Balsillie goes on attack, names Melnyk

Balsillie is never ever going to get an NHL team at this rate... ever.

Melnyk fires back!!!!

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=288286

Let the war... continue... yeah.... sigh...

awesome especially the part at the end

"I'm comfortable in my own skin, Jim. You should look around at the
friends you are losing and the damage you are causing to yourself, the
NHL and all Canadians."

awesome

Yeah, that was pretty blunt and direct. WOW. Balsillie will blow a gasket for sure...

Hockeyhero22000 wrote:awesome especially the part at the end

"I'm comfortable in my own skin, Jim. You should look around at the
friends you are losing and the damage you are causing to yourself, the
NHL and all Canadians."

awesome

and accurate.

How many bridges are left to burn?

Balsillie: "Bridges? Bah... if I need a bridge, I'll just buy one!!!!!"
Bridge BOG: "Request for ownership denied!!!!"
Balsillie: "DOH!"

Heh heh.

I would LOVE to see the NHL allow a different American team move to Hamilton with their current ownership. Just seeing Balsillie cry would be great.

its one thing to fight against the league but he is dragging other owners through the mud...to legitimately become an owner he needs to approved by other owners by pissing each of them off individually he is making it harder instead of trying to pull some of the owners on to his side

I thought you were going to go with:

Bridges???! We don't need no steenkin' bridges/

wprager wrote:I thought you were going to go with:

Bridges???! We don't need no steenkin' bridges/

Oh... nice one. Could have added that at the start...

Oh well...

Next time.

I don't get this guy anymore, he needs the support of the owners not piss them off. I think he has officially given up and is letting out his anger on anyone he can.

Well, to be honest, we all said what Balsillie said (minus any Melnyk references) when the NHL claimed he didn't meet the moral and ethical standards that NHL owners require...

I do recall us all having a good laugh at that with owners like Boots being approved and the mess going on in Tampa etc...

I don't think Balsillie is saying anything we're not thinking... he's just going about it in a brutal way.

Again, it's Balsillie's approach and method that is not working.