Balsillie to open the wallet in Nashville

Forechecker posted 6/7/2007 from forechecker.blogspot.com [flag]

Nashville Predators fans have been worried that Jim Balsillie might pull a "Major League" and kill off local fan support by gutting the on-ice product so he could hijack the team to Southern Ontario. Today, news from his camp comes that he wants a Stanley Cup, and is willing to pay the price to make that happen... [link]

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