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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The fact that the league has fought so hard to keep the team in Phoenix flies in the face of your argument that franchise value is the only factor.
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I listed the two factors, didn't say franchise value was the only factor. But it is huge.
Let's not get snippy here. I firmly believe that if franchises were freely moving from city to city that the group in Seattle would never have ponied up $600 million for an expansion franchise.
Limiting franchise movement absolutely keeps the value of an NHL franchise high. IMO that is precisely why they have fought so hard to make a franchise work in Phoenix.