We also don't know what incentives the investment group in Utica is offering the Flames.
It is easy to say that such and such city will be a great hockey market for an AHL team, but I think the Flames are more concerned with limiting the financial risk of running an AHL team rather than really building a long lasting AHL franchise. If the group in Utica is taking most of the financial burden, then I think the Flames will choose them over another city.
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