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| quote: | Originally posted by TCB
did you even read what i wrote??
listen to that interview for gods sake. slaps head. go back up 10 posts. |
i saw there was an interview posted, but i'm too lazy to listen to it  <3
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okay now i watched it. you took what i said out of context in the sense that while i by no means know everything there is to know, and what i do know is mostly second hand information, i've come to the understanding that even without gary bettman saying it in that interview, the nhl is not looking to relocate teams or expand at this point, and even if it did, canadian locations are not their primary target. while some american markets the nhl has come to have not supported their teams as enthusiastically as they had predicted or hoped, i'm still under the impression if any team did move or any expansion markets were to be considered, they would be american. he's being diplomatic by saying "if we were to have a team in canada again it'd be winnipeg (or quebec)" as there are, offhand (and i'm sure they've done some research into it, but not their 'due diligence') able to support teams again economically.
the sale will take several weeks to finalize as the nhl commitee has final sale on pending sales, and by the time that's done, there won't be any time left in the 6 week window remaining to have the board properly evaluate any proposal by jim basille to relocate the team. it's also well rumored that if he does acquire the team, which hinges on his desire to relocate the predators imo (just like the penguins in which the nhl flat out said no and that's rumored to be why he withdrew his bid to buy them), the nhl likely wouldn't let him relocate the team this year.
i still say, bring back the jets, bring back the nordiques, but take your pick at any number of 'rumored' (is that a better way of putting it?) reasons as to why it'd be unfortunately unlikely to happen. 
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