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Originally Posted by CorbeauNoir
None of that is relevant. If the owners are willing to sell what happens in the other 30 cities means nothing, they've leapfrogged over all those other tire fires. That's why Winnipeg claimed the Thrashers and not the Coyotes. Saying "yeah but look at X" doesn't guarantee anything.
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The Coyotes situation is still a tire fire, and still the league's most pressing issue. Hell, the league had to step in to take over security because the last ownership groups was letting things go so badly, and Glendale is broke.
The deal that saved the Coyotes to allow a safe landing spot for the Thrashers is gone. Barroway needs a new arena to keep the Coyotes in Arizona.
Between the Coyotes in the situation they are in, and the Hurricans also being far from a sure thing, that eats up the need for at least two safe landing spots, and probably wants a decent expansion market to keep things balanced as well.
I don't disagree that the league would definitely move a team to make a point. But they won't take away their safety nets for their worst situations out of spite.