Kinda relevant, but the Leafs blocked Vancouver getting an NHL team twice. First during the 1967 expansion, a year later when the Seals were trying to relocate.
driftwood14
I think it makes sense to split out vegas and Seattle since they are much later than the others. Also why do the Jets get in again when teams like carolina aren’t?
buckyhermit
I’d group the Thrashers and Predators with the Blue Jackets and Wild.
I remember back then, they were seen as the « 4 expansion teams » coming in, almost as a group. Even the old NHL website at the time put them on the same webpage, as if they were in the same wave of expansion.
Also I wouldn’t include the current Winnipeg Jets. They’re a relocation of the Thrashers, not an expansion team.
Starsky686
The newest Winnipeg jets aren’t an expansion. They’re a move and no moves (canes, Avs, Calgary, Dallas) are recorded.
Apprehensive_Bug3329
No flames?
Apprehensive_Bug3329
Nvm
No-Search-7394
Just popping in to blow the Minnesota North Stars logo for a moment. So fucking dope. 🫡
EyeHeartBidets
Leafs and Habs were original franchises. Bruins, Hawks, Wings, Rangers were 1920s expansion
The Jets 2.0 were not an expansion team
gfunkrider78
The league of 12 doesn’t sound as good as Second Six. The former sounds like an English action movie.
FlyingV2112
I guess the 1920s expansions don’t count.
connor_wa15h
This would be cooler if it was at the yearly level and showed expansion/subtraction/relocation
FormerCollegeDJ
The early 1990s expansion teams and late 1990s/early 2000s expansion teams should be two separate groups.
skol_sota
BJ’s and Wild should should not be grouped with the Knights and Kraken as they were nearly 2 decades apart. Also, the 2000 expansion duo were given bread crumbs and told to figure it out…. Kraken and Knights were given the whole damn loaf.
geekob_11
This is definitely not every expansion but you covered most
Condition_Boy
Aren’t the Thrashers and the second jets the same franchise and not an expansion?
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Kinda relevant, but the Leafs blocked Vancouver getting an NHL team twice. First during the 1967 expansion, a year later when the Seals were trying to relocate.
I think it makes sense to split out vegas and Seattle since they are much later than the others. Also why do the Jets get in again when teams like carolina aren’t?
I’d group the Thrashers and Predators with the Blue Jackets and Wild.
I remember back then, they were seen as the « 4 expansion teams » coming in, almost as a group. Even the old NHL website at the time put them on the same webpage, as if they were in the same wave of expansion.
Also I wouldn’t include the current Winnipeg Jets. They’re a relocation of the Thrashers, not an expansion team.
The newest Winnipeg jets aren’t an expansion. They’re a move and no moves (canes, Avs, Calgary, Dallas) are recorded.
No flames?
Nvm
Just popping in to blow the Minnesota North Stars logo for a moment. So fucking dope. 🫡
Leafs and Habs were original franchises. Bruins, Hawks, Wings, Rangers were 1920s expansion
The Jets 2.0 were not an expansion team
The league of 12 doesn’t sound as good as Second Six. The former sounds like an English action movie.
I guess the 1920s expansions don’t count.
This would be cooler if it was at the yearly level and showed expansion/subtraction/relocation
The early 1990s expansion teams and late 1990s/early 2000s expansion teams should be two separate groups.
BJ’s and Wild should should not be grouped with the Knights and Kraken as they were nearly 2 decades apart. Also, the 2000 expansion duo were given bread crumbs and told to figure it out…. Kraken and Knights were given the whole damn loaf.
This is definitely not every expansion but you covered most
Aren’t the Thrashers and the second jets the same franchise and not an expansion?
Jets 2.0 wasn’t an expansion it was a relocation