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Originally Posted by Jay Random
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.
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But the fans have nothing to do with anything. It is only about money to them and moving the flames would cost every owner in the league.
I think that Bettman is pushing the Seattle deal to happen after CBA negotiations 2020 with the goal to remove Expansion fees from HRR. If (once) he is successful, he will let Houston expand within a few years as well. Then he'll make the case to let Quebec expand for a reduced cost. This evens everything up for the league with 8 teams in Canada and 34 total teams... Just in time for TV deals to be signed.
He could add over 1.5 billion dollars to 31, 32, then thirty 33 teams... Each with the promise that they would be included in the next round of expansion fees with the exception of subsidized Quebec (sound familiar?).
They would get every dollar, which is like double to them under today's deal. That's 50 million per team.
As much as we think about the Flames, I'm willing to bet Bettman barely thinks of us at all.