It's safe to say that when it comes to expansion, everyone is a fan. While this isn't completely expansion, it basically is at the same time. The Simulation Hockey League head honchos have decided that each SHL team is going to be getting their own affiliate team. I'm assuming SHL = Pro/Farm and SMJHL becomes it's more junior self. Every GM gets to pick where their city is located but for the Los Angeles Panthers, they did things a little different. California has numerous amazing places to play the game of hockey and they know this with how strong, loyal and dedicated their own fan base is. Knowing they'd have a farm system right by will likely excite their fans and allow everyone, including fans, to keep an eye on their farm system to make sure things are gilding well. Numerous ideas were thrown around until eventually they decided to go with the location or San Jose and the team name of Barracudas. The jerseys seemingly came out amazingly and are a mixture of St. Louis Blues and the San Jose Sharks. Similar patterns to the Sharks, similar blue to the jersey of the Blues and of course, the legendary Barracuda logo.

Once they had all the big things like that out of the way, the idea was rolling. They'd be using the San Jose Sharks arena, obviously on off nights or earlier in the day and will be doing promotion throughout the off-season to really kick things off. To really get things going off on a start, they want to see what the ceiling is for the team. The first game is entirely free and they encourage as many people that can get their hands on the free tickets sold online to get them ASAP as they're estimated to sell out in 5 minutes or less. We imagine it's going to be closer to yes. It's still great level of talent and it's free. PACK THE HOUSE! The first game is going to be in a couple of weeks when the pre-season takes off and they're going to be playing Toronto's newest affiliate, the Hamilton Grizzlies. Puck drops at 8. If you beat the lines are are seated prior to 730, there's a special show and they're giving away free nachos. YES!