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The NHL's next big problem
What can Palace Sports and Entertainment do? I’m sure the executors of Bill Davidson’s estate want out of the hockey business, but they have a substantial amount of money at risk. If Pala...
What an NHL team costs
There have been 177 pages of documents produced by the City of Glendale to this point in response to a lawsuit filed by the Goldwater Institute calling for details of negotiations with Coyotes bidders...
Evaluating Balsillie's application
One of the key filings in the Coyotes bankruptcy trial yesterday concerned what the NHL calls the "Application for Transfer of the Franchise Location of the Phoenix Coyotes," a document that contains ...
2009 NHL Free Agency: Which teams have cash to burn?
So, two days into the market, about $120-million in contracts for next season handed out (about half of which went to 10 players) and by my count another $150-million to go. Some teams, like the Bruin...
Salary cap to stay in $57-million range
Both the NHL and the NHLPA confirm the players have voted to apply the five percent inflator, meaning the salary cap for next season will stay the same or rise slightly, just above $57-million. The l...
Blue Jackets reveal substantial losses
Blue Jackets President Mike Priest said the club made a modest profit in its first two seasons, but in the past seven years lost $80 million, including more than $10 million this past year, despite ...
Bettman on long-term deals
Gary Bettman's been gritting his teeth about long-term contracts ever since that absurd Rick DiPietro contract went on the Islanders' books, and while in Columbus yesterday, the commish opined on the ...
Dying in the desert
The good news when it comes to the Phoenix Coyotes is that all indications are they're staying put for next season. The bad news? The NHL has the absolute right to revoke a franchise at any time...
The article everyone's talking about
The six Canadian teams account for 31 per cent of the $1.1 billion (U.S.) in league ticket revenue, and have gone through league-leading double-digit increases over last season, according to the inter...
Boots turns to Balsillie
It wasn't all that long ago that Boots Del Biaggio and Jim Balsillie were seen as in competition for the same entity, two well-moneyed (or so we heard) investors looking to purchase the Nashville Pred...
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