Large Canadian ex-pat contingent there from the oil and gas sector
coloradoavalanche8
As someone who lived there just Ewwwwww
Ok-Energy6846
32 teams are perfect. If we must expand, let’s put one up north. Quebec City or Toronto #2. I know the NHL wants to markets to make more money so Houston/Austin/Kansas City would be preferred.
Frequent_Wafer5798
They’d need to add another team to keep the conferences even. So maybe Quebec too?
Machomandalf90
No income tax for games played there is probably a nice bonus for them.
DollyRumpkin
Just goes to show: different strokes. You couldn’t pay me an nhl salary to live in the American south. Fucking hell.
Adu1tishXD
Real question, why does Milwaukee not have an NHL team? It’s the only Big 4 sport without a team in Wisconsin and should be a big hockey market… feels like that would make some sense
egoVirus
Ew. Outside of Quebec, all of these options are terrible. Georgia? Really? As a Flames fan I can say that being the host corpse in an Aliens film is not in the interest of your tax base. GTFOH
Eat--The--Rich--
Rich people live in a different world than the rest of us
strugglingtransgrl
Dump of a city
Falcon4451
Markam because it be hilarious to see them win a Cup
XeroKillswitch
Interesting that they chose “Scottsdale” over “Phoenix”. Is that a little PTSD? Or, are they just trying to play where they live? Or, are they saying that the only way for hockey to succeed in Arizona is if it’s in Scottsdale?
cursed_sultan
8 teams x 4 divisions / 2 conferences is perfect. Half make the playoffs. No need to mess with it. Just relocate Columbus and they’ll be fine
Used-Cell0
No more expansion.
chunk-a-lunk
I will never forgive Life for the fact that there is no NHL team in Milwaukee.
Appropriate_Cheek_13
Hartford!
BeefJerky03
32 teams is the perfect amount unless we want to go up to 64, then 128, 256….
Schytzo
The fuck why would anyone want to go to Houston
Travel_Adventurous
Just add Houston and Arizona to west and Atlanta and Quebec City to east, it’s all inevitable and then take like a 15 year break from expansion at least
Osinuous
Why do they want to keep trying Atlanta? It continually fails.
merlin48
Austin cannot support an NHL team. Insane that it is even considered.
Arecksion
« players want to have more money »
Ok_Shoulder8598
Never again Arizona, never never never.
nightputting
Have any of them been to Houston!?!?
MaximumOverfart
Good to see strong player support for Quebec. Quebec biggest problem is that a team there does not grow the game, at least in the eyes of the NHL.
Canadaddyeh
Hamilton, but Buffalo would never allow it.
pixel_pete
I will say the Houston Aeros were a cool AHL team, it would be fun if they got revived in the NHL.
theman102
If more please halifax for one of them
WhiskeyNeatNakedHeat
🤣 « nhlpaplayerpoll » nice try Huston business moguls. As if a poll would ever dictate where people set up next to make money. « Its anonymous » im sure it wasn’t heavily influenced at all. They’re just setting you up to feel normal about it.
epistemosophile
Who puts Houston ahead of this ranking.?!?? Silly silly voters
Bearit99
Bring back the Thrashers!!!!
InsanoShanoo
I stated it in another reply here, but I’ve lived in Houston for the last 25 years and don’t see it ever working. People are mostly clueless about hockey down here. Many think it’s a WWE style event that’s staged lol. There are like 3 good sheets of ice here and one of those is closing down soon. Dallas is obviously light years ahead these days, and I think it would be damn near impossible for Houston to catch up to it. Most people I’ve talked to over the years seem to be just fine with baseball/football/soccer here. It sucks.
Slapdaddy13
Halifax
port-kid
Toronto, or Souther Ontario are by far the biggest markets for hockey. How there isn’t at least 2 Canadian teams south of Ottawa is insanity. There is 8 London teams in the Premier League
Dirt-Southern
I’d rather it anywhere but Houston, but thats just me not enjoying living here. I’d still root for Dallas/San jose/Philly. if it happened over a Houston team. Austin I’d root for but they already have an AHL team (technically Cedar Park) that is beloved.
Ministerofgoons
Legit question here and not trying to flame Houstonians. What the hell is in Houston that would lead players to almost overwhelmingly vote for Houston as their preferred choice? Is it really something as boring as zero income tax?
depressivehacks
I mean, it’s a player poll, so I can see why they’d rather visit an additional warm climate a couple of times a year than go to yet another frozen tundra.
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Large Canadian ex-pat contingent there from the oil and gas sector
As someone who lived there just Ewwwwww
32 teams are perfect. If we must expand, let’s put one up north. Quebec City or Toronto #2. I know the NHL wants to markets to make more money so Houston/Austin/Kansas City would be preferred.
They’d need to add another team to keep the conferences even. So maybe Quebec too?
No income tax for games played there is probably a nice bonus for them.
Just goes to show: different strokes. You couldn’t pay me an nhl salary to live in the American south. Fucking hell.
Real question, why does Milwaukee not have an NHL team? It’s the only Big 4 sport without a team in Wisconsin and should be a big hockey market… feels like that would make some sense
Ew. Outside of Quebec, all of these options are terrible. Georgia? Really? As a Flames fan I can say that being the host corpse in an Aliens film is not in the interest of your tax base. GTFOH
Rich people live in a different world than the rest of us
Dump of a city
Markam because it be hilarious to see them win a Cup
Interesting that they chose “Scottsdale” over “Phoenix”. Is that a little PTSD? Or, are they just trying to play where they live? Or, are they saying that the only way for hockey to succeed in Arizona is if it’s in Scottsdale?
8 teams x 4 divisions / 2 conferences is perfect. Half make the playoffs. No need to mess with it. Just relocate Columbus and they’ll be fine
No more expansion.
I will never forgive Life for the fact that there is no NHL team in Milwaukee.
Hartford!
32 teams is the perfect amount unless we want to go up to 64, then 128, 256….
The fuck why would anyone want to go to Houston
Just add Houston and Arizona to west and Atlanta and Quebec City to east, it’s all inevitable and then take like a 15 year break from expansion at least
Why do they want to keep trying Atlanta? It continually fails.
Austin cannot support an NHL team. Insane that it is even considered.
« players want to have more money »
Never again Arizona, never never never.
Have any of them been to Houston!?!?
Good to see strong player support for Quebec. Quebec biggest problem is that a team there does not grow the game, at least in the eyes of the NHL.
Hamilton, but Buffalo would never allow it.
I will say the Houston Aeros were a cool AHL team, it would be fun if they got revived in the NHL.
If more please halifax for one of them
🤣 « nhlpaplayerpoll » nice try Huston business moguls. As if a poll would ever dictate where people set up next to make money. « Its anonymous » im sure it wasn’t heavily influenced at all. They’re just setting you up to feel normal about it.
Who puts Houston ahead of this ranking.?!?? Silly silly voters
Bring back the Thrashers!!!!
I stated it in another reply here, but I’ve lived in Houston for the last 25 years and don’t see it ever working. People are mostly clueless about hockey down here. Many think it’s a WWE style event that’s staged lol. There are like 3 good sheets of ice here and one of those is closing down soon. Dallas is obviously light years ahead these days, and I think it would be damn near impossible for Houston to catch up to it. Most people I’ve talked to over the years seem to be just fine with baseball/football/soccer here. It sucks.
Halifax
Toronto, or Souther Ontario are by far the biggest markets for hockey. How there isn’t at least 2 Canadian teams south of Ottawa is insanity. There is 8 London teams in the Premier League
I’d rather it anywhere but Houston, but thats just me not enjoying living here. I’d still root for Dallas/San jose/Philly. if it happened over a Houston team. Austin I’d root for but they already have an AHL team (technically Cedar Park) that is beloved.
Legit question here and not trying to flame Houstonians. What the hell is in Houston that would lead players to almost overwhelmingly vote for Houston as their preferred choice? Is it really something as boring as zero income tax?
I mean, it’s a player poll, so I can see why they’d rather visit an additional warm climate a couple of times a year than go to yet another frozen tundra.