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I see all the talk of Arizona moving to Salt Lake City, which I think is a good one, but I had a similar idea that might work better.
Relocate the Coyotes to Quebec City or Hamilton
Create 2 new expansion teams in the West (1 would go to Salt Lake City)
Return to the 1v8 playoff format
Could have a schedule where you play 48 intra-conference (3 per team) and 34 inter-conference (2 per team) for 82 total
The reason it's relocation to Quebec City/Hamilton and expansion to 2 other cities is that Bettman could get the US cities to pay higher expansion fees than Quebec City/Hamilton
I understand this is not as easy of a solution as just moving the Coyotes to Salt Lake City, but would this work, and if not, why?