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Kate 12:06 on 2019-03-31 Permalink Reply  

• Faiz Imam 20:41 on 2019-03-31 Permalink

  I’ve been a fan from the Stars days, and this is a huge bummer, I try to go see a game or two every season. Its some of the cheapest good hockey you could get.

  Their games the past few years have been very well attended, all their small arena games were sold out and their games in Laval also drew quite well.

  The league added a team in China paid for by the Chinese government(who wants to be competitive for the next olympics) so we thought that was a sign of more financial stability. They also started getting more sponsorships and a small salary recently.

  The hope is that this is the start of a new league run with/by the NHL, and if so the Canadiennes could come back in a similar form to what they are now. But apparently this was a huge shock. No players knew, no staff were told. It just happened.

  There is a huge international hockey tournament next week, and unfortunately this event will cast its shadow over what should have been an important event.

  Something will have to be done. The entire canadian womens national team save one player plays in this league.

• EmilyG 09:00 on 2019-04-01 Permalink

  I think it would be nice if the city would give money to this cause instead of baseball. But I don’t know if that’s the way allocation of funds works, and I don’t know if the city can help with this.