I'll ask the same thing I asked in the plan b thread: move where? There's too many tire fire franchises and not enough soft landing spots, especially with another expansion team slot still hanging unresolved. There's nowhere in the west that has the interest or the arena needed to take a pro team and no space to relocate east.
If the owners are really so short-sighted as to dismantle all of their calgary-centered investments because they won't chip in their fair share on an arena, sooner or later someone else with deep pockets will understand the value of investing in the premier sports and event venue for a city of 1.3 million people and Calgary suddenly becomes the soft landing spot in a buyers market. If playing it the way Winnipeg did is what it takes to do it right, so be it.
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