Balsillie and Bettman Go To War

SeawaySensFan wrote:

davetherave wrote:SSF, your efforts have borne fruit.

It wasn't easy, but using my connections in Hollywood, I've arranged for you to have lunch with Tom Hanks and Ron Howard.

They like your spin on the Moyes thing, and as Ron told me, "Sounds like a blockbuster. We want to meet this guy SSF and lock him up with a major deal."

Way to go!

Actually, I already reported on Gary's Hollywood interest on Oct. 1:

It's funny because the trades are reporting that Gary is in fact swamped with scripts to star in a number of remakes: The Grifters, The Sting, The Music Man, The Hustler, The Rainmaker...

By the time any of these are made, they'll surely be shown at the Glendale 48-screen multiplex, formerly Jobing.com arena.

shabbs wrote:We may see some more bidders come out now that they'll be dealing directly with the NHL and not via bankruptcy court... they can be a bit more shady with their offers... if you know what I mean....

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:We may see some more bidders come out now that they'll be dealing directly with the NHL and not via bankruptcy court... they can be a bit more shady with their offers... if you know what I mean....

Not really.

SeawaySensFan wrote:Bob MacKenzie mentioned on a Senators pre-game show that Gary Bettman was already seen wining and dining Ice Edge officials in the Big Apple yet...

Re-sale of Coyotes 'not imminent': NHL

http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=2154117

Suuuuuuure...

davetherave wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Bob MacKenzie mentioned on a Senators pre-game show that Gary Bettman was already seen wining and dining Ice Edge officials in the Big Apple yet...

Re-sale of Coyotes 'not imminent': NHL

http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=2154117

Suuuuuuure...

SSF, now's the time for you to throw your hat...and your boots...into the ring.

The NHL needs a team in your 'hood.


Actually, if these fellers from Taranna buy the team, wouldn't the conspiracy theorists then suggest that this is a prelude to a second NHL franchise in the GTA?

SeawaySensFan wrote:

davetherave wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Bob MacKenzie mentioned on a Senators pre-game show that Gary Bettman was already seen wining and dining Ice Edge officials in the Big Apple yet...

Re-sale of Coyotes 'not imminent': NHL

http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=2154117

Suuuuuuure...

SSF, now's the time for you to throw your hat...and your boots...into the ring.

The NHL needs a team in your 'hood.


Actually, if these fellers from Taranna buy the team, wouldn't the conspiracy theorists then suggest that this is a prelude to a second NHL franchise in the GTA?

Nah. I'll settle for the AHL in Cornwall, unless I can gather the customary dozen financial backers...

On that note, this is positive for the folks in Thunder Bay. If I'm not mistaken this transaction would give that community an AHL team.

davetherave wrote:

You still have time...deal's not done until it's done.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

davetherave wrote:

You still have time...deal's not done until it's done.

Nah, I'll leave it to these folks. They are clearly professional Dung. I'm just an amateur.

davetherave wrote:Six months after the declaration of war between Balsillie and Bettman, is it finally over?

Wayne Gretzky apparently thinks so. From ESPN today:


Wayne Gretzky chose not to file a formal objection in U.S. Bankrupty Court by Friday's deadline, paving the way for the NHL to likely complete its purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes.

The case will be back in court Monday where Judge Redfield T. Baum will review the $140-million bid by the NHL, which is expected to be approved.

Gretzky could have filed a complaint in court Friday given that the league's purchase bid carries no guarantees that he'll get paid back the $8.2 million in deferred salary that he is owed from the Coyotes.

But Gretzky's business manager Darren Blake told the Arizona Republic that The Great One didn't want to be responsible for dragging this out any further.

"If it's in the best interest of the city of Glendale, the organization and the NHL, Wayne wasn't going to be the guy holding up the sale," Blake told the Republic on Friday afternoon.

Article here:

[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4612461

SpezDispenser wrote:Damn...a Costco card. Nice deal for The Great One.