Posted Mar 29, 2025, 3:28 PM
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The trend has definitely been towards. NHL teams bringing their farm teams to the same city, especially with all the cap management they have to do. Players don’t even need a hotel when they go back and forth. The Marlies are doing fine - they aren’t moving anytime soon.
That said, I question whether Ottawa can support another team at that level, particularly given that the CTC isn’t particularly well-suited to AHL hockey. Calgary does it, but they are a bit of an outlier and help the Flames fill up dates in the main arena. The others are in bigger cities with purpose-built arenas and little competition from the OHL or the Q.
My guess is that they sell the CTC land: It’s more valuable as something else.
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