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From: rick@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: NHL Expansion, if any
Message-ID: <5778@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 12:55:13 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  1 12:55:13 1985
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Reply-To: rick@ucla-cs.UUCP (Richard Gillespie)
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In article <1904@watcgl.UUCP> electro!carlo@watcgl.UUCP (Carlo Sgro) writes:
>
>Expansion, NYET!  Re-organization, DA!  Let's get some of the sad-sack teams
>out of marginal cities and into places that would really support them.  An
>example is the prospective move of the Penguins from Pittsburgh to Hamilton.
>I think that Pittsburgh may be able to support a winner but can they afford to 
>wait until then?  Hamilton and other similar cities would support a losing
>team so that they can get the finances to build a winner.

Well, Carlo, what happens when a city like Hamilton gets tired of a losing
team as well? Will you then move them to another city that will accept
them with open arms? Let's not turn the NHL into the NFL where franchises
change cities like they change socks (or head coaches :-)). No, I think
the solution is to improve the teams where they are. Pittsburgh is a fine
hockey city (so I've been told - I haven't ever been there). If they have
a reasonable team to cheer for they will be there. DeBartolo's holding the
city up for ransom with a terrible team is disgusting.
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   Rick Gillespie
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