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TheProgram They lost about this much last year....and to lose this much this year just points toward something that was a possibility when the economy took a downturn...we may see a sale of a team or a bankruptcy...hopefully not the latter.
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IllegalCurve.com —
... Dave Shoalts of the Globe & Mail tells us the Phoenix Coyotes may be close to going bankrupt. I’m not kidding when I say that this team should move back to Winnipeg. How ironic would that be? ...
Puttin' On the Foil - A Weekly NHL Recap 12/7
Sean Leahy's Going Five Hole —
... MONOLOGUE What I've learned this week is that despite one thing nothing be related to the other, conduct detrimental to the league is apparently worse in cases than conduct detrimental to a player. WEEK THAT WAS The future of the Phoenix Coyotes could be in some doubt. Former ...
Growing cause for concern in Phoenix
From The Rink —
The Phoenix Coyotes are expected to lose between $25- and $35-million (all currency U.S.) this year and with his primary business under financial duress, owner Jerry Moyes may not be able to cover the hockey team's losses any longer.
As Swift Transportation is the foundation of Moyes' business interests ... the Coyotes' survival in Phoenix is in doubt.
— David Shoalts, The Globe and Mail
Yahoo! Sports' Greg Wyshynski has painted the recent coverage of the Coyotes' woes as a ...
Glad we're not Phoenix?
Lighthouse Hockey —
... Trajectory of a story: Maple Leafs travel through the West, their media dig through the finances of Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes, and out comes a Globe & Mail article about how much money the Coyotes have lost, how the owner's other assets are stressed, how something must break. ...
The Morning Skate: Avery Debated, Sabres Deny and Owners Depressed
Slap Shot —
... supposedly mean a split in the Sabres’ home schedule between Buffalo and Hamilton, which seems to us would be a logistical nightmare, economically inefficient and a PR disaster, not to mention how much they’d love it in Buffalo. Other than that, it’s a great idea. The Sabres deny that the team is for sale, as does Balisiile’s lawyer, Richard Rodier . This comes on the heels of reports last week that George Gillett was considering selling the Canadiens and that the Coyotes would lose around $35 million this season and owner Jerry Moyes is looking for a way ...
