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The NHL Is Selling The Game
by Paul on 05/07/09 at 08:56 AM ET
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from Damien Cox of the Toronto Star,
Many have marvelled this week at the terrific playoff series between the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins, and with good reason.
There are stars and characters galore on these two entertaining, well-managed and well-coached teams, and clearly these are two cities which are passionately behind their clubs.
But if the same logic had been applied to the Caps and Penguins a few years ago that many are now urging must be applied to the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes, neither team would be in their current city.
Would the NHL be better for it? Probably not.
Folks, this is why it’s important during this ongoing debate over the future of the Coyotes not to be distracted by extraneous, irrelevant issues.
This, you see, isn’t about popularity contests between Gary Bettman and Jim Balsillie or meaningless website gimmicks….
This is about a business, the NHL, that sells professional hockey. So let’s get a few facts straight.
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