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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Canadian dollar, sunbelt teams bleeding money, NHL desire to expand rather than move ($$$), subtracting a Canadian team from the huge Canadian TV deal.
Now your turn. How is it the same?
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Canadian dollar was low in the 1990s and is low now. That's the same.
Sunbelt teams were bleeding money then and are bleeding money now, except a few which have built solid fan bases. That's the same.
The NHL was expanding in the 1990s, and is expanding now. That's the same.
The NHL is now getting a large percentage of its national TV money from Canada. At times in the 1990s, it had
no guaranteed-money deal with a U.S. network, so it was getting 100% of its national TV money from Canada. I guess that's a change, but not in the direction that helps your case.
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The Phoenix Coyotes, Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes mostly.
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You said this:
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Moving the Flames, with multiple markets in financial dire straits, would likely lead to huge fan backlash across Canada
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What have the Coyotes, Panthers or Hurricanes got to do with that claim? Extremely few fans in Canada care at all about those three franchises.
Stop trying to move the goalposts.