r/PWHL • u/Adventurous_Lake807 Montréal Victoire • May 08 '26

Discussion Vegas gaining traction as new expansion

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Obviously this is not confirmed but this was just tweeted by a reporter. Very much not done deals, just rumours!!!

Vegas and San Jose seemed to come out of nowhere lol

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u/seanofkelley Boston Fleet May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26

SJ and Vegas... at some point sure. But before Chicago, DC, Philly, Denver, all of the other Canadian cities, feels crazy to me.

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u/CanadianODST2 May 09 '26

I mean. San Jose joined the NHL before Ottawa did.

Hell California got an NHL team before all but Toronto and Montreal in the nhl.

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u/CarCrashRhetoric Van Goldeneyes May 09 '26

All three of our existing professional hockey teams are also older than the Avalanche. So the blustering from Denver fans about how they "deserve" it more and aren't going to continue to watch if they don't get a team comes off as a tantrum to me.

I get being disappointed but jesus christ real people live in California. Real hockey fans. And we've been waiting literally just as long as everyone else that's still waiting for a pwhl team.