). A more productive way of looking at things might be trying to sort out which team offers the best option to the rest of the league. None of the other owners want some backwater team coming in and screwing with their revenues. It's not right, but let's face it, no one in LA or Dallas or even NYC knows where Winnipeg is or that Hamilton even exists. Not exactly the best out-of-town draw there. Meanwhile, Quebec is the only province that has some international flavour and intrigue. Plus, those sweaters were amazing.

Then again, Winnipeg had some amazing jerseys, too, and has some major hockey cred built up from all the way back to Hull and the Swedes to the Dale Hawerchuk-era to Teemu Selanne's stint. In Hamilton's favour is money, money, money. It's been said that if the Hammer dropped into the league today, it would be the NHL's 5th most lucrative market. That a stat that certainly speaks volumes.

So, it's a tough choice, eh? In the end, I think I'd go with Quebec. and yes, it came down to the jerseys. To avoid such either-or ugliness though, the NHL should just give all three cities a team -- Coyotes to Hamilton, Thrashers to Winnipeg and Florida to Quebec. Done and done. But that's about as likely as the Leafs having a winning record this time next week.