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Once again Quebec City does not get an NHL team
I'm guessing its the ol' CAD vs. USD thing.
I don’t think Quebec City is really large enough to support an NHL team. These numbers are eight years old, but in 2016 I put together a spreadsheet combining television market sizes for the U.S. and Canada. In that combined size Quebec City came in at market 78. That is actually 9 ahead of Winnipeg at 87, but with Montreal just a couple hours away it probably makes sense to expand the league in markets that are larger and more isolated. I mean, the Québécois would probably support at a much higher level, but that might not be enough to offset a larger market that would really grow the league’s presence.
From a pure dollars and cents I think it would make more sense to put a team in the Maritimes. There a bajillion miles from anywhere AND would certainly support a team.