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Originally Posted by JHikka
Extremely unlikely for the next few tournaments. HC likes to rotate the tournament around as much as possible. London/Kitchener or Hamilton/Niagara would be fun tournaments.
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I never said for the next few. I said that Toronto is still in the mix to host it, unlike Montreal, which is pretty much done
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Originally Posted by JHikka
I don't see a difference between Montreal and Laval.
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Smaller arena (10k), outside of Montreal (im willing to bet a lot of fans didnt want to go to Mtl because of the traffic, and/or didnt want to use the subway). Plenty of fans of minor league hockey in the north shore (Junior A, Q, AHL). I dont see Laval as the "main" host, but it could definitely play second fiddle to another city
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Originally Posted by JHikka
It's possible. Depends on what's going on with Quebec's rink in ten years. Quebec could be paired with Victoriaville or Drummondville or both fairly easily.
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Unless a team magically goes for sale and Bettman cant do anything to prevent it from moving, the next 10 years in Centre Videotron will probably be all Remparts.
I put Rimouski and Trois-Rivieres in the mix as Rimouski got the bigger venue (5k), and already hosted the Memorial Cup.
As for Trois-Rivieres, their new 4k seats arena is scheduled to be completed by 2019.