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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Again, no they didn't. They paid that money to get an NHL franchise, not to be gifted a contender.
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but part of the argument for a higher entry fee was to not have to start so far down in a hole - no one was suggesting (or intending) to gift them a contender (that just happened), but getting them off to a MUCH better start than past expansion teams was definitely a conscious decision.