So here's where the problem is. And let's use the Milwaukee-Chicago issue. Chicago has "exclusive territorial rights in the city in which it is located and within 50 miles of that city's corporate limits", which is defined as "home territory".
The problem comes with this one sentence of Section 4.3. If Milwaukee were granted a team, its 50-mile home territory would impact the extreme northern part of the Blackhawks 50-mile home territory. So, according to the by-laws, there is no way to grant Milwaukee a team without the Blackhawks consent, as "no franchise shall be granted a home territory within the home territory of another member" unless consent is given.
This is why teams talk about their 100-mile zone.
So Grudy0, to continue, if your interpretation is correct (and we really shouldn't be interpreting this, because it's been discussed hundreds of times before), then really London, Ontario is the only workable option (without likely force of objection).
London = 103 miles from Toronto
London = 103 miles from Detroit
London = 122 miles from Buffalo
And yes, as for
Milwaukee, it does fall within a 100 mile zone of Chicago, just as
Cleveland does with Detroit.
As does
Baltimore with Washington, which is worse as it is within 50 miles, just as
Hamilton with respect to Toronto.
The same goes for
San Francisco (with respect to San Jose), as for Baltimore and Hamilton.
As for
Cincinnati, that would be up to some fine measurement, because it's about exactly 100 miles from Columbus.
Richmond, Virginia, could also be out of luck as it's only 98 miles from Washington.
Same goes for
Hartford which is 97 miles from New York, and only 92 miles from Boston.
We've just put quite a few Expansion / Relocation options in the odds against category, depending on the wishes of certain current NHL teams.