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Samsung virtual assistant · 12-13-2020, 06:36 PM

Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver would be my bet. Montreal in the SHLverse is one of my favourite places, going back to the Montreal Impact. Rebranding it to Militia was a shame and after that we even saw a relocation. big sad.

Vive le Impact.

Naosu · 12-13-2020, 06:43 PM

I would say put it somewhere in Canada. My history knowledge doesn't go back too far but Edmonton, Calgary, and Hamilton have all been great the past 10 or so seasons. Out of those cities, I would pick Calgary.

*kenvald* · 12-13-2020, 06:48 PM

I have an unorthodox idea for where it should be located. The idea is that it should be everywhere. It should be a travelling Hall of Fame. Similarly to a travelling circus. Imagine a Hall of Fame exhibit that's always on the move. The schedule for it should be a separate state and city each or every other month. The eligible cities would be every city which has an SHL team.

A travelling Hall of Fame is better in every way to a stationary one.
1) It enables every fan that lives close to an SHL city to visit the Hall of Fame. Instead of forcing everyone to travel to one specific location. Which can cost fans thousands of dollars.
2) Because of #1 more people will visit and bring in more ticket money and more merchandise sold.
3) When the Hall of Fame moves to a new city/state it would be made an event which will bring more attention to the league.
4) It would create more jobs. One set of jobs for those that follow the Hall of Fame around wherever it goes. And another set of jobs local to the city it's in at the time for setup and teardown.
5) It would improve the local economy of each eligible city because of the attention and influx of tourists.
6) Having the Hall of Fame stay on each location for only a month would still make it an exciting event even though it's a recurring one. This means the Hall of Fame would visit each city once every 18 months. Making it a novelty and something to look forward to each time.

On top of all of this. The teams in the league are very well located to allow for a travelling path that won't really create any detours or wasted gas(except Tampa). See below for my suggested path.
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***Lime*** · 12-13-2020, 07:02 PM

There are lots of significant places in SHL history. The original six teams are Calgary, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Toronto, Wisconsin, and West Kendall. Obviously it shouldn't be in West Kendall, and Wisconsin died after 4 minutes so those don't make a ton of sense. Which leaves us with Winnipeg, Calgary, Toronto, and Hamilton. Between Toronto and Hamilton, I don't think we need a Hall of Fame competing with the inferior NHL one already located in Toronto. Winnipeg has a good claim, being the very first Challenge Cup winners and a huge part of shaping the league's course in the early days. There is Calgary, who have won a record tying 8 Challenge Cups in history, and have been a dominant team since the beginning. But that opens up discussion for Edmonton, who are the co-holders of that record while appearing in two more Challenge Cup finals. Edmonton first appeared in season 2, so they might not exactly have the historical foothold Calgary gets with being an original six. In summary, I think the final decision is very close between Calgary and Winnipeg. Winnipeg has 6 Cup wins which is actually still top tier, which takes away a bit from Calgary's dominance angle. Winnipeg is also closer to the east coast. There's not a huge west coast presence in this league, just the California teams, Alberta teams, and now Seattle. I would have to give the win to Winnipeg based on these facts. I think everyone would be happy with that except maybe their rivals in Calgary and Edmonton, and it would be a morale boost to the Jets who need a little something to get back into the upper echelon of teams again.

Outside choices? Putting literally anything in Ohio would appease the weird Ohioan freaks that keep trying to move Buffalo to Cleveland or whatever the hell. Having the Hall in Las Vegas would be really fun and bring back memories of the good ol' Las Vegas Kings. Montreal is a place the has been really neglected by the SHL. Perhaps they should take the Hall and we can continue to never have an SHL franchise there.

Maybe Wisconsin is a real target? They could feel out interest in SHL hockey there and potentially move to Wisconsin in a future expansion. It's certainly time for the Monarchs... er uh something else to return to the league.

Ok just put the thing in Winnipeg where it belongs. Hopefully they don't relocate.

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