Everything true about an NHL arena in Hull (let's say at the Zibi location along the river near Place de Portage where Cirque du Soleil has been recently, or at the site of the Robert Guertin) is also true about the location of the current arena in Kanata. The big problems are the the drive through the neighbourhood south of Lebreton Flats (never sure of the proper name) that would be true of a Lebrteon arena and the bridges, which are the new problem.
Even as resident on the Quebec side, I think putting it over here would be a mistake, but let's not pretend it would be a whole lot worse than it's current location in Kanata.
And yes, he's posturing. He's trying to make it sound like he has options, even if they're totally unrealistic.