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Originally Posted by TX_Flame
Well neither of those teams sold for that much, so I really don't understand the point of your post.
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My comment really stemmed from your assertion that the "league was over a barrel" with the Thrashers situation. Maybe we have different definitions of what that means but since the league runs a legal monopoly I would argue it is impossible for them to be "over a barrel". They get to call the shots on expansion, relo and almost everything else. Hell they even shut their league down for a year and a half to get the salary cap they wanted in collective bargaining.
As I already stated they have options when teams want to move and the NHL had their reasons for cutting the deal they did with True North. When people are wiling to pay $500 million for a piece of the action that should tell you something.