sports.theglobeandmail.com - 2/6/2009
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Gary Bettman struck out at least three times in attempts to peddle the Phoenix Coyotes, according to multiple sources. The sources say the NHL commissioner was turned down by Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, by Phoenix Suns majority owner Robert Sarver and by Ken Kendrick, the managing ...
hockeyprogram.blogspot.com - 2/6/2009
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hockeyprogram.blogspot.com —
The mention of this exclusive interview was first
made public during the Phoenix Coyotes ' January 31st...
game telecast on KAZT-TV when the Buffalo Sabres paid a visit to Jobing.com Arena . Many Coyotes fans took note and circled last night's date on the calendar. Thank you Paul!!!
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Gary Bettman gives "State of Phoenix Coyotes Address"
thetwolinepass.com - 2/13/2009
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The Lead I remember that, like, split second
when everyone was like, “Man the Coyotes could end...
up being good this year.” Those halcyon days are long gone. Today they sent Kyle Turris to the minors and then blew a two-goal, third-period lead and lost 4-3. To Vancouver. Ah, ...
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Good night: Didn’t you used to be the Phoenix Coyotes?
slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/5/2009
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Peddling the Coyotes
KK Hockey —
... after looking at the books of the Coyotes, who are expected to lose as much as $45-million (all currency U.S.) this season.
“It’s not happening,” a source close to Reinsdorf said yesterday. “They’re begging him to do it, but there’s no way. He has no interest. Who would?”
Reinsdorf, Sarver and Kendrick could not be reached for comment. Bill Daly, the deputy commissioner of the NHL, declined to comment.
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The Morning Skate: Bettman's Defensive Offensive, Sather's Reclamations, Tuesday's Titanic Tilt
Slap Shot —
... discussed and Bettman maintains he has “every expectation” the team will still be in their Glendale, Ariz., arena next season because he’s privy to information that we are not regarding the efforts to improve the team’s financial picture. “The fact of the matter is, I believe based on the things that are going on and the discussions we are having this should work out,” Bettman said. “My ultimate belief is we’re going to work this out and the franchise should be fine.” On Friday, David Shoalts in The Globe and Mail wrote that Bettman has been rebuffed by Jerry Reinsdorf, the ...
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Paul delivers the good with furious conviction as always!!!
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