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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
My thoughts are that Halifax might get an NHL team by 2096, when there is a 60 team NHL.
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With a population of around
2 Million in the year 2096 I would hope we could land one a few years before that.
Moncton still won't have matched Winnipeg's current popultation, of course the entire province of New Brunswick doesn't right now either.
No matter what, Halifax is next in line after Quebec City and a 2nd Southern Ontario team in terms of populations and markets that could support an NHL team in the future.
2011 estimates
1 Toronto 5,838,800
2 Montreal 3,908,700
3 Vancouver 2,419,700
4 Calgary 1,265,100
5 Ottawa 1,258,900
6 Edmonton 1,196,300
7 Winnipeg 762,800
8 Quebec 761,700
9 Hamilton 750,200
10 Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 498,500
11 London 496,900
12 Halifax 408,200
13 St. Catharines–Niagara 405,300
The year 2030 could be more realistic.