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Originally Posted by J.OT13
New York has three NHL teams, LA has two. I wouldn't mind seeing one in Hamilton. Quebec City as well, of course. Would love 10 teams in Canada, but I'm not sure we have another city that could support that. Maybe one of the Saskatchewan twins?
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Maybe this is a simplistic question but I have been wondering lately why we don't have a cross country Canadian hockey league for non NHL cities, a notch below the NHL in caliber.
I'm just putting it out there without much thought behind it. Is there a glaring reason why this hasn't happened?
Looking at kind of an AHL level that is above juniors and university but below NHL. I know the AHL has had a Canadian division but nothing like a truly Canadian league. I don't think I've ever heard of anyone trying to organize one, we certainly have the facilities.
Looking at the discrepancy in the size of the buildings there would likely be the need for some sort of revenue sharing
Videotron Centre Quebec City 18,259
TD Coliseum Hamilton 17,383
SaskTel Centre Saskatoon 15,195
Scotiabank Centre Halifax 10,595
Place Bell Laval Quebec 10,000
Canada Life Place London 9,100
Avenir Centre Moncton 8,800
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Kitchener 7,268
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Victoria 7,006
Abbotsford Centre Abbotsford 7,000
WFCU Centre Windsor 6,500
TD Station Saint John 6,308
Mary Brown's Centre St. John's 6,247
Brandt Centre Regina 6,200
Peavey Mart Centrium Red Deer 6,000
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