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Vipers Grail Day courtesy of EPS
Very excited to add this to the collection. Vipers blank authentics are not easy to come by. EPS doing great work as always.
u/cruzweb — 2 days ago
u/cruzweb
▲ 538 r/PWHL
Article on The Hockey News today explains why some expansion cities weren't able to make it work.
Tl;dr version with city challenges:
Takeovers were never for expansion purposes, but Chicago's poor attendance didn't help.
Edmonton, Denver, DC had ownership difficulties, they wanted to own a team.
Halifax, Dallas, and Calgary had arena difficulties.
Quebec had media rights difficulties and ownership difficulties.
Chicago was never really engaged as an interested partner.
There was also a need for the local NHL team to be a collaborating partner so that the league wouldn't be treated as second class. Many of them had no desire to give way to any other league
u/cruzweb — 2 days ago