Hayes: ‘Canada gets overlooked again for the southern US’
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- Bryan Hayes joins SC with Jay Onrait to share his thoughts on Canada getting overlooked again for an NHL expansion/ relocation team and discusses if he thinks there's any chance Tiger Woods could win The Masters this week in the latest edition of Harvey's Hot Takes.
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“Salt Lake City is in the Southern US.” Tell me you’re Canadian without telling me you’re Canadian.
I guess when you're in Canada pretty much anywhere in the US is considered south
He never said it was.
@@red3hereread the title lol
@@red3here You didn't listen
@@red3here 00:49
Open your ears before you open your mouth.
Quebec City is my favorite city in northwestern Canada
Thats funny lol
Queerbec
You mean the welfare province.
🤣🤣 Just a couple hours from Edmonton and Calgary
@@markfeland2285 Just a quick bus ride to Yellowknife really
As someone that lived in SLC and can actually speak on the matter - Utah has a phenomenal sports culture. Utah Football has sold out every single home game of 50,000+ for 83 games straight and is one of the loudest/hardest stadiums for away teams. BYU lead the Big 12 in attendance. The Jazz have sold out 282 straight games even after trading away their core 2 seasons ago to rebuild. The new arena already has approval and will be help host the WINTER olympics. The ECHL Grizzlies also have great attendance numbers and host a rowdy & passionate crowd like all Utah teams do. The SLC-Provo-Ogden area population is 2.7 million that will help grow the game if given a team. I see 0 reasons as to why an NHL team won't find success in Utah.
100% correct. I would bet by the end of the year this Utah team will have one of the best fanbases in the league and be a huge help towards making the NHL bigger in America. Great move in my mind, that being said there should be more Canadians teams.
Don’t forget that before the Grizzlies we had the Golden Eagles of the IHL from 1969 to 1994. We got the Grizzlies when they moved from Colorado because the got the Avalanche. Then also don’t forget that SLC hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics and are definitely getting the 2034 Olympics.
Utah is not in the “Southern US.”
Love the irony that Canadians display when Americans are ignorant about Canadian geography
@@sports2hedz542I mean, Canada isn't known for anything outside of hockey, maple syrup, moose, geese, and on rare occasions, being brutal in war. The US is known for so much more.
You forgot about our sexy woman
Utah needs a hockey team like a hole in the head, f Utah nobody give a 💩 where it is 🤡’s. Quebec should be getting this team.
@lelouchvibritannia4028 thats ignorant canada supplies america with every good comedian
When did Utah move south?
When did people in Utah start caring about hockey is the bigger question.
@@craigharrison5406 The same was said about Carolina, Nashville, Columbus and Seattle. From off the top of my head...
@@BillyJoeMcallister Columbus still doesn't care about hockey, Carolina only cares when they have a winning team but there is still plenty of seats available on most nights there. Nashville is the same.
@@craigharrison5406 OH. You should bring this up with the league.
Since the Golden Eagles played here when I was a kid.
Salt Lake City is further North than NYC.
🤔
Not quite but almost
This is surprisingly true...by 0.2 deg latitude...though it may depend on where the center of each city is measured from. For all intents and purposes they are the same.
@@t.e.atheexclusiveasports3853
Salt Lake City: 40.7608° N
New York City: 40.7128° N
@@georgeo.61489 I see
Utah is not in the southern US, literally just look at a map
He means in general not Utah it self.
Its pretty southern straight up. Southern utah is def southern us
@@demarcdegasol While extreme Southwestern Utah is part of the range of critters like the Mojave rattlesnake, SLC is situated pretty much right on the 40th parallel so, no, it is not a sun belt market.
Considering Utah's northern border is shared with California and Nevada (both considered southern states, most people would consider it south-ish. Reality is mid. Salt lake city is north of Denver however, so central US it is.
It is from anywhere in Canada...use the same map.
Canadian teams always face two huge challenges: Exchange rate and small population compared to USA. Canadians love their hockey teams, we know that for sure. NHL can put a team in Halifax and it will sell out night after night. The problem? Once the attendance drops, the team will instantly face huge losses and struggle to stay afloat; just ask Winnipeg, Quebec City and Ottawa. NHL is a business, and sadly, US markets hold insurmountable advantages over Canada. Nothing personal, it's just business.
Maybe the NHL or the Canadian Govt have to do something to even the playing field?
Second teams would only work in the GTA and/or Metro Vancouver/Lower Mainland area maybe another team in Montreal
When $ 1.00 US buys $ 1.36 Canadian -- (as now) you can see the problem.
Canadian dollar is trading at 30 % less, and players are paid in US dollars.
Very, very tough situation, for a smaller Canadian City. If the currencies were
on par, or equal, the deal is makeable. Add to this, that a franchise costs are
$ 750 million dollars, "US" dollars, so add + 30 % to that = $ 1 billion dollars.
Do you think Quebec City with a population of 700,000 can afford that ??
The Coyotes never turned a profit in 27 seasons in big market Arizona. A quarter century, and not one year in the black. But they were always excused and given chance after chance after chance, despite millions of dollars lost. That's good for business? And who helped subsidize those losses? The 7 Canadian teams who make up a third of the league's annual revenue.
A Canadian team will stay afloat. This is not the mid-90s where Quebec City and Winnipeg needed new buildings to help them generate revenue. Winnipeg's ownership group owns their arena. It would be the same in Quebec City. You can't say it wouldn't be beneficial for the NHL to have the Battle of Quebec. This league has become so obsessed with trying to add new fans that they ignore the fans that they have and leave them behind.
@@pomerlain8924 So you're not wrong but (as you note) under Gary Bettman it seems the league doesn't want be in places where there's no opportunity for growth.
American Markets > Canadian Markets
American Geography Education > Canadian Geography Education
As an American, I don't think we consider Salt Lake City as Southern US. We consider it "The Mountains" or Northwest. Either way, I think Salt Lake City could be an interesting relocation for the Coyotes and I believe Canada will probably get an expansion team soon anyways
No one in America considers Utah the south, this was a completely ignorant and biased report. The Canadian economy and poor attendance from current Canadian teams is what prevents them from getting an expansion team.
@@evanfeehan8212Poor attendance? Winnipeg is the only team with issues.
@@pajamatime5750 Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Calgary all rank in the bottom 10 in attendance. I get that arena size can skew that but in that case the Jets average 89.3% of capacity, Flames 90.7%, and Sens notably better at 95.2 but for context Edmonton is next lowest at 98.3
As a Canadian, I am delighted at the prospect of getting the Coyotes out of the desert and draining the League of multi-millions and into a market that is in a climate where it has successfully hosted a Winter Olympics.
@@pajamatime5750 Excuse me, what about San Jose? The attendance figures there have been inflated all season long. Winnipeg has been hit hard by post-Covid inflation yet the team has still managed to sell out eight games. Their attendance can recover very easily.
Didn’t Salt Lake City host the Winter Olympics one year? They’re a cold state weather wise so they have hockey potential by default
Yes 1960 and are expecting to in 2024
It was actually 2002 and and 2034. Source - I live here in Salt Lake.. and have been playing hockey here all my life. Also, tough take not even knowing where Salt Lake is.
2002 Olympics. Team Canada was stacked. Joe Sakic (team MVP), Steve Yzerman, Mario Lemieux, Paul Kariya, Rob Blake, Jarome Iginla, Al MacInnis, Adam Foote, Joe Niewendyke, Martin Brodeur, Ed Belfour, etc.
1960 was Squaw Valley , California
I’d love to see another Canadian team but in this economy that Trudeau has destroyed it makes less sense than ever
Bettman hates canada.....he needs to go
why would Canada 🇨🇦 get another team??? THE NHL and ALL of their owners (including the CANADIAN OWNERS) want AMERICAN DOLLARS 💸. Canada having more hockey fans per capita does not factor into the decision.
That explains why Bettman made the Oilers and Flames stay in Canada in the '90s and why he moved the Thrashers to Winnipeg. He does what the owner wants, while he can have his own opinion if his actions contradict the owners he loses his job and monster salary.
@@TheSettlingTheWestShow And just recently keep the Senators in Ottawa
Salt Lake City is more northerly than Denver Colorado.
Give me a break! Comparing SLC with Des Moines! Saying Utah is not a sports haven is ignorant! Does Quebec City host world class events in winter sports every year? Curling championships, maybe? Utah is one of the fastest growing states with a number one economy. We have 2 billion set aside for hockey and MLB. The Olympics are coming back too.
I hope they get their MLB team also
I live in Alabama, and I am tired of the NHL not putting a team in Quebec. To be fair, Utah is an untapped market and they can "grow the game" but I am tired of a city that is NHL ready, has a legitimate NHL past, and has a rabid fan base not being considered because it won't draw new fans or whatever.
Ah, by chance were you around in the WHA days? Had the League lived to see the 1980s, the Birmingham Bulls could've become Avco Cup champions. Michel Goulet started his career with the team before ending up with the Nordiques. The young Bulls also included the likes of Rick Vaive, Rod Langway, Craig Hartsburg, Pat Riggin, Gaston Gingras and Rob Ramage.
it could have a little something to do with the Quebec government, I mean who knows?
I live in Montreal, QC. This province doesn’t deserve an English, American business operating here. Our government could go fck themselves.
When $ 1.00 US buys $ 1.36 Canadian -- (as now) you can see the problem.
Canadian dollar is trading at 30 % less, and players are paid in US dollars.
Very, very tough situation, for a smaller Canadian City. If the currencies were
on par, or equal, the deal is makeable. Add to this, that a franchise costs are
$ 750 million dollars, "US" dollars, so add + 30 % to that = $ 1 billion dollars.
Do you think Quebec City with a population of 700,000 can afford that ??
it's crazy because Quebec is a crazy hot market for hockey. They literally filled arenas even when the Nords sucked. It's a garantee success.
Bryan is a Leaf fan, not a hockey fan. A few weeks ago he was calling Slafkovsky a bust because he never sees the kid play.
He's brutal to listen to. One of the least informed people on radio.
Salt Lake City also has had an ECHL team for decades. They are averaging more than 6000 fans per game this year. Hayes only knows about the GTA, and even then it is a stretch.
Bettman doesn’t want to spoil us as Canadians! We are the true fans ❤ I so hope a Canadian Team wins the Stanley Cup and slap 👋 to you know who!
everything down from Canada is southern US imo
Salt Lake City's metro area (1.3 million) is double the size of Quebec City's. And does it really make sense to move a Western Conference team to Quebec and not the booming western city? Does it make sense to ignore the billionaire owner with the checkbook out who already owns a team that's selling out games consistently? Ignore the fact the state of Utah has $900 million of government money earmarked for a new arena?
Nah, it's just big meanie Bettman ignoring you! Poor victim!
Quebec city has a population of 600k, and not growing significantly. I understand why the NHL wouldn't go there
Salt Lake City is a lot smaller
@markfeland2285 it's not a good choice either.
@@markfeland2285 Not in terms of metro population/TV market. If you just use city proper populations Winnipeg is technically bigger than Vancouver lol
@@markfeland2285it has a metro size of 1.1 million
Quebec has a metro size of 800,000 I would say.
Canada’s school systems are lacking if your producer, on air talent and guest don’t know that Utah isn’t in the south
He never said it was…..it’s in west?
Buddy the South for us is anything below North Dakota eh
Who cares. It borders new mexico, thats southern to me.
@@GFreeze1 and North dakota is further north than where the majority of canada's population lives... lol
Southwestern USA
When $ 1.00 US buys $ 1.36 Canadian -- (as now) you can see the problem.
Canadian dollar is trading at 30 % less, and players are paid in US dollars.
Very, very tough situation, for a smaller Canadian City. If the currencies were
on par, or equal, the deal is makeable. Add to this, that a franchise costs are
$ 750 million dollars, "US" dollars, so add + 30 % to that = $ 1 billion dollars.
Do you think Quebec City with a population of 700,000 can afford that ??
If the Canadian dollar rises to equal that of the US dollar, like it was about 8
years ago, then the deal could make sense $$$.
If we set aside the “canada or us” for location debate, and focus on potential revenue growth, Southern Ontario has to be considered.
It’s crazy that we haven’t put a second team in the Greater Toronto Area.
Markham, Brampton, Hamilton, or the Waterloo region all could carry a franchise..
Hell, you could put a team in all 4 of these areas (together) and they would all sell out.
NY has 2
LA has 2
What’s the hold up Bettman 🤷
Most of this population are providing huge profits to MLSE, perhaps we should be asking them too.
New York actually has three (with New Jersey) lol
Salt Lake City is a 9 hour drive from Canada 🤣🤣🤣. And the NHL is trying to increase viewers in the American market, which this move will do.
Hayes is striking out all over the place. First of all, Salt Lake City isn't southern at all. And it's rapidly growing, unlike Quebec City. And he doesn't even mention they have supported the MLS team for years. And Smith already said he's willing to make upgrades to the Delta Center to host hockey.
Make it two teams in the US when the Yotes owner claims the expansion franchise it is promised...within 5yrs.
Everyone that’s ragging on the geography… have you ever talked to an American about Canadian geography? 😂
let alone seeing if they can map out Europe or any other continent. it amazed me how my German friends knew more about the locations of the US States than some of my American friends 😂
I can name all 21 Provinces and know the Capital is in Thunder Bay.
Idk the whole Canadian geography but I know a decent bit
when Canada becomes significant , we will Google them and find out!
SLC, hasn't had any other sport history outside the Jazz? does this guy live under a rock, Olympics in 2002, and is the top location for an Olympics in 2030 or 2034, hope he does this for free because if he's getting paid for this, he's ripping TSN off! SLC/Utah is growing city/state, and growing fast, keep crying! Smith and his group are bringing in young blood to the ownership something this league needs, he is motivated and I think when the players meet him and converse they will see this is a breathe of fresh air, and will find opportunities to give these players a chance to win
“Canadians always support The NHL.” Is that why Winnipeg is having trouble selling out an undersized arena, while the team is having one of its best seasons in their history?
That’s Winnipeg.
You can blame your shitbag PM for the economy and Covid lockdowns. Winnipeggers can't even afford ice in Canada.
Youve never been to Winnipeg. So many Canadian cities that could sell out five arenas in the area. Weak.
If you had to walk through what there is to walk through getting to the arena you wouldn’t go either
@@Janet-dougheth how do you know I have never been to Winnipeg? 😂
SLC literally has twice the metro area QC does. Not to mention the strength of US dollar vs. The canadian doll.
This! I really don’t get how any adult doesn’t know the difference between city proper populations and metro populations. Someone needs to send this Canadian back to elementary school.
My US geography is pretty dodgy but I'm pretty sure that Utah isn't in the south.
NHL not expanding in Canada because No major corporate sponsors in quebec city, saskatoon, regina, or kamloops.
You guys seriously dropped the ball on this and you should delete this ASAP 🤣
How so?
@@red3herethis Bryan douche had none of the population figures right. SLC metro has 1.4M people and CSA of 2.3M, Québec city has 800k metro. This dude is just so salty that a medium sized US city can support an NHL team when a supposed large Canadian city, Quebec City, can’t.
Salt Lake City is as far north as Ohio and Ohio is usually considered north.
It is a hybrid of relocation/expansion cause the NHL os buying the team amd laundering it to the Utah owner....for a 200 million dollar profit.
And the Yotes owner will make.enough on thw sale to buy an expansion franchise within 5 yrs. So, it is an expansion, in a way.
I started losing interest in the NHL 2-3 years ago...No Canadian team has won a cup in 30 years so why watch if you don't stand a chance?
Seriously, I went from watching up until 2021 75-82 Leafs games per season plus maybe 30-40 other Canadian team games down to 15-20 Leafs games per season and maybe 2-3 other Canadian team games. I'm cancelling my cable package probably for good after this post season, the only reason why I ever had cable was for NHL hockey....now my interest is going right out the window.
Stop being such fucking baby bro. " my team doesn't win this sport is dumb 😢" hope whatever team you cheer for never wins
taxes bro, taxes..
I am in the U.S. and I cant stand these southern U.S. teams, I would love to see more Canadian teams, I miss the days of the Quebec Nordiques, it would be great if Coyotes moved to Canada instead
What is your favorite brand of beer? I'd like to buy you a two-four along with some steaks for you to enjoy.
Once Seattle was knocked out of the playoffs last year, I tuned out for the remainder of them. I REFUSED to allow any of those all-sun belt matchups on my television set! Because I don't support the existence of those teams and what they represent, I had no teams left to cheer for. If people want to guilt me about it, I immediately counter them. 'Well, how am I any worse than those American viewers and television networks who immediately tune out of, or cover, matchups between Canadian teams?'. Somebody could offer me free tickets to any game in places like Anaheim, Raleigh, Phoenix, Sunrise, etc. and would refuse them.
As a long-time Habs fan, the rivalry my team had with the Nordiques was a marvelous one...and hockey needs its return. Anybody who remembers Good Friday 40 years ago remembers where they were while they watched the War of Quebec rage on in its most defining moment.
I've actually been to a Hartford Whalers Quebec Nordiques game while it might be cool neither of those teams are coming back the NHL wouldn't grow the game in either case. Both still make a lot of merchandising money. WTF would they not grow revenues
Tired of losing to the Canes, Lightning, Panthers, and Stars huh?
@@danmac9336 This obsession with growing the game is stupid. There are plenty of ways to grow the game that do not involve giving an unproven market a new team. The MLB, NFL, and NBA have no problem growing the game using methods that do not involve putting teams in unproven markets. Hence, they are far ahead of the NHL in revenue.
The NHL needs to remember the fans that they do have. The constant need to appease new fans isn't helping the game. They want to grow the game, but they'll place games on an exclusive channel and constantly have blackouts? The league would not go broke with a team in Quebec City. The league would not lose viewers by having a team in Quebec City. If anything, a team in Quebec City would open people's eyes to what how good a market Quebec City actually would be. Especially during the Battle of Quebec, where they play the Habs.
@@pomerlain8924 Jacksonville, Carolina , Nashville NFL does go to unproven markets but lie to yourself all you want
I'M A DIE HARD KINGS FAN BUT WOULD EXPAND TO CANADA. BRING BACK QUEBEC NORIQUES, HAMILTON TIGERS OR HAMMERS, WINDSOR AVIATORS, HALIFAX LIONS, SASKATOON CARIBOU, AND VICTORIA VOYAGERS.
@@Andrew_Holt drug testing on the Internet should be a thing.....
Id love to Que City get a team back and have one on the east coast.
As someone who want the return of the Quebec Nordiques. It makes no sense for the coyotes to move to Quebec since it will make the league 22 east vs 20 west.
As a Canadian/American I understand that Americans are generally uneducated about Canadian geography. But do you have to return the favour? Salt Lake City is in the Rocky Mountains and is, in fact, further north than Denver. It is nowhere close to being a southern city and in fact, has hosted the Winter Olympics, because it is a winter sports mecca.
Meanwhile the TV market in Salt Lake is 1.15 million households. Des Moines is 472,310. Sioux Falls is 276,580.
I understand this is supposed to be a "hot take." But does it have to be so stupid?
As a Canadian from the prairie, I can understand why the NHL is not bringing another team to Canada….the point is to grow the game and there is no need to grow the game in Canada, also a second team is Toronto is absolutely ridiculous…
Oh and Brian…. if you’re so confident in attendance in Canada, then why is Winnipeg having problems getting decent crowds with a solid team?
Quebec would have sellouts for two years and then if the team sucked they would cast it aside just like the Nordiques
It snows in SLC. The 2002 Winter Olympics were in SLC, and they’re likely to host another future Olympics. It’s not a “southern US state”
"they will always support the nhl" brosephine...winnipeg, like a month ago, talked about moving lmao.
Didn’t talk about moving. They said that ticket sales at current level are unsustainable and if go unchecked Winnipeg wouldn’t be able to spend to the cap and be competitive every season. Do you only read the headlines?
People are forgetting the expansion draft if held in Quebec would even the field. This isnt the 90s. But does it draw new fans. Small new generation at most. So many factors
I read somehwere that Winnipeg is having a difficult time ?
I think if the Yotes moved to Quebec City it might cause some extra disruption. They would (I'm guessing) become part of the Atlantic division & force (I'm guessing) Detroit into the Central division. As a fan it would be fun to see more chances for Montreal/Quebec & Chicago/Detroit to murder each other, but I'm not sure if the Redwings would want to move to the Central division because of perceived increase in travel time central division teams.
Also, my understanding is that Gary wants to make the NHL into a league on par with the other big three, and in order to do that he needs to expand into new markets, not established markets. I would personally love to see Quebec City get the Nordiques back, but I don't think it would really expand the brand.
'Also, my understanding is that Gary wants to make the NHL into a league on par with the other big three'
And after more than thirty years of him as Commissioner, when is he going to wake up and realize that hockey will never challenge football or basketball for popularity in the U.S.?
The recent phenom of the young female basketball player drew an audience of over 13 million in the U.S. for the women's March Madness final. Last year's Stanley cup final drew only 2 million.
How many more years is it going to take before the painful truth is accepted?
Houston, Hamilton, Quebec, 2nd team in Toronto and Atlanta
AND AND AND.....
a television contract that makes sense and that fans can find!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could literally think of over 20 markets in Canada that deserve an NHL franchise before Quebec City.
Go! And show your work.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. we're waiting.........😂
Utah in south ....wtf
Wait, Canada has cities? Do players want to play in Canada?
I dont know why this is hard for Canadians to understand, the NHL is all about the money... Their is absolutely no new money they can make in any canadian market... Those fans already exist and thats just the cold hard facts!
There's no new money to be made for MLB, NFL, and NBA in the U.S. Why don't they move to Mexico and South America? Did the Coyotes ever make money? Even Nordiques were more profitable.
Those fans exists until they don't.
Good luck selling hockey out there Bettman. The population of Salt Lake City is 204k., I live in the town of Oakville Ontario which has more people than that.
The Greater SLC area has a population of over 2.75 million (Including Odgen & Provo) plus they hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics and future 2034 Winter Olympics. SLC is triple the size of Greater Quebec City at 850k people and when you take average income it's almost 5 times the income. *** The MAIN thing is to get an owner(s) willing to pay a billion-dollar expansion fee for a team in Quebec City and NO ONE is presently applying for a new team in Quebec City. PS: Winnipeg with one of the best teams in the second-smallest NHL arena has over 2,500 empty seats per game this year and Winnipeg and Quebec City are the same sizes. Toronto proper before amalgamation was only 550,000 (1998) so if you take Toronto itself without Scarborough, York, North York, Etobicoke and East York would only be 680k but Great Toronto is 6.5 million hence you can NOT just say SLC is only 200k is like saying Toronto is only 680k.
@@EdV-et6qm No it's 1.2 million in the salt lake surrounding area. The metroplolitan area has 2.75 million but that is a masssive piece of land. Brigham city is over an hours drive from salt lake. People from Brigham won't be driving to salt lake for an NHL game. The Olympics and the NHL are two very different things so I'm not sure why you mentioned that. The city of Toronto not the GTA has 2.7 million. You googled everything but that huh? Anyways we shall see if it sells there. Remember it took 3 decades for people to start attending NHL games in Florida. Those owners were losing money hand over fist during that period.
@@craigharrison5406 The 6 boroughs are now Toronto and that is 2.7 million, GTA includes York region (Markham, Vaughn, Richmond Hill) Durham region (Pickering, Whitby, Ajax) Peel Region (Mississauga, Brampton) and Halton Region (your place of Oakville and Milton) which has a population of 6.7 million. As for Brigham that is not included in the 2.7 million Greater SLC area but Provo and Odgen have over 1,2 million more possible fans and are under 45-minute drive. Salt Lake City's medium income is 54,500 USD or $74,600 Cdn (which is higher than Toronto medium salary) and that doesn't include the semi-rich suburbs of Provo to the south and Odgen to the North. SLC is a winter city ... that's why I brought WINTER Olympics into the conversation as hockey, skiing, and skating are already popular in SLC. Well Vegas and even Tampa Bay did well ... my best friend lives in Miami and the arena is like 1 hour drive from Miami next to the Everglades (I went to a game there and saw an alligator in the middle of the parking lot of the Panther's game) PLUS Utah is the fastest growing State in the 50 US States last year and same maybe for 2024.
@@craigharrison5406 Florida-is-the-most-ovverated-sports-market....Sports-Leagues-are-always-trying-to-shove-teams-in-that-state-despite-constant-proof--people-dont-go-to-the-games.
@@craigharrison5406SLC metro is much bigger than Quebec city’s. Stop being salty that the NHL keeps overlooking it.
I'm a Canes fan. Quebec hockey fans were such jerks to us when our attendance was struggling. I am loving the NHL in 2024! Canes are thriving and Quebec once again gets passed over for expansion/relocation, ha ha ha!!
You will need major American markets in expansion to support bringing in smaller Canadian ones. Expand to 36 teams. Salt Lake City, Houston, Atlanta and Quebec.
It's all about media markets - of which Canada, the population size of California, has only a few major ones. More than half the franchises are worth less than a billion (USD). SLC is a growing metro (1,257,936 pop) in a winter sports mecca ... Metro Quebec City has 800,296. There are five Fortune 500 companies surrounding SLC. No contest, sorry. Tampa Bay is an attendance beast and one of the most valuable franchises - along with the Kings. We can always split the league - like the NFL and CFL. Let's see where the $$$ talent wants to go play.
Coyotes had to stay somewhere out west to keep the conferences balanced. Red Wings and Blue Jackets are never moving back.
I understand what Bryan Hayes is saying and I would love to see the rebirth of the Quebec Nordiques. However, moving the Coyotes to Quebec City is not practical as it would solve one problem and create another: realignment.
The NHL does not want to have to deal with realignment again. What Eastern Conference team moves to the Western Conference in order for both conferences to be balanced? Detroit? Columbus? Or does Quebec City take Arizona's place in the Central Division.
Canada make sure and fill the building in Winnipeg before complaining. They have a great product and it doesn’t matter.
Every year they make the same argument even though they know exactly why it won’t happen. Stop beating the dead horse, please.
If the NBA had ten teams in Canada, and only six in the U.S. They would say the US is too familiar with Canada.
Saskatoon Blades that is all
Would be like Green Bay and sell out every night, easily.
QUEBEC QUEBEC QUEBEC this is what makes the NHL so SAD 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Don’t blame him. Who wants to deal with Quebec?
To all those thinking any small Canadian market could support an NHL team….
Understand there’s a reason why neither Tuscaloosa, AL or Athens, GA don’t have NFL teams. Now apply the same logic.
He sure is Jealous of a city he obviously knows absolutely zero about.
Ownership of professional sports teams in the last quarter century, has been about real estate ventures, not the love of the sport. Isn't it just convenient for Bettman that a dude has got the money for an NHL team in Salt Lake, and that they have plans to finalize a new rink in time for the Olympics. Life is all about timing.
I remember hearing or reading a story several years ago about why Quebec isn't getting a team again. Not anytime soon anyway.
Apparently the owner has said some nasty things in the past and has had a long history of trouble with the Molson family, who own the Canadiens. That Canadiens owner is on the Board of Governors for the NHL, and the Hockey Hall of Fame Board, as well as several others. There's no chance he wants Quebec in the league. On top of all of that, Quebec would be cutting into the Canadiens revenue and Molson definitely does not want that
But I strongly dislike Bettman as much as most. So maybe he IS actually the one to blame
Bettman really hates the idea of hockey being associated with Canada. The fact that Canada gives the NHL less players makes him really happy. And he doesn't care that most of the American NHL teams make little money. None of them are great markets and they bring little revenues.
Atlanta? Again?! Really? Bring back the Nordiques. I’m a Yank.
Quebec City should have, and deserve a team. But the NHL would never relocate a western team to a eastern market when the conferences have 16 teams each and exactly half of them makes the playoffs.
Bingo. Quebec City screws up the alignment.
Bettman needs to go. The NHL isn't his to do what he pleases. Someone else needs to step in and remove that corrupted bastard.
Blame our shitty PM and our gay liberal policies. Who tf wants to play in cold weather, lose half their earnings to taxes that go to bullshit, and if the team is in Quebec, deal with language laws and Frenchmen? Not to mention the dollar is weak and the markets are small. This is a business, they don’t care if there’s 20 thousand die hard fans in the area. They need hundreds of thousands of paying customers, in a place players want to play.
all those saying Utah isn't south.... compared to Canada, it is!!! hahahahah
it's still not a "southern state" thou
Quebec City deserves the NHL. However, it's all about population, and the regional economy. I'd have liked to see Onrait compare the two. QC has a metro population of 840,000 . SLC is 1,200,000. SLC has a much more diversified economy and more tech. Why was the NHL in the infernally hot, dry Arizona desert in the first place? Phoenix is a boom town. QC is a beautiful, charming, historic place. But it is very old, and tired. SLC has grown from the foundation of the church to thriving metropolis. However, I don't know if hockey is a good bet for SLC. The ABA Utah Stars came to SLC because of the legacy of Mormon Ward Ball. Also, they do softball. Minor league baseball has been popular there. Hockey is just something to fill dates at the Jazz building. There's scant connection of the community to hockey. Baseball is a better bet.
Bettman is moving the entire city to the southern US. Now we need new maps.😢
Hey Bro does Quebeq city have a billion us ready to go?
Quebec City is not getting a team. The market is too small (smaller than Winnipeg) and the Canadian dollar is shit. The BoG isn't interested in adding another team to their "Canadian Assistance Program".
Plus, SLC works in the Western Conference; Quebec City does not.
At least it's not a f*cking desert! 🙄
Quebec City will never get an NHL team unless a team needs to relocation right away in the Eastern Conference. Also the NHL gets more American TV money for more American franchises. It’s the new reality. I miss the Nordiques and want them back. I just don’t see it happening.
Yee haw partner. Let’s load us up some beer in our tailgates and go on down and watch some HOCKEY. Your darn tooting right. Come on billy bob let’s go
Salt Lake City is north of the great southern U.S. market of........Denver, Colorado.
Quebec city will get a team by 2030
I think Halifax is a great candidate. If you disagree, listen to the fans there at the world juniors with Bedard on the team.
there is a big difference between 50 bucks for a great seat over what 40 games max including exies at the WJC! Versus an average of 250 bucks for the NHL seat x 41 games + exies and any luxury boxes in the depressed economy of the east coast.
It's all about cash. The game no longer matters...
Dude, this guy is obviously so salty Quebec is overlooked. First of all, Salt Lake's metro is almost double Quebec City's at 1.4M and America overall has much bigger cities so even though SLC is a medium size city in the US, it would be considered a major one in Canada. Also, Salt Lake is the northern US.
Look let's be real, TSN guys don't care about Quebec anyway... And the Habs organization don't want another Quebec team
As a Canadian hockey fan I can't stand the complaining about Canadian cities getting overlooked. Salt Lake City has a metro population of roughly 1.2 million, it has money, and some of the best demographics. I think it will work very well as a NHL city. Canadian hockey fans need to accept that their are factors that make Canadian locations unrealistic. The 1.3 Billion that Salt lake is going to pay would be nearly 1.8 Billion Canadian. Hamilton is too small and does not have the corporate sponsorships or ownership, same with Halifax. Quebec City has a Metro population of about 800k and is much more French than Montreal. No free agents would ever sign there. They don't have a solid enough ownership group either. Then there is the second team in Toronto (Markham). Again, I dont think the NHL is interested in having another team in Toronto. They want to attract new fans and new markets. It would likely be stopped by the Leafs and it just does not make sense. Canada has a lot more taxes than the states and its much harder for teams to survive in Canada. I would love to see a team in Quebec City, and I am not completely ruling it out, but Salt Lake City makes far more sense than any Canadian city.
Most Americans still think half of Canadians live in igloos lol, but ya TSN is not great reporting !
most americans see how ignorant and elitist many canadians are by reading these message boards
Sorry Quebec is overrated as a market. The Quebec government is to blame with their Orwellian language laws. This would be disastrous for corporate sponsors. Blame the unhinged language protectionist crap. M Bettman os savvy as fu$%.
Well Winnipeg is the reason why there shouldnt be anymore teams here. Quebec city is smaller than Winnipeg and they dont carre about their team
maybe one team in U.S. and one team in Canada?
Bettman - Focus on Southern Markets & ignores hockey communities.
Also Bettman “Why does everyone keep booing me?”
Quebec city is the same financial situation as winnipeg. Winnipeg fan's cannot afford tickets. That's it.
The Jets can't fill their rink with fans, in a city with a population similar to Quebec City.
You actually think Bettman wonders or cares why people boo him? lol
@@user-yg1dg6xm2g How quickly people forget that they filled their rink over 330 consecutive games. When did that ever happen in Arizona or Atlanta?!
Bring the ownership excuses!
Because he's too much of an owner's commissioner and not enough of a fan's commissioner.
The business potential for another southern state team outweigh Quebec or any Canadian market. The goal for the league is turn the populace into hockey fans, combine with a big market like Atlanta or Houston and the reward is hard to resist. After the success of Las Vegas and Seattle I’m not surprise the league is overlooking Quebec.
Like calling Winnipeg Central Canada. Just looking at a map and not knowing anything about the country, or more to the point pretending not to. 'The real fans are in Canada' give me a fucking break.
The reason Bettman focuses on the "Southern US" (Utah apparently teleported) is the revenue potentially is significantly higher. I also think Legault constant language war pretty much kills any interest the NHL would have in Quebec City.
The game of hockey is played in Canada.
But the business of hockey is played in the US.
And they've now launched their plan to destroy CHL junior hockey to make NCAA college hockey a bigger business.