Talk:New York Americans

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I see no reason to merge the entries. It is already the practice that shifted franchises keep their old entries -- cf. the separate entries for the Whalers, the Nordiques, the North Stars, the Jets, etc. -- and technically the Tigers and the Americans were not the same franchise: the New York franchise was granted *before* Hamilton's was revoked. See Charles Coleman's Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol I. A mention in both articles as to the disposition of Hamilton's players makes sense, but no more than that. RGTraynor 10:40, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

That is fair enough. Basically, I noticed that both articles were stubs and both articles are "almost" the same team. I put the requested merger up to see what other people thought. I actually agree that they are better as separate articles. Thanks for your insight. I will take down my merger request. Masterhatch 6 August 2005
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