(12-10-2017 12:02 PM)Love and Honor Wrote:  If Seattle gets a team the question becomes who moves to the Central division? Phoenix is the closest to the rest but now they have a 'rivalry' with Vegas I guess.

I'm not sure if Houston can support an NHL franchise. It's a great city of fans, but there are so many existing sports options that I think it'd be difficult to justify. Southern teams have done best when they don't have NBA to compete against, like Tampa and Nashville. I guess moving the Coyotes there would be a more stable situation for them and make it easy for them to go to the Central.

Quebec City is the best long-term destination for Florida, and you don't even have to realign the divisions too.

Houston can because of sheer numbers, even if most of us couldn't give a rip about hockey. 5 percent of the Houston market is still 35k. Add in 200k casual fans and it's viable long term.