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Gary Bettman says there's no active pursuit of expansion, but beyond Utah, the league has received at least preliminary interest from Utah, Houston, Atlanta, Cincinnati (!) and Omaha (!!).
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) February 2, 2024
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Imaginary_Ganache_29
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He said no interest in expanding as of now but the league has received interest. Omaha is interesting to me.
Oh man
Adding Cincinnati with the current expansion rules would be disastrous to CBJ. This isn’t MLS. I don’t think Ohio can support two teams.
As a Cincinnatian, there is no way this happens. The NHL has 32 teams as it is and they arenât going to expand by many more beyond that if they do at all. There are several cities that would be more appealing to them than Cincy would be.
Would be kind of weird to put an expansion team in a city thatâs slowly losing population
As fun as an Ohio rivalry would be I really wish more cities out west got teams because there’s already a fuck ton of teams located in the eastern time zone
How many more professional sports team do they need? Get the fuck outta here Cincy
Fuck it
Rename them to the Ohio Blue Jackets
If Cincy does get a team, how would that impact your loyalty to the CBJ?
Personally, I think Cincy would become my second team and I’d root for them unless they played the Jackets. Unfortunately, they’d probably be good from the jump and make it out of the first round in their first 3 seasons đł
This franchise is finished if Cincinnati gets a team.