The NHL is reportedly considering one of two major Texas cities for its next round of expansion

The NHL's past information of description — which included nan Vegas Golden Knights, Seattle Kraken, and, if you want to get technical, Utah Mammoth — has been thing short of a success, truthful why not spell from 32 teams to 33 aliases possibly more?

Well, according to a study from ESPN's Emily Kaplan, nan NHL is gearing up to commencement its adjacent description process pinch 2 Lone Star State options: Austin and Houston.

Kaplan reported that this was discussed astatine nan league's committee of governors gathering connected Tuesday successful New York City, and it shows wherever nan league's caput mightiness beryllium erstwhile it comes to wherever they'd for illustration to spell next.

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The NHL is reportedly eyeing Houston aliases Austin for its adjacent description team. (iStock)

Atlanta (yes, for a 3rd time) has emerged arsenic a imaginable description destination, and a return to Arizona has besides been floated successful nan past. Of course, Quebec City is ever portion of nan conversation, and nan thought of a 2nd squad successful nan Toronto marketplace continues to make interest.

But according to Kaplan's report, nan convention is zeroing successful connected Texas, a elephantine authorities location to conscionable 1 squad arsenic it stands, nan Dallas Stars.

The American Hockey League's Texas Stars presently play successful an Austin suburb. (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/Getty Images)

Both cities person immoderate lucky history. Austin has been location to insignificant convention teams, including nan existent Texas Stars, Dallas' AHL affiliate, who play successful 1 of nan city's suburbs.

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As for Houston, it has been location to a fewer different iterations of nan Houston Aeros, pinch nan astir notable being nan World Hockey Association type successful nan 1970s, which astatine 1 constituent featured Gordie Howe.

Gordie, Marty, and Mark Howe played for nan WHA's Houston Aeros successful nan 1970s. (Bettmann / Contributor)

Of course, location are a ton of factors that spell into description — including uncovering personification who tin pony up nan rumored $2 cardinal description interest — but nan markets themselves coming 2 very different opportunities.

Austin is nan biggest marketplace successful nan state without a squad successful 1 of nan 4 awesome North American leagues. The NHL would person a chance to beryllium nan first, and that was a strategy that worked retired good successful Las Vegas.

Of course, it besides didn't wounded that nan Golden Knights person been competitory each play since they entered nan league.

But, connected nan different hand, Houston is 1 of nan biggest markets nan NHL is not a portion of. Sure, Houston is simply a monolithic TV market, but they would besides beryllium trying to compete for fans' attraction and money pinch established organizations successful nan Astros, Rockets and Texans.

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Who knows which 1 it will be, aliases whether they yet move to different destination.

Whatever nan case, it seems nan NHL is getting superior astir description .