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In 1972, when the Islanders joined the N.H.L., the $4.5 million territorial fee they paid the...
In 1972, when the Islanders joined the N.H.L., the $4.5 million territorial fee they paid the Rangers gave them the right to occupy only Nassau County. But a 1986 amendment to the agreement allowed the Islanders to move to Queens and Brooklyn, and within Nassau and Suffolk counties.
— According to The New York Times, the Isles would not owe the Rangers anything for a move to Queens.
