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It’s On The Owners
by Paul on 07/06/08 at 08:32 PM ET
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from Scott Burnside of ESPN,
We must admit we find all the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the media and fans over the amount of money spent during the first days of free agency a bit confusing.
We’re pretty sure Chicago GM Dale Tallon did not knock down some old woman at the Billy Goat Tavern and pull $56 million out of her handbag to pay Brian Campbell to come and play defense for the Blackhawks.
Nor did Cliff Fletcher panhandle on the sidewalk outside the Air Canada Centre to raise the $12 million it took to bring in the anonymous Jeff Finger to play defense for the Toronto Maple Leafs....
Memo to owners: This is what you wanted. If you can’t make it work, boo hoo.
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It’s not often I find myself in agreement with Scott Burnside, but here is an exception. His incessant use of the editorial “we”, however, will never cease to get on my nerves.
We dropped off the damn money…
We?
I! The Royal “we”! You know, the editorial…
Posted by monkey from Waiting for the lambs to stop screaming on 07/06/08 at 09:23 PM ET
His incessant use of the editorial “we”, however, will never cease to get on my nerves.
Agreed.
monkey from Waiting for my offer sheet from Mike Gillis
lol. Awesome.
Burnside is almost, but not quite, as eloquent as George James Malik on this issue.
Posted by Osrt on 07/06/08 at 10:24 PM ET
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And I still find it laughable that the NHL has even looked at Las Vegas, NV as a possible location for expansion!
[shakes head]
I’m sure LV Mayor Oscar Goodman and AEG (current owners of the Los Angeles Kings) would like to prove everyone wrong and make NHL hockey a reality here in the desert but THEY have to wake up to a real reality: there are fewer than 5,000 truly dedicated hockey fans in this town.
Think somewhere else...oh, I don’t know maybe Winnipeg?
Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV on 07/06/08 at 08:25 PM ET