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troutman · 09-14-2011, 03:50 PM

Aubut: NHL in Quebec City soon
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL.../18686221.html

Marcel Aubut, who sold the Quebec Nordiques 16 years ago, says he thinks NHL hockey will return to the provincial capital within two years.

Six U.S. NHL franchises are in trouble and ripe for relocation, Aubut told QMI Agency.

Aubut says his hometown could have had a team sooner had a new arena been ready by this year, but the $400-million facility won't be completed until 2015.

That means an NHL team that relocates in 2013 would have to play its first two seasons in the Pepsi Colisee, a 61-year-old facility that's not up to NHL standards.

"If we had (built) earlier, we would have had a team today, not Winnipeg," he said of the Atlanta Thrashers' move to Manitoba in May.

"I know that (NHL commissioner Gary) Bettman would have chosen Quebec City way before Winnipeg.

09-14-2011, 03:50 PM	#59
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Aubut: NHL in Quebec City soon http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL.../18686221.html Marcel Aubut, who sold the Quebec Nordiques 16 years ago, says he thinks NHL hockey will return to the provincial capital within two years. Six U.S. NHL franchises are in trouble and ripe for relocation, Aubut told QMI Agency. Aubut says his hometown could have had a team sooner had a new arena been ready by this year, but the $400-million facility won't be completed until 2015. That means an NHL team that relocates in 2013 would have to play its first two seasons in the Pepsi Colisee, a 61-year-old facility that's not up to NHL standards. "If we had (built) earlier, we would have had a team today, not Winnipeg," he said of the Atlanta Thrashers' move to Manitoba in May. "I know that (NHL commissioner Gary) Bettman would have chosen Quebec City way before Winnipeg.