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Originally Posted by kunkstyle
Not sure if serious. It was the bolded part that the WTF was directed at. Moving a failing franchise to immediately place another franchise there. To, you know. Fail.
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There are steps that the NHL could take to make the Phoenix market more viable for the NHL. They could endorse a minor hockey, try to help more rinks be built for public use and, perhaps most importantly, get second hand hockey equipment down to Phoenix or in some other way lower the cost of playing hockey.
Some solid grass roots programs along these lines could help butter the locals up for the next time the NHL tries to brute-force a franchise into a southern market.