Chiming in from Boston but hoping for the return of the Expos. MLB Commissioner Manfred has gone out of his way to give his support for the return of baseball to Montreal. That is huge. Baseball wants to expand to 32 teams. I believe that will occur within five to ten years. So Montreal could have up to four different scenarios to get back into the league (Oakland, Tampa, two expansion teams). I would bet that baseball wants one team East and one team West. Montreal and Portland, Oregon or Vegas . I sincerely think it's going to happen.
The big issue with the Nordiques is Jeremy Jacobs. He steers the NHL bus and what he says, goes. Houston will get the next NHL team, either by expansion or relocation. Bettman has said in the past that he would like to 'right a wrong' in Quebec and Winnipeg. And Bill Daly has said that he would imagine QC would be back at some point. That probably drove QC to build the arena. But as long as Jacobs is in charge of the owners, won't happen. The Expos don't have that problem so far as I can see.
Good luck and best wishes (from a Bruins fan at that!
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