http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/a...s-quebec-city-doesn-t-mind-being-nhl-s-plan-b good people of Quebec paid $370 million in tax money for an NHL arena a few years back, and they’re still waiting for a team to return. Patiently. As they do, the words of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman continue to echo in their ears. He never said the NHL was turning them down. He just said expansion was being “deferred, at least for the time being.” You heard that too, right? “They’re on our radar screen for another time, perhaps,” he said. “Another day when circumstances allow.” So, you’re saying there’s a chance! Meanwhile, the Videotron Centre, an 18,259-seat arena, sits vacant most nights when the Quebec Remparts aren’t playing. Most nights. There was, of course, President’s Choice SuperDogs, which, according to the promotional material, is The Most Fun on Four Legs, so it has to be true, though the pictures just show a bunch of mutts jumping over stuff and skipping rope with humans. There was a one-night only appearance by Messmer, who apparently is so big in Quebec he goes by one name. On that night, he’ll try to break his own world record (we’re just going to take his word on that one) that he set last February in France when he simultaneously hypnotized 548 people in less than four minutes. This summer will see concerts from the likes of Iron Maiden, Keith Urban, and Bruno Mars. If none of that attracts you, for just $4,400 you can rent the ice for two hours.