AHL Cities

[Herk]

What AHL Cities (or ECHL for that matter) are capable of getting a NHL team either now or in the next 5 years, disreguarding the looming strike. Are there any cities that could support an NHL team?

[REVVED]

Philadelphia, Chicago & Toronto already have NHL teams.

Worchester is a suburb of Boston. Cleveland failed with the Barons back in the 70s. Hartford was the home of the Whalers until they moved to Carolina.

Houston is rumored as a resting place of the Pittsburgh Penguins and is the best market for an NHL team.

Hamilton, ON, was an expansion nominee back in the 90s.

Cincinnati won't support a high-priced team.

San Antonio & Salt Lake are remote possibilities.

[sportman]

Atlantic
Lowell Lock Monsters
Hartford Wolf Pack
Manchester Monarchs
Portland Pirates
Providence Bruins
Springfield Falcons
Worcester IceCats

East
Albany River Rats
Binghamton Senators
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Hershey Bears
Norfolk Admirals
Philadelphia Phantoms
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins


North
Cleveland Puck Hounds
Hamilton Bulldogs
Manitoba Moose
Rochester Americans
St. John’s Maple Leafs
Syracuse Crunch
Toronto Roadrunners


West
Chicago Wolves
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Grand Rapids Griffins
Chicago Buccaneers
Texas Rangers
Minnesota Trojans
St. Louis Arsenal


How about Minnesota or St. Louis or Texas and Cleveland and Chicago?