$1:
The NHL is giving up an American market that has more than five million people in the metro Atlanta area and heading to Winnipeg, which will be the league's smallest market with the smallest arena.
15,000 seats may be the smallest, but it's only 1,000 fewer than the Colesium in NY.
And for the last three years at least, the Islanders have failed to fill 1/4 or more of their seats each season. They actually have a dismal percentage of capacity attendance averaging just 61.1% over the last 3 years.
With the salary caps in place that were non-existent during the original Jets years, someone with cash and commitment to providing a quality product can have a successful franchise in Winnipeg.
I'm just glad the league approved the sale because there are still a few markets in the US that could [potentially] easily support an NHL franchise.