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Originally Posted by FanIn80
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.
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Bettman worked pretty hard to keep the Flames here back in the SOF days.