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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
Phoenix would have been thrilled to move anywhere for the past 5 years, but the NHL wasn't having any of it. Why would moving a team to Calgary be any different?
The NHL does not need to expand it's Canadian market, it already has it cornered. They'll move a team here if they absolutely have to, but they clearly see it at a last resort.
There's no way they are letting another team move to Calgary to play in a 30 year old rink.
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Arizona is still in Arizona because they have to give money back from the US tv deal without the Arizona market. Even though nobody watches them, the idea that they could go on a run and capture the state is a big deal to NBC. Trading a 5M+ metro area in the southern US for a government town in Quebec isn't going to sit well with the suits.