Since the Nordiques left for Denver, the NHL has had three other teams relocate and added six new teams via expansion, with the latest team being the Seattle Kraken in the 2021-22 NHL regular season.Īs recently as last month, though, there have been some reports that Bettman is starting to have a change of heart. Citing the city’s still-struggling economy and lack of infrastructure to support an NHL franchise, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has passed on Quebec City numerous times. The 18,000-seat state-of-the-art arena opened in 2015 with the hopes that the NHL would return to Quebec City, but that has yet to happen.
20, 2018, when the Canadiens hosted the Washington Capitals. The last time Videotron Centre hosted an NHL pre-season game was Sept.