocate to Sunbelt cities with growing populations and shinny new arenas. At the time this seemed like a great solution, expand into new markets, grow the game, have teams in places were lots of people live. These intentions were all well and good the only problem was that people in these new cities were too busy touching themselves while watching cars drive around in a circle for hours on end to appreciate a real sport.

Now as a Penguins fan I understand just how horrible it is to fear that your favorite team could just pick up and leave. But lets be honest these are the places that are least capable of maintaining a quality franchise, not because of lack of capital or facilities but because quit simply people there just don't care. For any one of these teams to grow a fan base they'd have to win immediately and even that wasn't always enough.

So here's the question:

Which Current NHL franchise should be moved to a city with more passion for the sport?


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