Winnipeg Predators?

I know, it's weird. My last two posts have been titled with questions.

But this is very interesting, actually. While talking to the press on the "state of the league" this weekend, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman more than hinted at the notion that with the sale of the Nashville Predators all but imminent, there's a very real possibility the franchise could be moved to Canada.

Now that would suck since the team hasn't even celebrated its 10th birthday, but as far as that goes, how psyched must Canadian hockey fans be? Bettman said it's likely that if the team were to move that it would go to a city where NHL hockey once thrived — such as Winnipeg or Quebec City.

I think that would be really cool, but I think I'm probably biased on that. Changes like this excite me for some reason. It would suck for the fans in Nashville — but how many are there really, anyway?

I've actually been to a couple of Preds games while in Tennessee several years ago. It was fun but the building lacked some sort of excitement that even Lightning games had back then. Still, Canada is the birthplace of hockey and wouldn't it be nice to see them get a team back?

Again, none of this is for sure yet, Bettman was just talking and I thought it was interesting enough to muse about.