By Anthony Caruso III
The Atlanta Thrashers could be defunct as early as this week.
The Thrashers ownership group are in talks with True North Sports and Entertainment to relocate the team to Winnipeg. The NHL hopes to announce the deal with no hockey taking place, which makes tomorrow a likely candidate to make the deal official.
The deal has complexed legal details since the team is being relocated. It would be the second time the Atlanta area lost a team to Canada, as the Atlanta Flames became the Calgary Flames in 1980.
"The only time we move is when we don't have a choice, and that typically happens when nobody wants to own a club there anymore," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said. "The prospect of leaving Atlanta isn't something that I'm particularly fond of. So I can't even contemplate the notion of what would happen after that in terms of coming back. We respect the importance of Atlanta as a city. It's a big market, but this is a franchise that's got a problem in that market."
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