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    Helene Elliott: Why a Vegas-Florida Stanley Cup Final is a realization of NHL's Sun Belt-driven dreams

    LOS ANGELES — The NHL's landscape began to shift dramatically when the Florida Panthers and Mighty Ducks debuted as expansion teams in the 1993-94 season. The newcomers embodied themes that would recur throughout Commissioner Gary Bettman's tenure: attracting corporate owners — Blockbuster for the Panthers and Disney for the Ducks — and migrating toward the booming U.S. Sunbelt. Adding ...
    by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times Jun 02, 2023 3 minutes
    An exterior view shows fans arriving for a game between the Anaheim Ducks and the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Oct. 28, 2022, in Las Vegas.

    LOS ANGELES — The NHL's landscape began to shift dramatically when the Florida Panthers and Mighty Ducks debuted as expansion teams in the 1993-94 season.

    The newcomers embodied themes that would recur throughout Commissioner Gary Bettman's tenure: attracting corporate owners — Blockbuster for the Panthers and Disney for the Ducks — and migrating toward the booming U.S. Sunbelt. Adding outposts in Anaheim, inspired by the interest Wayne Gretzky generated with the Kings, and in Florida followed trends and followed the money.

    The Panthers and Ducks each paid an expansion fee of $50 million and

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