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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I doubt very much the franchise goes to Quebec as it would screw up the recently made re-alignment and none of the teams moved to the East will move back. It looks like the only way Quebec gets a team in the near future is by one of the Eastern franchises re-locating.
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Is there precedent for this, though? I can't see the NHL being at a point where they have;
a) a team ready to move, and;
b) an ownership group and arena ready
and then saying "Well this would be perfect, except we just re-aligned our divisions, so unfortunately you guys will have to wait until an eastern team is in trouble, but thanks for being ready!!
We've certainly seen the opposite where the league has a team ready to move and an ownership group ready in Winnipeg, and then they just played them in the former team's division until they realigned.
Maybe sureloss or someone else more in the know could point to a time where they've ditched a move over alignment issues, but I just couldn't see them doing it from a business perspective.