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Originally Posted by dissentowner
The Flames are not going anywhere. If the Flames ownership can't get an arena deal done they will be forced to sell to another group that will. That is the way the NHL works under Bettman, there are plenty of suitors willing to buy the team and keep them in Calgary. Edwards can't just take his ball and go elsewhere, it doesn't work that way.
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Yeah I can't see the NHL working so hard to keep a market like Arizona in the NHL while completely abandoning Calgary and poisoning the well so to speak. Even if Edwards finds a way to convince all the other shareholders to abandon ship, he's going to have to convince what is it, 17 other owners to pull out of a Canadian market with all the history and the Battle of Alberta and etc? No chance. The NHL and Edwards can talk big in order to gain some leverage, but in the end, the Flames are staying put and we'll get an arena one of these days.