‘Citing a renaissance of the downtown area, Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez and some business leaders met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to discuss the possibility of tearing down the XL Center and building a new arena on that site for an NHL team, a project that would take five years. The Whalers, of course, left for Carolina in 1997. The mayor would have my vote.’ – Steve Zipay
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