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Unless I’m missing something, the main point of more US market expansion was always to get a much bigger national television deal. If teams aren’t in major television markets they are losing out on those rating. Seattle is 13th, so it got a team. Houston is 8th largest so that’s a candidate.
Now Atlanta is 10th so screwing that up is a huge debacle and Phoenix is 11th.
Now I don’t know what money the National Canadian tv deal even brings or how that works but a Quebec team wouldn’t increase even viewership. They sound like they would love a team and they have an arena for it so I wish them well but I think the white whale for the NHL is a National US TV deal and Canadian teams don’t help.
I apologize if I’m just stating the obvious and this has been discussed.
Now Atlanta is 10th so screwing that up is a huge debacle and Phoenix is 11th.
Now I don’t know what money the National Canadian tv deal even brings or how that works but a Quebec team wouldn’t increase even viewership. They sound like they would love a team and they have an arena for it so I wish them well but I think the white whale for the NHL is a National US TV deal and Canadian teams don’t help.
I apologize if I’m just stating the obvious and this has been discussed.