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Should Toronto have two NHL teams?

If the rest of Canada doesn’t already hate Toronto for thinking it’s the centre…

by Cameron Ainsworth-Vincze on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 12:22pm - 71 Comments

If the rest of Canada doesn’t already hate Toronto for thinking it’s the centre of the universe, this story ought to do it. According to the Globe and Mail, NHL governors are talking informally about the possibility of placing a second hockey team in Toronto alongside the Maple Leafs. One source in the article reported that prospective owner Jim “I’ll eat my own pants to get a team” Balsillie might be rewarded with the new franchise after helping the Nashville Predators deal with their financial woes. But the big question is: Should Toronto have two NHL teams? As for a name, my choice is the Toronto 67′s. It will be a nice reminder that it’s been 41 years since the Leafs won Lord Stanley’s Cup.

Tags: Jim Balsillie, NHL, Toronto, Toronto Maple Leafs

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THEY COULD STILL BE THE MAPLE LEAFS THEY WOULD JUST CHANGE TO RED INSTEAD OF BLUE
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CANADA NEED ANOTHER TEAM IN THE NHL
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TORONTO IS HOCKEY TOWN
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TORONOTO IS THE TOWN FOR HOCKEY
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SAME WITH HAMILTON THEY’RE HOCKEY TOWN TOO!
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dan in van

Wesley, get that typing impediment looked at.
My vote is for
Toronto Tinhorns
madeyoulook

Thank you everyone, code is over. Dr. Propofol, feel free to dial up the halothane concentration if he so much as twitches in the next hour…
madeyoulook

Help me out here, folks. Who dropped him off? Did he come with any family, or was he partying with any friends? What, no witnesses at all? Damn. OK, get me a full street-drug and toxic panel, and watch the vitals carefully. Phew, man, I need a cigarette after all that, and I don’t even smoke. Come get me in the parking lot if anything changes, I’ll be back in ten…
Brian

Lets be serious. Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo and Winnipeg all deserve teams.

Gary Bettman’s experiment in the sunbelt was a massive failure. There is no reason why there are teams in places where only 8000 people show up, when there are Canadian towns that would sell-out arenas every night.
matt g

Im a major leaf fan and if there doing bad enough with one team already they would be even worse fighting over ice times with another team. but i still think canada should get another hockey team, maybe if we get a team in kitchener or another team in quebec like before or even hamilton would be great. but we will see what happens
http://fckyourself.com johnny

PUT ANOTHER TEAM IN TORONTO FOR SURE…TO THE PERSON WHO SAID TO PUT A TEAM IN THE MARITIMES, YOU GOTTA BE F**KIN R*TARDED……ALL 4 MARITIME PROVINCES PUT TOGETHER ARE SMALLER IN POPULATION THAN THE CITY OF TORONTO (THATS CITY LIMITS NOT GTA) SO THEY CAN SUCK A COD FISH IF THEY THINK THATS GUNNA FILL ARENAS.
Randy Fernandez

The only possible markets for the NHL in Canada that don’t have a team is: Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton. All three cities have a metro population in the 700,000 range.

Any other Canadian city is way too small to have an NHL franchise.
http://Macleans.ca Joshawa771

I think there should be 2 teams in Toronto. Right now everyone is saying in my school there should me 2 Toronto’s. I think a good name for Toronto is The Toronto Wild Cats or the Toronto Tigers. But Toronto 67′s is a good name too. Please respond what you think.

Thanks,

Joshawa
Anonymus

I think there should be two Toronto teams: the Maple Leafs being one of course, as long as cities like Winnipeg (first) and Quebec City get teams before that. I think two Toronto teams could be viable because Toronto fans are some of the most rabid fans in the NHL. It would work for the league economically, at least better than the Deep South.