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Talk About Another Team In Toronto
by Paul on 10/21/08 at 05:11 AM ET
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from David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail,
NHL governors are talking informally about placing a second hockey team in Toronto alongside the Maple Leafs, The Globe and Mail has learned.
“Why shouldn’t we put another team in the best and biggest market in the world?” one of several NHL governors who spoke with The Globe anonymously said of the Greater Toronto Area.
According to this governor, one idea floated is for prospective owner Jim Balsillie to be rewarded with an expansion team in Toronto after helping to restore financial ballast to the Nashville Predators.
“I’ve heard this exact scenario,” a second governor said.
added 12:52pm, from Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star,
It sounds as if reports that the NHL is considering placing a second team in Toronto are more fantasy than reality.
“The story is nonsense,” one highly placed NHL source told the Star. “Perhaps the musings of one team representative. Expansion to Toronto has never been discussed with the board, the executive committee or any other league committee.
“And its never been considered internally.”
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