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The facts are:
1- The NHL has in the past acknowledged that TNSE has made a "bonified" offer to buy the Phoenix Coyotes. The NHL had not admitted that anyone else has made an offer.
2- Bettman is on record as saying that "IF" the Coyotes were to relocate, they should be offered to TNSE first before any others.
Does this mean the team would for sure move to Winnipeg? No. Because a lot has happened in the last 2 years and the price of the team keeps growing as losses keep piling up, and there is uncertainty as to who would be paying those losses if the team was to relocate. So the initial "bonified" offer that TNSE made may not be the offer that would have to be put on the table now.
Having said this, IMO if the Coyotes were to relocate to somewhere other than Winnipeg, it will be because TNSE no longer wants to pay the asking price (given that a team done south-east might be had for cheaper ), but it will be thier choice. The NHL will offer the team to TNSE first, that is without question IMO. Where it goes from there we will see.
1- The NHL has in the past acknowledged that TNSE has made a "bonified" offer to buy the Phoenix Coyotes. The NHL had not admitted that anyone else has made an offer.
2- Bettman is on record as saying that "IF" the Coyotes were to relocate, they should be offered to TNSE first before any others.
Does this mean the team would for sure move to Winnipeg? No. Because a lot has happened in the last 2 years and the price of the team keeps growing as losses keep piling up, and there is uncertainty as to who would be paying those losses if the team was to relocate. So the initial "bonified" offer that TNSE made may not be the offer that would have to be put on the table now.
Having said this, IMO if the Coyotes were to relocate to somewhere other than Winnipeg, it will be because TNSE no longer wants to pay the asking price (given that a team done south-east might be had for cheaper ), but it will be thier choice. The NHL will offer the team to TNSE first, that is without question IMO. Where it goes from there we will see.