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Originally Posted by DSgamby
The reason why the game was that early was because it was when the young prospects were playing and the people in the stands were their scouts. The teams played a double header that day.
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Exactly.
The team is being sold, so I'd say, as long as they new guys get the arena, then they will remain.
As long as Bettman is running the league, you won't see the NHL abandon the "Southern strategy" completely. Phoenix and Florida will be propped up and sol, and resold, as long as possible. Tampa Bay, Dallas and Carolina have been successful on the ice.
What I'll never understand, is why teams like the Coyotes and Panthers built their arenas outside of the metropolitan area. Panthers should be playing at the American Airlines Arena with the Heat. Coyotes should have built an arena in Phoenix, not Glendale. (I guess the Suns' US Airways Center is not hockey-friendly).