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FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2008 file photo, Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of Research In Motion, poses in the Seagram Museum, home to the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is skeptical of Jim Balsillie's offer to buy the Phoenix Coyotes, saying he isn't sure the BlackBerry boss could gain approval of league owners. The NHL stripped current Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes of the authority to run the club Tuesday after Moyes announced the team had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Balsillie announced a plan to buy the financially troubled team and move it to Canada, where they were the Winnipeg Jets before moving to Phoenix for the 1996-97 season. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley,File)