Can we just fucking move that god damn team already, I'm so tired of this fucking circus every god damn year. They're failing. No on there likes hockey. Fucking move it somewhere that people give a fuck.
Gary Bettman's mandate as commissioner of the NHL is to expand the business/game. Canada cannot be expanded any further. A team in Quebec brings more money to the owner that buys them, and would bring a temporary bump in revenue to the NHL, but it doesn't expand the NHL "consumer" base.
Every new fan/"consumer" they can get out of PHX is a new fan watching the game and a new fan buying merchandise.
It doesn't make long term fiscal sense to move it to Quebec unfortunately and doesn't match his mandate. He will try to solve the problem in PHX from every angle possible until there's absolutely no option but to move. If another American market opened up, PHX would have been moved a long time ago.
It's the same sucky situation you see with console manufacturers right now. They focus on developing their hardware and direction to attract new consumers at the sacrifice of existing consumers because they know those consumers will still purchase their product.