The Kansas City Star has an interesting article looking at the NHL’s reluctance to put more franchises in Canada even though the six teams north of the border apparently generate one-third of the NHL’s revenue.
It’s somewhat ironic to see this story appear in the Kansas City Star given it looks like the Nashville Predators […]
So the NHL is going back to the hockey hot-bed of Kansas City now that Nashville owner Craig Leipold has decided to walk away from $40-million by selling to the team to William Del Biaggio rather than Jim Balsillie.
This sucks.
With all due respect to Kansas City, the only reason to move an NHL team there […]
According to reports, Nashville Predators owner Craig Leipold is about to spurn Jim Balsillie’s $238-million offer for the turn, and accept a deal worth $45-million less from another bid who wants to move the Predators to Kansas City.
If the NHL under Gary Bettman isn’t doomed already, this is yet another sign the NHL has […]
There are reports that Jim Balsillie’s efforts to buy the Nashville Predators have come to an end. According to Canadian Press, Predators owner Craig Leipold has told the NHL not to consider Balsillie as a potential buyer.
If it’s true, Leipold and the NHL are fools. (I could use stronger words but that just wouldn’t […]
Business Edge has an interesting story about small hockey equipment makers including Chatham, Ont.-based Blademaster, which makes skate sharpeners, and Wallaceberg, Ont.-based TPS Hockey, which had sales about $25-million last year - 60% of which came from the sale of sticks.
A lot of general managers who sell their first born child to make the Stanley Cup final but for Ottawa’s John Muckler, it looks like getting to the final but not winning it could mean he’s looking at being unemployed soon. According to Sun Media, the Senators could fire the 73-year-old as early as today […]
What does Dave Pelton see that other don’t? A Nashville businessman, Pelton believes the Nashville Predators deserve to be in Nashville. I guess this view must be based more on civic pride than the fact the team barely draws 14,000 fans a game and it has little corporate support. Meanwhile, Predators owner Craig Leipold suggests […]
If you love a good fight or a dramatic showdown, Jim Balsillie’s purchase of the Nashville Predators is shaping up to be a spectacular show. Even before his $238-million purchase of the Predators has been approved by the NHL, Balsillie had made it abundantly clear he’s intent on moving the team north of the border […]
Chris Chelios, who appears intent on breaking Gordie Howe’s record as the oldest person ever to play in the NHL, has signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings. The 45-year-old defenseman, currently the oldest player in the league, will be playing his 24th season and ninth with Detroit. While Chelios may be well […]
It looks like Jim Balsillie is wasting little time in trying to move the Nashville Predators from the Deep South to the Great White North. According to the National Post, he’s made a formal application to relocate the Predators - a move that hinges on whether the team can terminate its current lease at the […]
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