The Governors of the NHL teams have stated publicly for 30 years no way to Saskatoon.
As history laid out EVERY Canadain team Governor around the time of the Blues and for the next decades stated out right NO WAY!
Talk and rumours are worthless. You can say there was talk but the talk was not from anyone who could put up.
Rumour well are worthless.
History tells it all expansion team never was in the plan and as for an existing team hell the league would run it before Saskatoon could ever get it.
Keep beating that dead cow but but the real story is Saskatoon getting a NHL has about the same merit as The Blades making the MC without being a host team.