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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The NHL has a vested interest in preserving their obscene expansion fees and better off propping up existing teams than do something that destroys that value the next time around. Which is evidenced by their actions in Phoenix.
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This was certainly true until SEA was finalized, but I'm not so sure anymore. I think the league/owners might be quite happy to get a few relocation fees (rumoured to be ~$200M)
It's not too long until they need to start playing the extortion game with a few cities like Anaheim, San Jose, Ottawa...it wouldn''t hurt to have a more recent example to point to.