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Originally Posted by Berklon
Even Winnipeg. Took them 15 years to get their team back, and that was only because the NHL were backed into a corner with the owners of the Thrashers not wanting the team and no other city with an available arena with a willing owner with deep pockets.
If Calgary loses their team, it won't be easy to get it back.
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I think this is true. Line up a willing owner plus an arena in either Seattle or KC at that time and there would be no Jets in Winnipeg today. The Thrashers franchise would have stayed in the US.