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Has San Francisco ever had a franchise in the NHL ?
A City of this size ? If not, why not ?
Yes
The San Francisco Seals were the original name of the franchise that eventually became known as teh California Seals/Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals and Cleveland Barons before merging with the Minnesota North Stars in 1977. (the name San Francisco Seals is used in the Montreal Gazette and New York Times articles announcing the NHL expansion in February 1966)
The San Francisco Seals were a WHL franchise from 1961-1966 and when the NHL expanded in 1967, they admitted the San Francisco Seals as a franchise (similar to what happened in 1970 when the Vancouver Canucks, also a former WHL franchise was admitted).
The original owner of the franchise (Barry van Verbig) was able to obtain the franchise by poromising CBS and the NHL that he would build a brand new arena in San Francisco (the arena never happened) and in the meantime, the team played in Oakland. In August 1967, the team officially changed their name to California Seals, and 3 months later they changed their name to the Oakland Seals (despite the other 11 governors voting unanaimously against it).
Van Verbig eventually gave up on the arena idea tried to move the team to Vancouver (sold to a group of Vancouver investors) and Buffalo (sold to Labatts), but the League vetoed both sales believing that the Bay area would work. A third sale was also vetoed by the NHL (a group involving MLB Hall of Famer Whitey Ford that wanted to move the team as well), before van Verbig was eventually allowed to sell the team locally to Charles Finley (owner of the Oakland A's, and the man who originally convinced the NHL Governors to wear white at home).
The NHL's 1966 charter amendment (available at the Hockey Hall of Fame) lists San Francisco as the franchise awardee as well, and it's well covered in the 1997 NHL Encyclopaedia 'Total Hockey'
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NHL 2010 Playoffs - San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado Avalanche Preview
NHL Playoffs Conference Finals Anaheim Mighty Ducks-Edmonton Oilers
It's hard to believe that No.8 seed Edmonton is in the East Conference Finals but they have proved to everybody they deserve to be there and they want to keep proving it and get all the way to the finals.
Edmonton barely made it into the playoffs but they have made a lot of noise since they did. The Oilers shut down the powerful Red Wings for a stunning first-round upset and then rolled over San Jose with four straight wins after dropping the first two.
Edmonton is one of the fastest teams in the league and they are taking advantage of that and finding a way to win with it. On the other side they might be concern of the size of the Ducks that can take advantage of that plus Edmonton doesn't have as many natural scorers as Anaheim; which could hurt them in the offensive department. They'll have to be concerned with Roloson as well because he tends to give up a lot of rebounds and that might mean more goals for the Ducks.
Meanwhile the Ducks has displayed an incredible playoff performance as they left out Calgary in a seven game war and sweep Colorado in four games. Now they will face Edmonton in the Conference Finals.
The Mighty Ducks use their quickness and strength to force turnovers and they have big players who create traffic in front of the other team's net. Anaheim's most important asset these days seems to be its penalty kill which destroyed Colorado in round two.
But they have a few weakness, they have tended to be a little sluggish early in games and have found themselves trailing after the first period on more than one occasion. That could be dangerous against the Oilers.
The comeback of their star Teemu Selanne has kept the offense with a good rhythm and he's made a few important goals to help his team to be where they are.
If you are a hockey fan don't miss the opportunity to enjoy these playoffs a little more by betting on them. Most sportsbooks will have lines and props for this playoffs series. Do some homework and take your winner pick on the road to the Stanley Cup.
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