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Originally Posted by kinnikuniverse
by this point, travel costs from the east coast to the west coast were getting cheaper. however, since we literally have zero teams out west, it's be pretty hard on the existing team's finances indeed.
so no to L.A and SF. as far as I can tell, we need to firmly entrench ourselves on the east coast (buffalo is still missing, and BRING BACK OTTAWA!!  ) however, we should think about gradually going further west. you mentioned Minnesota, perhaps the most hockey mad state in america. that would be a good start, as well as western Canada. |
Buffalo and Minnesota will appear as early as '67 as an option. Though with some additional research i did since starting this project, I found Buffalo and Cleveland came close to joining the NHL in '44.
Ottawa will likely appear in the WHA (though I don't know how I'll handle that yet), then again in the early 90's expansion