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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
I don't see the comparison, they had a very small arena in a small city(500K) that effectively had devalued an existing franchise's fan base. Quebec effectively took fans away from Montreal and then gave them back. The Habs owners were probably thrilled with Quebec's move.
That being said, i could certainly see the Flames being sold, but not for any similarity to the Quebec scenario.
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You can make the argument that two Alberta teams split the market and devalue each other too, especially since neither one has anything close to the market size of Montreal. At ground-level there's plenty of Nordiques fans out there that abhor the thought of supporting the Habs but why wouldn't monopolizing pro hockey in Alberta be any less desirable to the surviving owners than it was in Quebec?