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May 31, 2007
All hail the K-W Predators
Meanwhile, Mr. Bettman continued to indicate his reluctance to relocate any NHL team to Southwestern Ontario, a market that serves the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Ottawa Senators and the Buffalo Sabres. "There's some real downside to having multiple teams in one market," he told reporters.
Uh… huh. In case it wasn't obvious, CanWest mentions that Mr. Bettman was making his comments "on the eve of the Stanley Cup final between the Ottawa Senators and the Anaheim Ducks" - a fact of which you'd think the Commissioner would be aware.
It is extremely odd that Mr. Bettman would make this particular point as the eyes of the hockey world turned towards Los Angeles - a market that has two NHL hockey teams thanks to the league's sunbelt expansion policy that Bettman inherited and ran with like Linford Christie from urinalysis.
Next season, New Jersey will play in an arena that's a 22-minute train ride from lower Manhattan. Unlike the Ducks, the Devils have serious attendance problems. Perhaps that would be somewhere Mr. Bettman could direct his attention.
Posted by Chris Selley at May 31, 2007 10:12 PM
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