Well, Buffalo was in hot water due to ownership. They have a new owner, who has good people working for him, and will now try to build around Drury, Afinogenov, and Briere on offense and Kalenin, Zhitnik, and Tallinder on defense with two excellent goaltenders in Noronen and Biron. They just need some more experience, which will come. Personally, I'd love to see them ditch the black/red/white and go back to blue/gold. No real reason or anything.
Ottawa has no money troubles anymore after Melnyk purchased the franchise. It's not like the old days when they'd win 9 games a year, they are legit contenders, have one of the deepest talent pools in the league, and just need to get hungry for the win now.
Pittsburgh I semi-agree with. I can see the whole "fans need to come out and see this team because...MARIO LEMIEUX SAID SO~!" but really, what reason do the fans have? Why go out and watch home team lose over and over and over and over again? They have no money, so they can't afford their best player (Fleury), their star is never healthy and has to recover from a barrage of injuries every year. So, why go out? Let them move...to Winnipeg~!
Nashville I agree with. They've done nothing, they have a few good players, but play in a bad market, right next to Columbus and the popular Blue Jackets.
Carolina I'd rather just see moved. Again though, it sort of falls into the Pittsburgh trap of "why should I support this team when they suck?" It'll be a few years so the jury is still out, but it relies a lot on Eric Staal.
So, I guess I was wrong about San Jose. I only really see them on TV every once in a while and it's never really...like...full, so I assumed that all the hockey in California had run its course. I was wrong.