Again, why don't you look at the attendance of the North Stars, Atlanta Flames and Colorado Rockies and tell me why they deserved another chance? Or look at the KC Scouts and tell me why they deserve another chance over Winnipeg?
Or better yet, why not look at league wide attendance stats from those years you blame Winnipeg and QC for? Comparing things from today to 15 years ago is good if you want to skew an argument in your favour, I use it often arguing the greatness of Eric Lindros. It means little today.
The point is Nashville isn't doing what they can to make money, they're losing millions of dollars a year. Their dedicated owner who wanted it to work in Nashville had to cut out and sell. It isn't working there. I don't know how people can say Balsillie should be forced to keep the team there to lose money and hope that another 10 years, $70 million in losses later that a fan base will emerge. He paid $220 million dollars to buy the team, and should be allowed to move it wherever he feels necessary. The NHL is a business, you can't force someone who put up a quarter of a billion dollars to lose money when he feels he can be viable elsewhere.
Like Canada.