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How About A Team In Vegas?
by Paul on 06/18/09 at 08:11 AM ET
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from Ryan Greene of the Las Vegas Sun,
Even though Las Vegas is not an NHL town, it appears that there’s a running joke circulating among the league’s players regarding America’s playground as a potential home for a franchise.
“It’s obviously a very alive city and everybody enjoys coming here,” Calgary winger Jarome Iginla said. “There’s been a lot of talk about it, and usually among the players it’s pretty popular. Then there’s always the joke—I’m sure you’ve heard it a hundred times—is that the home team would sure have a nice advantage, which would probably bear some truth.
“It’s not just a joke. It might be difficult to be as focused, but it’d be fun. There’s a lot to do here, great restaurants, and I’d be all for it.”
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added 8:24am, from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,
The Las Vegas streets are overflowing, but only a handful of curious passersby stop to peer through the wrought-iron fence as Ovechkin and Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Kesler lay down moves that will form the basis of the video game’s play.
This is a chance to test Ovechkin’s star power – and by extension, the NHL’s – in a market that has long intrigued commissioner Gary Bettman and his commitment to a U.S. Sunbelt expansion strategy.
Even if NHL expansion is not on the front burner at the moment, the expectation is that influential Hollywood mogul Jerry Bruckheimer eventually will land a team for Vegas.
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