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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Yeah, but they paid for the privilege and it's great for the league. In the past, new teams would languish for years, which makes it difficult to build a strong fan base. In Vegas, they have some great roots established for a strong franchise, and that is good for the league.
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As much as it sucks for Flames fans for a new divisional rival become immediately good it doesn't do a lot of good for the league to put a new franchise in a market like LV that languishes in mediocrity for years as it did with the Jackets. Even if they stumble in the coming years they have built up a pretty good fanbase.