Whatever the league says publicly, I think privately, it will have the team's plans for next year mapped out within a couple weeks. If Glendale won't fund another year of losses and there is no realistic hope of a local owner landing, the league will probably have to act to sell to a new market in time to announce right after the Stanley Cup is handed out. Neither Quebec nor Seattle is quite ready, so they will need maximum time to prepare for next season if the league has to go down that route.
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