Comments on: Shifty Canadian Billionaire Wants Back In http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2007/05/26/shifty-canadian-billionaire-wants-back-in/ Making fun of the hockey establishment since 2007. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:34:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hockey Joe http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2007/05/26/shifty-canadian-billionaire-wants-back-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Hockey Joe Sun, 27 May 2007 03:51:00 +0000 http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2007/05/26/shifty-canadian-billionaire-wants-back-in/#comment-7 See, that right there is the rub. I don't think this team is staying in Nashville at all. I see him packing it up and going to Kansas City to take residence at the new 18,000 seat arena they've built/are just finishing building there now. KC hasn't had a team since the Scouts in the 1970s and chances are no one remembers them and by all accounts, the new building is certainly state of the art with plenty of luxury boxes.<br/><br/>Add to that that the NHL has no care about Nashville and wouldn't mind seeing a team go to KC to see if that makes them into a thriving hockey market, the same way Dallas became when Norm Green uprooted the North Stars from Bloomington, MN. The only way this team doesn't end up somewhere else is if the NHL steps in, and I really don't forsee that happening with the Predators. See, that right there is the rub. I don’t think this team is staying in Nashville at all. I see him packing it up and going to Kansas City to take residence at the new 18,000 seat arena they’ve built/are just finishing building there now. KC hasn’t had a team since the Scouts in the 1970s and chances are no one remembers them and by all accounts, the new building is certainly state of the art with plenty of luxury boxes.

Add to that that the NHL has no care about Nashville and wouldn’t mind seeing a team go to KC to see if that makes them into a thriving hockey market, the same way Dallas became when Norm Green uprooted the North Stars from Bloomington, MN. The only way this team doesn’t end up somewhere else is if the NHL steps in, and I really don’t forsee that happening with the Predators.

]]> By: Matt P. http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2007/05/26/shifty-canadian-billionaire-wants-back-in/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Matt P. Sun, 27 May 2007 00:39:00 +0000 http://grossmisconducthockey.com/2007/05/26/shifty-canadian-billionaire-wants-back-in/#comment-6 If Balsillie is such a fine businessman, and it appears he is, why would he keep the team in Nashville? <br/><br/>This sage makes me wonder why the NHL exmpanded into markets like Nashville, where county music and college football rule. About 10th on the list of things to do must be an NHL franchise. If Balsillie is such a fine businessman, and it appears he is, why would he keep the team in Nashville?

This sage makes me wonder why the NHL exmpanded into markets like Nashville, where county music and college football rule. About 10th on the list of things to do must be an NHL franchise.

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