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LonJowett

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  1. Why should they? You are right.

    No, you're wrong because they aren't even looking at expansion as an option now. The only cities that could get teams right now are Quebec, Kansas, Seattle, and longshots Milwaukee and Las Vegas. They could easily fill those with existing underperformers if only to avoid contraction.

    I can dream of Regina getting a team, but I agree it ain't happening.

  2. And that gets to the crux, all the owners want expansion, not contraction or move a team, because the real money is buying the rights to own.All the onwers share that , what is essentially free money, and none of them want to give that up.

    Not really. They can add a relocation fee that is just as much a blank cheque as an expansion fee. Look at what the Atlanta Thrashers owners got to keep of the $170 million purchase price.

  3. A team can't draw Province-wide for long. THere will always be a trickle of some fans from afar, but not the bulk of fans. Right now the Jets are a novelty and draw from great distances I'm sure.

    Have you been to the Prairies? There's nothing to draw from. I've done the drive from Winnipeg to Regina many, many times. Cows don't attend hockey games.

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