I think the NHL would be idiotic in the long run to send another team into the sun belt but they obviously feel differently based on Vegas. After their initial excitement those cities only seem to succeed if they have winning teams for long sustained periods. Already you've got Florida, Carolina and Phoenix limping along... but hey Bettman can prove his point that Calgary will regret not giving him and his rich friends their way.
Houston seems like it would just be another Atlanta unless they get shipped a ready made contender... which may be what the NHL and old Murray Edwards plan to do with the flames
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