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The Talk Of Another Team In Toronto
by Paul on 04/23/09 at 07:28 AM ET
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from David Shoalts of the Globe an Mail,
A group of business people wants to bring a second team to the Greater Toronto Area, and the National Hockey League took the group seriously enough to grant it an audience.
The unidentified group met with NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly in downtown Toronto last week, according to sources. The group proposes to build an arena at the intersection of Highways 427 and 7 in Vaughan, Ont., on land north of Pearson International Airport that’s owned by businessman Victor De Zen.
The meeting was scheduled to last one hour but stretched to approximately 21/2 hours. The unidentified group also discussed its proposal with Paul Kelly, the executive director of the NHL Players’ Association. Mr. Kelly and Mr. Daly declined to comment.
added 11:40am, via the National Post,
But in an e-mail to Canwest News Service on Thursday, Daly, while admitting the meeting took place, denied there are any serious talks in the works.
“No, the NHL is not giving any consideration to putting a second team in the Toronto area,” he said in the e-mail.
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