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Originally Posted by Jay Random
The pig was kept on life support in Arizona to keep it from moving to Vegas or Seattle before the new owners bought expansion franchises.
I believe it's being allowed to move to Utah now because Utah wasn't on the league's list of desirable expansion markets; just as the Thrashers were allowed to move to Winnipeg because the league never had any intention of selling an expansion team there.
Money talks. The difference between a $200 million relocation fee (as reported for Utah) and a $1 billion expansion fee (rumoured for Atlanta and Houston) talks with a really big amplifier.
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Smith was still willing to pay $1.2 billion no matter what you call it. The NHL owners are foregoing $1 billion to extricate themselves from Meruelo.