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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Are folks OK losing the Flames over the building issue? That is - if the owners don't think they can get a good deal here and choose to go elsewhere where they can get public support - are folks OK with that?
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Not even an option. Non-starter and not even in the conversation.
If they cant haul the Coyotes out of Phoenix and the Oilers' blundered 'Seattle Walkabout' it isnt even up for discussion.
The Flames cant simply 'choose to move' because the League basically wont let them so long as they are profitable.
Thats the thing, while it is 'Their Business' they have to operate within the constraints placed upon them by the NHL.
They have the Financial Capital available to build their own arena. They just dont want to. And who can blame them? Thats fine. But then this is the game that gets played.
The real issue is that Ken King more or less promised, verbatim, that they werent going to ransom the City the way the Oilers did and then proceeded to effectively do just that.