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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
There is nothing stopping Murray Edwards from moving his oil and gas business to North Carolina.
Except of course, the economic conditions which make it profitable in Alberta don't exist in Carolina.
But if he wants to run his companies at a loss, who am I to stop him?
Let him threaten to move the Flames to Kansas City.
I'm sure all his buds on the Board of Governors would be THRILLED to have a team move from one of the most profitable locations for an NHL team to a complete unknown market that is not traditionally a hockey market.
Sounds like a smart business strategy.
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The BOG probably would love that. That would:
1) Lower the players $ share as league wide revenue would decline, but it wouldn't hurt their team's revenue at all (except maybe edmonton/vancouver)
2) Open up a hugely lucrative opportunity for them to move either move their team or threaten to move to extort an arena deal from their local government
3) If nobody actually moves, then they could expand to Calgary, and collect a big fat expansion fee. Pair it with a QC expansion in the east, and the owners could split on the order of a half billion
Of course, Murray Edwards didn't become hugely wealthy by doing stupid things. Threatening to move might be good business, but actually moving certainly wouldn't be.