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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
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.
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I mean, I don't really remember Bettman doing a whole lot to save the Nordiques. To his credit, he got us the salary cap that allowed most of the rest of the Canadian teams to survive (TOR and MTL didn't really need it), but fighting to keep teams in four cities (Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver) is different than just fighting to keep a team in Calgary.
If this city doesn't want a new arena, then it doesn't want pro sports or marque concerts and events either. Can't see anyone fighting to keep an NHL team in a city like that.