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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
If Winnipeg was really getting a team, they'd have announced it by now.
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I don't think the NHL would want to announce a relocation during the playoffs or to a much lesser extent while the Moose are still in the hunt for the Calder. Not to say that they will move but I think they're (The NHL's) preferred timing of such an annoucement would be the first Friday afternoon after the final game of the SCF.
As an aside... why didn't the city just buy the team? I mean 116M (Initial Bond number) + 25M (set aside for the NHL) + all the money that they've spent on legal fees + the arena management cost savings (97M less expenses). That's gotta be at least close to the Hulsizer deal... or is there a law in Arizona that precludes that? I mean at least with that deal they'd be getting an asset that they could sell if no suitable ownership group were to arise instead of just a bunch of lost money.