Market Size. The Valley of the Sun is a top 15 radio/tv market. Losing that to a sub40 market isn't going to help the NHL's already poor TV ratings. While a new team in say Winnipeg might get 20,000 a night v 15,000 it isn't going to add tens of thousands of TV households.
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I'm sorry I left for a while. I needed a vaction, and then work changed substantially. I'm over 50 hour weeks, plus two hours a day of commuting time.
A few weeks ago I launched my own blog about Seattle Sounders FC and Life in Puget Sound. I won't be by these parts often as my focus has changed. Sorry about the unannounced retirement.
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