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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
Or they are still preparing for either scenario going into next year. If another city was going to be a "backup plan," preparations would have to be being made to that end.
The NHL very well might have a "agreement" with a city saying that we'll get you a team, whether by relocation, or by expansion - be ready for it. Relocation could happen sooner than expansion.
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Yeah, they'd just be leaving it very late if they let this run into July. That wouldn't leave much time to get things rolling in a new market unless the process was well underway ahead of time, which is something that would be hard to keep quiet.