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Originally Posted by New Era
You can only get expansion fees if someone is willing to pay them. If there isn't interest, and the league seriously wants to get into a market, then the other avenue is relocation. That's just the reality. The league likely recognizes that it is a 32 team league - max. They will expand by one more team, but after that, they will play the NFL card and move teams around. There are only a few sacred cows that would be on the "never move" list, but Calgary is not one of those teams. Relocation is a possibility. I wouldn't say a great one, but if the arena deal doesn't go down soon, and ownership continues to see no light at the end of that tunnel, relocation becomes a viable strategy, especially if Houston is available as a target.
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Difference being in the NHL most of the relocations involve the owner taking the team to a different city. That is not the scenario in Houston for the NHL. The Rockets owner, Fertitta, wants to own the team.
So if Edwards is done here, he’d have to sell.