Thank you for taking time out of your very busy schedule to read this letter, part of which I wrote on my Blackberry Curve 8310 this morning on the train into work.Great phone, but I certainly wouldn’t mind a new Bold.
I am reaching out to you today to ask a small favor.The National Hockey League needs more owners like you – a true hockey fan with deep pockets willing to spend the many dollars in said pockets – but you are going about this the wrong way.Put the pirate costume back in the closet and please stop trying to hijack an organization.Not even Gary Bettman is short-sighted enough to keep you out of the owners’ club if you would simply follow normal procedure here.
You could not build and run North America’s preeminent cell phone company without the ability to massage personalities and situations to fit your objectives.Your millions and millions of dollars did not find their way into your bank account(s) solely through maverick acquisitions.Somewhere along the way you had to play by the rules, subjugating your ego to do so, to accomplish a goal.Try that approach again.
Remember how things went in Nashville?You probably would own that franchise today had you not taken deposits on seats at Copps Coliseum before you had control of the Predators.Commissioner Bettman and his owners did not let you barge into their fraternity then and will do everything possible to do the same now in Phoenix.
Which is disappointing because the Coyotes need to leave Phoenix/Glendale.And because the NHL needs another team in Ontario, whether that be in Hamilton or another Toronto squad.You can make this happen.But not by setting up a behind-the-scenes deal with Coyotes CEO Jerry Moyes.
Mr. Balsillie, the Coyotes may end up under your control and may end up in Hamilton.If so, congratulations and I look forward to seeing what you do with your franchise.But this also may blow up in your face since the team’s Chapter 11 filing may be invalid under League bylaws, and thus foil your master plan.That would be horrible news because it would push you farther away from being part of the NHL.
No matter which scenario plays out, please start factoring the game’s best interests into your actions.Find a happy medium between your desires and the etiquette Mr. Bettman wants prospective owners to have.The NHL needs you as an owner, but it does not need the headaches you continue to cause.
Sincerely,
Andrew Bogusch
FromTheSlot.blogspot.com
As always, please send all questions, thoughts, critiques to boguschhockey@gmail.com
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