no thrashing, no sellout

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Atlanta-to-Hamilton-rumors-or-let-Sun-Belt-clea?urn=nhl,162318

[i][i.e. atlanta to hamilton via vancouver, ontario division, $300 expansion fee][/i]

you know how to stop a thrashing? you just Snuff it, just just SNUFF it right the fuck out. as sick and pathetic as a team the habs have been over the past 1x years they've generally been better than the thrashers, and this is probably ONLY because atlanta plays in a division which has reached the finals 3 times in the past 6 seasons and won the cup twice. that team was never worse than ours, only unluckier.

none of the teams in place now will ever move, for bettman must never be made to look weak, ever. and to people outside of a sport, the difference between phoenix and waterloo isn't so much about where the game is played as How the game looks: stable, with teams and rivalries and such? or rinkydink carnival trash, rolling into town for a few years and then moving along, a gimmick sport, a novelty to see once, maybe a few finals on tv: xfl, indoor footbal, lacross, soccer, hockey.