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If the NHL ever chooses to add a second team in Toronto, that expansion franchise has to hope the Maple Leafs' Stanley Cup drought continues.
Speaking in a hypothetical sense on the topic of a second team in the hockey-mad market, commissioner Gary Bettman said it's one thing to consider.
"If we decided that we were putting a second team in Ontario, and the year the team was supposed to start, the Leafs won the Cup, that second team wouldn't exist," Bettman said in a conversation with George Stroumboulopoulos at a Canadian Club luncheon.
Stroumboulopoulos, the new host of "Hockey Night In Canada" and a self-professed Montreal Canadiens fan, interrupted Bettman to say, "That's a big hypothetical."

Bettman does bring up a good point with having a second team in Ontario.

Bettman continued: "That's part of the dynamic because the attention gets diluted, either two ways or three ways, and when you have historically established teams with great histories and traditions, the second team -- even if the first team isn't having tremendous success at the time -- the second team will never quite get the premier coverage."