For those people that keep saying that the NHL won’t return to Winnipeg, you might want to return to this article from last season. There have also been discussions about moving the NHL back to Quebec City and Winnipeg.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has allegedly said he would rather see the Phoenix Coyotes move to Winnipeg than Hamilton, according to documents filed in the team's bankruptcy court case.
Earl Scudder, a lawyer who works for Coyotes majority owner Jerry Moyes, filed an affidavit Friday that said Bettman told him this last month when told there was a buyer interested in buying the team and moving it to southern Ontario.
According to The Canadian Press news agency, Bettman allegedly told Scudder that Hamilton's Copps Coliseum isn't an ideal destination because it's over 30 years old, saying "if the team did return to Canada, it would be Winnipeg," according to the filed document.
The statement went on to say the only way Bettman would allow a second NHL team in southern Ontario was through expansion.
Winnipeg lost its NHL club in 1996 when the Jets moved to Phoenix.
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Ok I will concede southern Ontario as a likely place but even that is a long shot. Why? The Toronto Maple Laughs would need a lot of money in exchange for giving up territory in their own back yard.
ReplyDeleteI still say it will be a long time before we ever see the NHL back in Canada.
Winnlesspeg and Qubec are living in a dream. Never going to happen.
We can bet a beer on it if you would like?
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