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#61

Personally, there is only one city that would be able to get their hands on me while im still playing for Calgary - and that city would base themselves in Finland. Lilja is born in Nokia, which is not far away from Tampere, and its actually my birth city in real life as well. If there was ever be a franchise based in Nokia, I would definitely be interested. Despite having the honor of playing in front of my home town boys, it would not be easy. I have settled in Calgary and will not leave easily.

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#62

While just being drafted to the Winnipeg Aurora, there is one branding that could pull me away from them. It'd be a tough pill to swallow initially, but the branding is just so damn clean.

Salt Lake City Sand Lions.

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#63

Obviously having a Europe expansion would be a great idea (and if I had to pick a city my first choice would be Helsinki), but if that's not an option... I don't think any expansion city in North America would really make me want leave Toronto because that's just MY team, but getting an expansion team in Nashville would make it me at least consider it a little bit. I'm sure I've talked about that in some other PT before some seasons ago. Unfortunately I'm not a super creative person so I'll skip the actual branding part and leave those things to the experts (back then in that aforementioned PT I simply named them South Stars as an equivalent to the North Stars).

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#64

About the only expansion location that would make me want to leave the Aurora would be if the league placed a city in Goku's hometown of Reykjavik, Iceland. I know it won't happen but I think that would be sweet. Maybe if there was a team in Vegas with a cool branding I would consider it but after spending a lot of time and energy coming up with the Aurora rebrand, I don't think I would walk away from it!

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#65

While Jack Micro is loving it in Anaheim and would definitely love it in New England, if there was a Louisville Kentucky Team he would definitely think about joining them simply because of how much he loved living in the state of Kentucky. Kentucky doesn’t get much sim league love unfortunately and I think a team there would be great. Admittedly Kentucky is not known for hockey but still. Maybe call them the Louisville Spirits. It's a reference to three things: the state welcoming sign, the Bourbon industry, and the spirit of horse racing. It's honestly an idea I've had for a while but I have not in the position to use the idea.

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#66

I have been saying for years how I would want to be apart of the Saskatoon Sasquatch. It's such a fun name to say but would get very tired of saying it pretty quickly.

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Quote:The SHL world was shocked to see expansion being announced for season 60. Everyone has that one branding that they'd leave their team for, no matter how happy they are there. What i your branding that could rip you away from your home?

There are two cities that would infiltrate Kawashima's heart and those are Nashville and Thunder Bay. Nashville could play off the fact they have a parthenon and go with the Warriors, something along those lines. Thunder Bay has some interesting themes as well, but I have the Thunder Bay Giants in mind, which ofcourse reference the Sleeping Giant mesas formation the city is on.

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#68

Said it before, and I'd say it again.  Philadelphia with a firefighting theme.  I'd be there in a heartbeat as it hits right at home for me...plus a red/black/white/gold color scheme would be pretty cool I think.

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#69

The Kentucky Rough Riders are the only team I'd ever condenser leaving NOLA for. Sabarro loves NOLA so he wants to stay, but a franchise in Kentucky with a horse logo seems prefect.
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(This post was last modified: 04-19-2021, 08:17 AM by hhh81.)

A few seasons ago I mentioned my Cleveland expansion team idea. If I applied for the SHL, that would be it.

That being said, I have another idea that's been around almost the entire time I've been on the site for a J expansion--it fills the wide swaths of the Midwestern US that lack representation right. That idea is the Cedar Rapids Crunchberries. The branding would be red and purple, with yellow highlights (and maybe some minor blue and green, cuz crunchberries!) The logo would be a stylized interpretation of the city of Cedar Rapids logo, the 5-pointed foreground looking like a smaller red crunchberry surrounded by 5 longer-than-normal piece of Cap'n Crunch for the spokes, with a large purple crunchberry in the background. Quaker is a major employer in CR, and their factory blesses (and curses) the city with constant smells.

This is the true embodiment of Cedar Rapids, and I love it.

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#71

It's been too long that the New England Wolfpack have gone without a true rival. Bring me a Montreal based SHL franchise. GIVE IT TO ME.

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#72

While I have always been a big fan of the Pride branding, I prose that we bring in the Paris, Pensylvannia Puppers. This branding would be highly attractive, not only because of the cute factor, but it always brings in a very strong alliteration to the mix.

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#73

I would hate to think about leaving Manhattan but if I had to think of a new team that would catch my attention, it would have to be the Salt Lake City Bishops. They seem like a friendly group and everyone gets a name tag.
#74

There is only one team that could possibly take me away from Hamilton and the is the brand new team out of Little Rock, Arkansas, the Little Cocks. Playing for the Littler Rock Little Cocks would be an absolute dream, hearing the crowd crow every time a goal is scored, the chicken finger gameday giveaways, it really would be a dream come true.

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#75

As a lifelong Wing fan the only team I could ever see leaving the Dragons for and this will never happen is if Detroit gets moved from the SMJHL to the SHL.

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