Egil
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http://mirtle.blogspot.com/2007/07/balsillie-prepared-for-fight.html#comments
His lawyer talking about possible legal action and essentially trying to give the end-around to Bettman by simply convincing a majority of owners of his position (which I believe he can do). One VERY interesting tid-bit is that the negotiations with Leopold were done behind Bettman's back, and that Bettman only found out from TSN's Darren Dregger!
As the current situation unfolds, I think the NHL's best option is:
1) Let the local group by the Preds from Leopold
2) Grant "Boots" and Balsille expansion teams for $125 mil each, with $25 mil of each fee ($50 mil total) of that going to Leopold
Anything else is going to cause huge problems (especially since it appears that Nashville will exceed the lease breaking requirement)
His lawyer talking about possible legal action and essentially trying to give the end-around to Bettman by simply convincing a majority of owners of his position (which I believe he can do). One VERY interesting tid-bit is that the negotiations with Leopold were done behind Bettman's back, and that Bettman only found out from TSN's Darren Dregger!
As the current situation unfolds, I think the NHL's best option is:
1) Let the local group by the Preds from Leopold
2) Grant "Boots" and Balsille expansion teams for $125 mil each, with $25 mil of each fee ($50 mil total) of that going to Leopold
Anything else is going to cause huge problems (especially since it appears that Nashville will exceed the lease breaking requirement)