Friday, 19 June 2015

Quebec City NHL

Q157: Before the end of 2016, will the NHL officially announce that it is granting a franchise to Quebec City?
Yes: 10%
(Both an expansion franchise and a relocated franchise count)

There has been persistent speculation about Quebec City receiving a NHL franchise again (The Nordiques were in the NHL from 1979-1995).  They have built a new stadium, the Videotron Centre, in hopes of luring a new team.  There are a number of other competitors for new NHL teams, including Las Vegas, Seattle, and Toronto.

I think that it is quite unlikely that Quebec City will get a new team.  Quebec City is a very small market for a major-league team, and they had financial problems the last time.  In particular, the low value of the Canadian dollar would be a problem for them.  Even if Quebec City were to get a new team, they might not get it in the relatively short time period of this question.

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