This past season the Thrashers ranked 28th out of 30 teams in attendance.
Instead, Bettman is willing to let the Atlanta Thrashers, also on the block, move to Winnipeg.
FORBES: NHL Should Let Coyotes Go To Winnipeg And Keep Thrashers In Atlanta
The Atlanta Thrashers hit the ice this season, while the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets start next year.
Louis Rams, New Jersey Devils and Atlanta Thrashers, the insider trading scandal comes at a particularly bad time.
's Los Angeles Dodgers and the three AOL Time Warner-owned franchises in Atlanta (the Hawks, Braves and Thrashers).
Now the former Atlanta Thrashers need to do the same thing back at home to make it stick.
The new owners are expected to eventually move the Thrashers to the new MTS Centre in downtown Winnipeg.
He also served as CEO of the Atlanta Spirit, the holding company that owned the NBA Hawks and NHL Thrashers.
Other than the first two years Ted Turner owned the Thrashers, hockey has never been a financial success in Atlanta.
FORBES: Atlanta Thrashers Will Likely Be Sold For $110 Million
The Atlanta Thrashers have already run to a smaller market up north.
Winnipeg's seven-game point streak is its longest since going 6-0-1 from Nov. 22-Dec. 5, 2006, when the franchise was still the Atlanta Thrashers.
In Group B, Atlanta Thrashers left wing Ilya Kovalchuk hit four goals for Russia, who have only lost to Slovakia in their four matches.
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Time Warner owns Philips Arena in Atlanta, which opened last season, as well as the two teams that play there, basketball's Hawks and hockey's Thrashers.
The Atlanta Thrashers lost money six years in a row before recovering as the Winnipeg Jets last year, after a sale to True North Entertainment.
The Thrashers have made the playoffs only once in their 11 seasons and averaged just 13, 403 at Philips Arena this past season, 27th in the league.
FORBES: Atlanta Thrashers Will Likely Be Sold For $110 Million
Given that the Coyotes are losing much more money than the Thrashers, why would the NHL want the Coyotes to stay and let the Thrashers go?
FORBES: NHL Should Let Coyotes Go To Winnipeg And Keep Thrashers In Atlanta
The relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers to Winnipeg before last season has created travel troubles for the Jets and their Southeast Division rivals that need to be resolved.
If the Phoenix Coyotes do not move to Winnipeg after the NHL unloads the team, then True North Entertainment and Sports will make an offer for the Thrashers.
FORBES: Atlanta Thrashers Will Likely Be Sold For $110 Million
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