If you don't believe hockey should be in hot weather locations the NHL is not going to grow past about 25 teams. You can take out Florida, Tampa, Carolina, Arizona, Dallas, Vegas and the California teams.
Question is whether Houston market would support hockey. The Aeros were reasonably well supported in the AHL but that is minor league. Houston is a very different market than Dallas, and no doubt it would cannibalize some "corporate" attendance from Rockets. But Houston is a big city with many corporate head offices.
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