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The NHL (just like every other sports league I'm sure) can very well try to push things to favour certain teams or go out of their way to encourage certain cities to get an expansion or relocation over another.
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If they're doing it through the referee's union i'd be shocked.
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Will anyone deny that Crosby can get away with murder while a lesser known player would get suspended for a lesser offence?
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Literally every sport in the world has this happen to some degree. Hockey is nowhere near the worst culprit.
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The NHL wants to build up its brand. What better way than to have a new dynasty led by the presumed second coming of Wayne Gretzky.
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The NHL's insistence of building brand via players instead of teams has been aggravating to say the least.
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The expansion itself; the NHL was hoping for Vegas, Seattle and Kansas City. When only Vegas and Québec placed a bid, Québec was thrown aside and only Vegas, who they wanted, got a franchise.
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Vegas benefits the NHL more than QC does. We've been over this a million times.
Quebec can be thrown aside because the NHL knows it can go back to Quebec at literally
any time in the future and Quebec will still be on its knees waiting with open arms.
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The NHL awards in Vegas is a good example of pushing an expansion franchise. Why have them their every year? Why not awarded to different NHL cities every year like the All-Star Game and Draft? Now more than ever, Vegas should no longer host the awards now that they have a team. No matter how you look at it, it's favouritism.
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The NHL Awards used to be in Toronto every year.
Many cities may or may not have theatre/arena availability like Vegas/Toronto/NYC. A lot of it comes down to scheduling, logistics, and infrastructure. How many celebrities/players/media are going to show up if the awards are in Columbus or Edmonton? It's not an easy sell to sponsors if the NHL calls you up and says "Hey, want to sponsor this event we're putting on? It'll be great exposure for your business interests in
Ohio".
In a league built on a corporate business structure whose sole goal is making money for its owners there's favourtism that may lead to making more money? Shocking.