it could happen - there are a bunch of American teams whose owners want out and there are no buyers - Las Vegas and Kansas City supposedly want NHL teams, Vegas doesn't have a building yet. Atlanta almost for sure is headed to Winnipeg if the Manitoba government helps out which they should. Phoenix still has no buyer, the city of Glendale is for some crazy reason guaranteeing 25 million dollars for next year to cover the NHL's losses - so a year from now Phoenix could be looking for a new home. Florida Panthers are hopeless, nobody even knows they are still in the league, nobody goes to their games.
It's inevitable that the NHL puts another team in Southern Ontario, they should just do it now and get it over with. If New York has 3 NHL teams and they all survive then Southern Ontario which has more hockey fans than anywhere on the planet should have 2 - could support 3 easily but 2 is enough. The NHL has always worried about Buffalo when considering a 2nd team in Southern Ontario but Buffalo now has a billionaire owner who is passionate about the Sabres so there's not much reason anymore to worry about Buffalo.
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