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Originally Posted by Lubicon
I've generally been against relocation and in favor of expansion but in the case of Houston I might be convinced otherwise. Keeping a team in the western conference is pretty crucial to the NHL and this would fit the bill. two relocation candidates come to mind:
Arizona: but the problem here is they play in the Pacific division and Houston should logically be placed in the Central division. That could be fixed by moving Colorado to the Pacific (Mountain time zone, same as Alberta teams).
Carolina:
Win in that it helps rebalance the NHL by adding another team to the west from the east.
Both solutions would get rid of a weak franchise, and would allow the NHL to remain in a southern market (important).
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It would solve nothing. You would just have the same attendance issues in a new location.