[Senator Clay Davis]

The Flames owners will not move the team themselves, if anything they'll sell the team to someone who will move them. But moving the team devalues it, possibly significantly. One thing that I think makes it virtually impossible for the Flames to leave is that this city is, outside Toronto, the corporate capital of Canada. Way too much money in this city to just leave it for Seattle or Kansas City or Las Vegas. The NHL BOG might not even approve a move of a team that is not in financial distress at all to a poorer market.

So the threat of moving is more or less empty. Selling the team is another thing, but again the NHL BOG might not even allow the team to be moved. If they keep money losing, poorly attended Phoenix there, why move from profitable, well attended, very rich Calgary?