I would whole-heartedly agree that Winnipeg deserves a team, and I too would have a hard time saying what other city truly deserves a team.
I used to be one of those who believed that the League had expanded too much, and in one sense they have, but to say that the talent pool is heavily diluted is just not correct. The NHL has players in the ranks from all over the world, and some of those players are the best in their respective countries.
Yes Canada has produced the best of NHL, but talents like Forsberg, Jagr, and on and on are not CANADIANS.
I think that argument is a rather weak one for contraction.
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