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Help Mr. Balsillie; the NHL needs you!

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:00:41 +0000

They’are baaacckkkk! The Coyotes are back in the news and it isn’t going to be good for Gary “Mr. Suck” Bettman. An outside party recently valued at ‘yotes at $50M…yes! That is $110M LESS then the NHL is asking. The main reason is Ice Edge Holdings Inc doesn’t have the money to purchase the team. Apparently, the US banks learned something from the drop in the housing market!

Phoenix is averaging less the 12K fans per game and that is at discounted ticket prices…I wonder how the Players Union feels about the ‘yotes bringing down the NHL salary cap? Mind you if the cap goes up…at least 3 more NHL teams will face bankruptcy.

Here is what is wrong with the Ice Edge deal:

- Bankers are balking at financing this venture after they learned financier Jeffrey Vinik paid only about $100-million in cash for the Tampa Bay Lightning. They are asking hard questions about why the Coyotes would be worth 60 per cent more.

- The Ice Edge principals will not discuss their finances in detail, but a banking source says they have only a relatively small amount to put into the proposed deal. As a result, bankers are not queuing up to lend money.

Thanks to David Shoalts at the Globe and Mail for a great article on the failuer of the Ice Edge bid.

Is anyone REALLY surprised this deal fell apart? Mr Balsillie did you see this coming? I am sure you did…

My next prediction, when Mr. Suck gets handed his walking papers it will be over two things… a bad deal with the Players Union last strike AND the ‘cotes. Mr. Sucks successor will try and distance himself by letting Balsillie put a team in Hamilton!

Ho Ho Mr. Suck you’ve got to go!

NBC dances away from the NHL!

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:52:22 +0000

Gary ‘Mr. Suck’ Bettman has done another AWFUL job at marketing the NHL in the US. This might be the biggest slight in the long NHL history…. NBC is bumping the Men’s Hockey game of Canada VS USA for …. Ice Dancing… yes… you read it correctly… Ice Dancing! Mr. Suck you have failed!

Did you know that NBC is the rights holder for the NHL in the US? Did you know the NHL constantly changes it schedule (both regular season and playoffs) to accomodate NBC? Did you know that NBC doesn’t care about the NHL?

Mr. Suck’s relationship with NBC is the same as an abusive relationship…the worse NBC treats the NHL… the more Mr. Suck tries to make NBC happy. This Olympic snub shows Gary ‘Mr. Suck’ Bettman has no clout in the US…he can’t call in any favours…he can’t do anything for the NHL.

Mr Suck…your petty attitude and distain for all thing Canadian can be seen by even your US ‘friends’. If you can’t get a a partner to air a Canada V USA Olympic on their main network…well what good are you?

Please do the right thing and resign!!!

BTW: You can read more on Yahoo Sports

Bankruptcy judge speeds up Coyotes relocation

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:41:50 +0000

June 9th!

This is the day the judge will hear the case of relocating the Phoneix Coyotes. With a ruling coming quickly after the hearing. This is a result of Balsillie having said he will withdraw his US$212.5-million offer if the sale is not completed by the end of June. I love the bankruptcy court really does what is in the best interest of the creditors.

Now that they date is set, I wonder if we will see any protests or move by the Coyotes fans. This would be a great opportunity for them to show their support. If Mr Suck wasn’t so dumb we won’t be in this situation. And the fans wouldn’t be suffering…instead Mr. Suck has put the US v Canada, Winnipeg V Hamilton, and Phoneix versus everyone… nice move Mr. Suck.

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AtZCWZF9ewFyk7TCSl1FTDYJfwM6?slug=capress-nhl_coyotes_bankruptcy-274686428&prov=capress&type=lgns

The Coyotes are being run by the NHL!

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:46:21 +0000

Yes, that is the type of headline that would pull me out of retirement to blog.

Early this morning, I read a great blog post by Puck Daddy. The post was about the Phoenix Coytes possibly being controlled by the NHL, since February. I sent a tweet (follow me: theonlysandman) about that this post. It was then pulled from Yahoo! about one hour later. It would appear that someone is trying to stop this story.

This a HUGE DEAL since the Coytes have taken on a bunch of crappy salaries at the deadline. If the ‘yotes where to go bankrupt after taking on these bad salaries… well, I think the courts would have something to say about that…

The biggest question I have is, why was this well written and informative blog post taken down?

I have made a PDF of this post so you can read it here your self… Coyotes being run by the NHL (pdf).

UPDATE, 5:45pm Just found out that the Arizona Central is covering the NHL’s loan to the Phoenix Coyotes. Where there is smoke there is fire… look out Mr. Suck… you might be on slippery ground.

Bettman Radio Is a Farce Like the Commissioner

admin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:10:20 +0000

Finally, there is a great article talking about the ‘great’ Gary Bettman show on XM Radio. Mr. Suck tries to ‘reach’ out to all (read, like minded) fans. He says his show is great because:

“I’ve always been comfortable communicating, and this is just a reflection of that,” Bettman said. “Despite the way I sometimes get portrayed – this isn’t a woe is me – but I kind of like the fact that people get to see me in a more natural environment unfiltered. To hear my words, not see my words as they’ve been reconstructed or reinterpreted.”

The truth is he screens his calls and hasn’t had one… NOT ONE… disagreeable caller. Could you imagine any radio call-in show have only agreeable callers? HA! I don’t think so… check out this great blog post about the evil underside, yet another evil underside, of Mr. Suck.

In an age of transparency Mr Suck still thinks he can ‘hide his true self’ from the public. Yet another reason he is … and always will be Mr. Suck.

Watch scab players? I say NO!

admin — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:52:11 +0000

Okay, the talk about watching replacement players skate for NHL teams is getting to me. Why would I pay NHL rates to see AHL players?

Imagine….

This year you go watch minor league hockey for $15 a game with $3 beers because Gary ‘aka Mr Suck’ Bettmen took the NHL away. Okay that sucks but you still get to watch hockey and now you save money!

Then he brings in “scab” players to play in the NHL and charges you $40 (at the low end) and $8 a beer To watch the EXACT same players. At this point Bettman is screwing the fans yet again.

I can’t stop the lockout…but Mr Bettman..I will never support *scab* players!
Does he really think the fans are that stupid?