The NHL is an acquired taste for those of us who grew up in the South. Here's why expansion hasn't worked as well as it could - and what can be done to help it along.
If you're anything like me, and the odds say that at least some of you are, then you grew up in a land of football. Professional, collegiate, and prep level. The entire state of Florida did not have a single professional sport franchise outside of the NFL until 1988. What's hard to believe is we then welcomed seven (that's SEVEN) expansion teams from across the sporting world over the next ten years.