Former NHLPA executive director says league wants to expand

how do you massage a deal that looked like it was about to fall through? You show up right before the vote and say, 'if you vote to put this through you WILL have an nhl franchise'...

QC, absolutely and as for Toronto, well they've been without a team for a very long time......so yes!

Bring down the Coyotes to the Toronto area and the Avalanche back to Quebec City. Fixed.

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Originally posted 07:51 PM ET  01.30 by roamer

Bring down the Coyotes to the Toronto area and the Avalanche back to Quebec City. Fixed.

Bring 'em "down'' from where?

Here we go again.....break out the old Nords jerseys.....

Sure, water it down...

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Originally posted 08:29 PM ET  01.30 by Sgt. Schultz

Here we go again.....break out the old Nords jerseys.....

I hope so, that jersey was sweet. And the rivalry with the Habs was top notch. Serious bad blood.

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Originally posted 11:24 PM ET  01.30 by puttin on the foil

I hope so, that jersey was sweet. And the rivalry with the Habs was top notch. Serious bad blood.

Agreed.

Would be much better if they didn't have to add two more teams to do so though.

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Originally posted 07:34 PM ET  01.30 by Center Ice

QC, absolutely and as for Toronto, well they've been without a team for a very long time......so yes!

Ouch !

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Originally posted 07:51 PM ET  01.30 by roamer

Bring down the Coyotes to the Toronto area and the Avalanche back to Quebec City. Fixed.

or try Hamilton again.....or...how about London?

Expand? Please!!!!! As a fan of watching hockey, the key to success is contract right now. Parts of the USA just do no thave the love for the game that the minority has. Keep the NHL strong by keeping them in strong markets. If that means less teams, then so be it. NHLPA would never be OK with that as it means less players making a large six figure salary. As much as I hate Bettman for his expansion.....maybe he is just a puppet.

Bettman a puppet?....no way.

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Originally posted 01:07 AM ET  01.31 by LittleE~BigMT fan

Bettman a puppet?....no way.

He sure looks like one....more like a muppet. I see it when he talks.....its like his face is cut in half for his mouth.

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Originally posted 01:07 AM ET  01.31 by LittleE~BigMT fan

Bettman a puppet?....no way.

agreed. If any strings are beig pulled, Drawfus is pulling them. He is a delusional little man. This league, as noted and stated here very often...is watered down as it is, in areas that have only a passing interest, (read: when the team is winning...even then it's dodgy) in the sport.

Expansion would be the worst idea possible. The NHL needs to contract and relocate some franchises.

I'm all for a return to Quebec, but it needs to come from relocation, not expansion.

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Originally posted 12:11 AM ET  01.31 by Hank Kingsley

Agreed.Would be much better if they didn't have to add two more teams to do so though.

I'm with ya Hank....expand my A_ss...just relocate what you already have

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Originally posted 10:06 AM ET  01.31 by mhwings

I'm with ya Hank....expand my A_ss...just relocate what you already have

and cut a couple along the way

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Originally posted 11:24 PM ET  01.30 by puttin on the foil

I hope so, that jersey was sweet. And the rivalry with the Habs was top notch. Serious bad blood.

The Nords and the B's had a nice on ice rivalry as well, though not on the same level as the aforementioned team.

Man, if I lived in Markham I would be so pissed about this.

I remember another Golden Horseshoe city building a new barn in hopes of attracting a NHL team back in the 80s. Anyone wanna recall how that turned out?

This is a terrible waste of public funds.