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Originally Posted by Monahammer
If our current ownership group/organization has this sort of attitude towards the city, and can't accept a fair deal, I say good riddance. As you said in the bolded, there will be another owner willing to come to Calgary with a team, and it will happen quite soon after a flames team ever tries to leave.
Good riddance to Murray Edwards and his petulance, and good riddance to ken king. Both are (and always have been) dramatically out of touch with the fan base. Hotchkiss is probably spinning in his grave.
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I disagree with this.
The only way an owner would be willing to bring a franchise to Calgary is if the City provides them with a shiny new arena, and that will be a condition that Bettman puts on the relocation of a franchise to Calgary.
Calgary sat 20th in the league last year in revenue, and 19th in operating Income. Why would the NHL relocate a franchise to a team in the bottom third or close to the bottom third of the league currently that makes no sense.
Lets say that the Flames did leave calgary, probably won't happen but lets say they did leave. Calgary would go to pretty much the bottom of the list of relocation and expansion cities that the NHL would consider.
Also as much as we talk about local owners, I'm curious as to who as a local owner would step forward and be willing to buy the team is fund a arena. I can't think of one.