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] NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly stated in 2008 that expansion into Europe was a possibility "within 10 years' time." [114] In August 2010, the International Ice Hockey Federation president René Fasel stated that he would strongly oppose any expansion by the NHL into European markets. [115] Time zone complications would also be an obstacle.
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Prior to 2017, the NHL's last expansion was in 2000, adding the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild to bring the number of teams to thirty. After the Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg in 2011, sixteen of the teams in the league were in the Eastern time zone; the conferences remained balanced with fifteen teams each until the league realigned in 2013.
In 1966, the National Hockey League consisted of six teams. The following year, the league doubled to 12. Now, the NHL might be moving toward an eye-popping 32 teams by the 2017-18 season ...
Hockey could return to the region with an NHL expansion club. ... Making the playoffs wasn't a possibility for the Coyotes this season, as they finished 13th in the Western Conference with 77 ...
The NHL decided to roll the dice on expanding to Las Vegas, making the league the first to put a major professional sports team in the resort city. Las Vegas lands expansion franchise as NHL adds ...
The Original Six era ended when the NHL expanded twofold in 1967. Two teams from the expansion—the California Golden Seals and the Minnesota North Stars—relocated to other cities. The Golden Seals moved after nine seasons in Oakland to become the Cleveland Barons; this was the first time in four decades the NHL approved a franchise ...
On Sunday, the NHL released the available and protected lists for the 30 other teams ahead of the Seattle Kraken's expansion draft