Yeah The Yotes are a dumpster fire, but not sure I’d use Winnipeg as a poster child for small markets right now. Mind you this is happening while they’re leading the entire Western conference
and keep in mind the 4,600 Mullet arena number is full/max capacity, who knows what actual number they “could” sell is?
It just seems like bad decisions were always made with previous AZ teams (arena location, owners, etc) but the NHL will ride that train indefinitely because the potential is so huge if they can figure out the formula to make that market work… I don’t see another expansion Canada team ever happening, but they could get a relocation team…The big issue will be what the Owners decide because they get zero $ when a team relocates, but they get $20 million each when an expansion team joins the league…