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Adam wrote on Mon, 05 June 2023 12:08

Can you imagine a sports league having teams go bust mid-season? That would be incredibly disruptive. I don't even know what happens to the players from teams like that. Is there a mid-season waiver frenzy? Everyone's a free agent?

Just bizarre to even think about.


Highly unlikely we'll ever have another team fold midseason in the Big Four or Big Six? when the WHA and ABA were around but depending on the league either A) everyone becomes a UFA or B) A Dispersal draft occurs ASAP.

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Read Message Season 1, 1972-73: The Alberta Oilers
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Read Message Season 2, 1973-74; Second verse, same as the first
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Read Message Season 3, 1974-75: Jacques Plante was an Oiler?!
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Read Message Season 4, 1975-76: NORM!!!
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Read Message Season 5, 1976-77; welcome Slats and Peter Puck
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Read Message Season 6: 1977-78; Steady improvement
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Read Message Season 39 (NHL 32), 2011-12: Enter the Nuge
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Read Message Season 41 (NHL 34); 2013-14: Eakins' World
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Read Message Season 43 (NHL 36); 2015-16: 5-14-6-1
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Read Message Season 44 (NHL 37); 2016-17: Playoffs?! PLAYOFFS!
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Read Message Season 46 (NHL 39), 2018-19; A resounding thud
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