There is a thread several months ago, where a number of us corrected you on this, however you still stubbornly stick to this incorrect notion that Dallas "controls the Austin market." The fact that Dallas has a minor league affiliate in the Austin metro area has no significance as to whether Austin would ever get an NHL franchise or not. If a billionaire wanted to construct an 18,000 seat arena in downtown Austin and pay the $500 million expansion fee, in order to secure an NHL team for Austin, the Dallas Stars would be powerless to stop it.
As far as the AHL Manitoba Moose are concerned, the Vancouver Canucks were our parent club from 2002-11. When True North purchased the Atlanta Thrashers, and moved them to Winnipeg, Vancouver was powerless to stop the move, and they ended up switching their minor league affiliate (currently the AHL Utica Comets). The idea that Austin would not be able to obtain an NHL team due to the existence of the AHL Texas Stars, is simply incorrect.