The NHL has announced it received only two bids for expansion teams: one from Las Vegas, and the other from Quebec, ostensibly to bring back Canadiens‘ rivals, the Quebec Nordiques. Expansion is not a certainty; in fact, commissioner Gary Bettman has issued a caveat to that fact.
The fact we are going through this process doesn’t mean we are going to expand,” Bettman said. “All it means is we’re going to stop just listening to expressions of interest and take a good, hard look at what they actually mean and represent
Here’s the thing: do we want to see the return of the Nordiques?