First of all, were we really shocked? An expansion was in the rumors of being sooner rather than later for months before it was announced. The expansion was no real surprise unless you were expecting fourth lines, which for some reason has a couple of people are being heavily opposed to implementing and so far, has not enough people wanting them for it to be a reasonable expectation.

For my actual answer. I love it in New England. The price they paid to get the first pick and taking me shows me what value they put on me and I have no real interest in moving away. I intend to finish my time in the SHL playing for the Wolfpack. Yeah, sure, there maybe are teams I do like in one or the other way but as a person outside North America I lack a lot of the classical connections to cities/states/locations in general.

My favorite non existing potential team is a bad joke. The Hawaii Pizzas. I already made the case for putting the hall of fame in Hawaii because they are never going to have their own team. If however Hawaii actually got a team, I think I would be okay going there, especially with the Pizzas branding. Not only is it a “funny” reference to a pizza, but it would also drive at least half of the SHL mad because of the irrational hate for pineapple on pizza.

Another team I could see myself really wanting to play for is the team “Seattle Wonders”. They were a fictional team in a book series I read as a child and I were close to basing my player on one of the fictional players in that book series. The nostalgia and “history” I feel for that team is on another level and I do hope to see them in the league one day. That said, I do like the current Seattle branding as well and I mean no offense to Tig and his players.

The third and final thing I might give up on New England would be if we somehow got a European and more specifically, a Swedish team. Now, the possibility of this happening in any kind of close future is probably low. I have however seen that a few other people have discussed teams outside US/Canada. While a Swedish team is without a doubt the biggest attraction, any team outside the normal borders would be a fun experience.

To sum it up I guess that for a new expansion team to be something I want to leave for it would need to fill some of these aspects: “Funny/annoying” branding, nostalgic/personal connection, “different/new” location.