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Las Vegas, Quebec City Make Formal NHL Expansion Bids

Michael Straw | September 29, 2015

The fate of the Las Vegas and Quebec City bids to gain entry into the National Hockey League now rest in the hands of 10 men. On Tuesday, the Bill…

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NHL Considerations: Quebec and Las Vegas

Jason E. Bisnoff | September 19, 2015

As has been discussed for over a calendar year, the National Hockey League is going to expand in the near future. What started as rumors moved to reports and are…

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Quebec City and Las Vegas Enter NHL Expansion Final Stage

Glynn Cosker | August 25, 2015

The hopeful NHL expansion team cities Las Vegas and Quebec City have both entered into Phase Three of the official process. In a nutshell, Phase Three means that each prospective…

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NHL Expansion Process Moves Forward

Michael Straw | August 21, 2015

Get ready hockey fans because league expansion is getting even closer, and both of the primary candidates are moving forward in the process. It was revealed on Friday that both…

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The Best NHL Realignment: No Divisions or Conferences

Dan Rice | July 28, 2015

There has been a lot of talk lately, deservedly so, about realignment as a result of impending expansion in the NHL. Let’s assume that you are a hockey fan reading…

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How the NHL Can Revive the Expansion Process

Walter McLaughlin | July 27, 2015

The market’s stinging rebuke of the NHL’s early-stage expansion process was surprising, to say the least. No Seattle. No Hamilton. No Portland. No second Toronto franchise. Of the whopping 16…

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NHL Expansion Process Moves Forward

Michael Straw | July 21, 2015

The July 20 deadline has come and gone for stage one of the NHL expansion process, and the league has announced that, of the 16 application packets sent, only two…

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Seattle & Las Vegas NHL Expansion Draft Rosters

Bill Schoeninger | July 16, 2015

Now that the hard part is over (figuring out who every NHL team would protect in the event of expansion), we get to the fun part: the draft. To see…

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NHL to Open Expansion Process

Michael Straw | June 24, 2015

After 15 years of having 30 teams in the league, the NHL is set to open its doors to, at least, one more team. According to a report by Chris…

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Las Vegas Black Knights Concept Jersey

THW Archives | April 27, 2015

A few months ago I shared some concept creations for the newly announced Las Vegas franchise from the talented sparky chewbarky from sportslogos.net. Now that there is official word of…

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Days of Thunder: Darren Banks & Las Vegas Expansion

Carson Shields | January 26, 2015

Hockey and Vegas? Vegas and Hockey? The debate is on whether or not an NHL team belongs in sin city. Is the party atmosphere too enticing to NHL players? Would…

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10 Names for a New Las Vegas NHL Franchise

Ryan Szporer | December 17, 2014

While Las Vegas is surprisingly no stranger to hockey teams, an NHL one has eluded the city up to now. That might change very soon, with a season-ticket drive to…

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