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Sharks owner endorses Balsillie

The Globe's David Shoalts has an update on the Phoenix situation, and tucked in at the end is a reference to a recent comment made by Sharks co-owner Kevin Compton, something that has as far as I know...

Coyotes bankruptcy proceedings: No, they're not over

It was a fun summer, picking through bankruptcy documents, arguing with a few hockey fans from Phoenix and, in the end, watching as Jim Balsillie retreated yet again after failing to get an NHL hockey...

Balsillie's failed bid for the Coyotes: A beginning or the end?

A written declaration filed last month by the league is even more blunt: "There is something sad about Mr. Balsillie’s inability to grasp the plain fact that it is his conduct, insensitivity, ...

Nobody wins the auction but the NHL wins

If the NHL ultimately prevails in litigation on these issues and the team has already moved to Hamilton in the interim, there will have been no adequate protection of the NHL's interest.  Such a...

Melnyk offers more thoughts on Balsillie

There's a way of going about things, and I just simply don't like the way this has played itself out. So, my feelings and my thoughts have been well documented, and it's just not the way to go about ...

Balsillie's bid grows to $242.5-million

In late 2006, Jim Balsillie tabled an offer of about $175-million for the Penguins. About six months later, he offered up $220-million and then $238-million for the Predators. So when it came time to ...

What really happened with Balsillie and the Penguins?

Those are the comments from Jim Balsillie from his recent deposition in the Coyotes bankruptcy case, a question and answer period that spent an awful lot of time focused on the events from his failed...

Balsillie's prickly olive branch

What I called Jim Balsillie's "impossible goal" a few weeks ago — to move the Coyotes for the 2009-10 season — has finally been put to rest. After making a concession we should have long e...

D-Day nears in Coyotes case

  The puck has yet to drop on the 2009-10 NHL season, but already the biggest faceoff of the year is upon us. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie face each other...

Coyote Ugly: The character farce

When are Jim Balsillie backers/NHL bashers going to understand that when the League says he "lacks the good character and integrity required of a new owner," comparing his record to that of John Span...


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