Board Of Governers Meeting today

[Shinyshoes]

I'm sure it has been posted in other forums, but here it is anyhow:




WHL SPECIAL MEETING THURSDAY
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CALGARY, AB - The Western Hockey League Board of Governors will be holding a
special meeting on Thursday, March 16th, 2006 in Calgary, Alberta at the
Telus Convention Centre (South Building, 120 - 9th Ave SE) to review the
expansion application from the City of Edmonton, future WHL Conference
re-Alignment and the proposed sale of the Portland Winter Hawks.

Following the WHL Board of Governors Meeting, WHL Commissioner Ron Robison
will be available for comments in the Glen Room (#205) at the Telus
Convention Centre, across from the WHL Board of Governors' meeting room.

The WHL will also be issuing a media release immediately following the
meetings.

Members of the media who are requesting interviews with the WHL Commissioner
are asked to arrive at the Convention Centre at 3:00 PM. The meeting is
scheduled to conclude at 3:00 PM.

For more information, please contact Leroy McKinnon at the WHL Office at
403-693-3040, cell at 403-462-2820 or email at mckinnonl@whl.ca.


Anyone have any comments on Edmonton getting another Franchise?

[Tinner]

Edmonton ? did receive a conditional franchise and what conditional means, i'm not sure.

But to answer your question, I think its great. Swift goes back to the East, where they should be, Kootenay moves to the Central, which is the closest divisional place they should be and one can only guess at what kind of rivalries there will be between Cgy, Edm and the Rebels. I think it will also help in scheduling, as there is another team they can book for week night games that the travel team still gets home early enough for the kids in school.

the question is; can the system supply a good or decent caliber of players to support 22 major junior teams. We have noticed a decline in the talent level with 20 teams.

[2,5,andagame]

I wonder about the talent level as well, and if the 16 yr olds are limited in the coming years, how much more will that water it down?