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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I would be stunned if the NHL intervenes or relocation is announced before the auction process is complete. Not happening.
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We are completing year 2 of what was supposed to be 3 years in the Mullet, which was in service of an extortion for public money. That extortion failed.
So one question is - does the league want their typical "this is not a threat...but if you don't pay us we'll just move" threat to actually mean: "if you kick us out of one building and refuse to help us build another one then we'll just politely wait around and try again later"?
We're right at the start of a bunch of teams wanting new buildings to replace their current ones built in the early 90s. It makes a lot of sense for the league to put its money where its mouth is the validate their threats.
SLC is actually at the front of the line on this as their building opened in 1991. So I expect that if this relocation goes through it will include some not so subtle caveats about the need for a new building or else they'll move again.