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it always seems like the league always comes close to getting up to their goal of 30 teams only to have one or two teams fold or move to a different league.

Alaska Aces will also cease operations after this season. With the addition of Jacksonville & Worcester, the league will remain at 27 teams for 2018-19. The addition of a team in Portland, Maine is still in negotiations. A realignment is likely. NORTH Worcester Adirondack Manchester Brampton Rea...

Portland in no rush to get own D-League team. http://www.blazersedge.com/2017/2/11/14586838/portland-trail-blazers-d-league-development-expansion Portland’s time on the sidelines could be coming to end in the near-future. With two-way contracts included in the new CBA, coupled with possible resistan...

Alignment with 30 teams: NORTH Brampton Worcester Manchester Adirondack Elmira ATLANTIC Reading Wheeling Cincinnati Norfolk Greenville SOUTH Atlanta South Carolina Jacksonville Florida Orlando CENTRAL Quad City Kalamazoo Indy Toledo Fort Wayne MOUNTAIN Reno Alaska Idaho Utah Rapid City MIDWEST Color...

I wonder if they could start in time for the 2017-18 season. With Worcester & Jacksonville being adding, bring in Reno would bring the ECHL to 30 teams for 2017-18.

Clippers bring back Bakersfield(#26), Denver takes Omaha(#27), Washington's team is slated for 2018-19(#2 , New Orleans could take over Erie in two years once College Park is ready for Atlanta(#29) & Portland could take over Sioux Falls if Miami starts up a team in South Florida(#30).

If Bakersfield joins, then we'll have four divisions. CENTRAL Windy City Fort Wayne Iowa Sioux Falls Oshkosh Canton Grand Rapids ATLANTIC Westchester Long Island Delaware Maine Toronto Erie SOUTH Rio Grande Valley Austin Texas Oklahoma City Southaven, MS Greensboro Lakeland, FL PACIFIC Salt Lake Cit...

It's official. Bucks' D-League to play in Oshkosh starting in 2017-18 season. This brings the league up to 25 teams. There's still the possibility that the Clippers bring back the Bakersfield Jam & that Denver goes through with Omaha. I have to wonder how the alignment will happen for next seaso...

Oshkosh will be announced tomorrow for Milwaukee. That will bring the total to 25 assuming they start next season.

basically now only the Clippers & Trailblazers are the only teams without affiliates set-up. The Erie BayHawks & Bakersfield Jam are all available to attach to. Clippers should take Bakersfield & Portland should take Erie. we have now: 2017-18 season(24 teams unless Erie is picked up) Io...