NHL meets with group interested in New Orleans expansion [Video]

Could New Orleans land an NHL expansion team?NHL reporter Kevin Weekes reports, per a conversation he had with NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly, that a group interested in bringing an expansion team to New Orleans, recently met in New York City with league executives. New Orleans played host to minor league hockey from 1997-2002 when the New Orleans Brass called the city home. The Brass originally played in the Municipal Auditorium and then in the New Orleans Arena (now Smoothie King Center).Talk of NHL expansion started last summer when businessman Nic Perkin discussed the topic at a press conference while announcing minor league hockey was returning to Monroe. “If Las Vegas can stand up a championship hockey team in the middle of desert, New Orleans can stand up one in the middle of the bayou.” Perkin said. According to a report from The Illuminator, in response Perkin’s comments, Louisiana Governor …