Comments on: Mes Amis, Let Us Contract and Realign! http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2009/12/11/mes-amis-let-us-contract-and-realign.html A Haven for the Hockey Malnourished Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:47:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2009/12/11/mes-amis-let-us-contract-and-realign.html/comment-page-1#comment-16180 OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:05:09 +0000 http://onfrozenblog.com/?p=5475#comment-16180 DMG, expansion may be the most likely scenario, but hockey fans really should root against such an outcome. Over-expansion has already diluted the game we all love, and adding more teams will only make it worse. Mind you, cheapening the product won't stop Bettman from pushing expansion. I just hope it doesn't happen. DMG, expansion may be the most likely scenario, but hockey fans really should root against such an outcome. Over-expansion has already diluted the game we all love, and adding more teams will only make it worse.

Mind you, cheapening the product won’t stop Bettman from pushing expansion. I just hope it doesn’t happen.

]]> By: DMG http://www.onfrozenblog.com/2009/12/11/mes-amis-let-us-contract-and-realign.html/comment-page-1#comment-16176 DMG Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:24:42 +0000 http://onfrozenblog.com/?p=5475#comment-16176 "Personally, I’m a believer that NASCAR, the Braves, the Falcons, and especially SEC football are even more popular now in Atlanta than when the Flames skated there." The Atlanta metro area also has 3.5-3.8 million more people in it than it did when the Flames were there. Really, though, bringing up the Flames doesn't make any more sense than does bringing up Capitals attendance numbers from the mid 70's. A lot has changed since then. The most likely scenario for a Capitals Southeast exit seems pretty straightforward to me: the league expands to 32 teams and breaks up in to eight division of four, a la the NFL. Carolina, Florida, Atlanta, and Tampa stay in the Southeast. “Personally, I’m a believer that NASCAR, the Braves, the Falcons, and especially SEC football are even more popular now in Atlanta than when the Flames skated there.”

The Atlanta metro area also has 3.5-3.8 million more people in it than it did when the Flames were there. Really, though, bringing up the Flames doesn’t make any more sense than does bringing up Capitals attendance numbers from the mid 70′s. A lot has changed since then.

The most likely scenario for a Capitals Southeast exit seems pretty straightforward to me: the league expands to 32 teams and breaks up in to eight division of four, a la the NFL. Carolina, Florida, Atlanta, and Tampa stay in the Southeast.

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