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PostPosted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:27 pm 
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Courtesy of David Shoalts and The Globe & Mail:

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Dark clouds headed Bettman’s way in 2010

“With financial brush fires billowing smoke on a league-wide scale, the NHL's commissioner races to put out many little blazes while attempting to avoid a larger inferno.

Gary Bettman and the NHL will celebrate the new year with their most feel-good event, the annual outdoor game, but once the warm-and-fuzzies fade from Fenway Park, the commissioner will have lots of fires to put out.

Thanks to the recession and “the usual suspects,” as a banker of our acquaintance put it, Bettman can expect 2010 to be another year in which he makes like the fellow who keeps a dozen or so plates spinning on sticks. The only difference from 2009 is that the Phoenix Coyotes may not be the plate on centre stage.

Oh, the Coyotes will still be a Class A migraine, since they are losing a good $5-million (all currency U.S.) a month that will be billed to the NHL until it completes the sale of the team to the group of businessmen known as Ice Edge Holdings LLC. But once Bettman convinced the governors at their annual meetings last week that those losses will come out of future NHL revenue and spare them from writing cheques, he kept that plate spinning.

But a couple of dark clouds – the New York Islanders and the Nashville Predators – are moving front and centre.”

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Love the Bettman pics :lol:

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Rutledge222
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AH its so true, I cannot wait to see the Islanders, Coyotes, and Predators all move to different cities, Hopefully Nashville and Pheonix will move to Canada.... idc where the Islanders go....

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This is a critical time for the NHL. Will it truly regain its place as one of the Big Four of North American sports, or will it remain on the second tier of the sporting world, along with soccer, lacrosse, and indoor football (assuming the Areana League is even resurrected)?

Bettman has bet all his chips on expansion of the sport into the American South and West, leaving many core fans, especially those in Canada, feeling taken for granted. The NHL has taken a hit from the Great Recession, salaries are again on the rise, and while the KHL hasn't panned out to be quite the threat anticipated, it is still there. Finally, there is still no national t.v. contract in the United States, without which the NHL will never be more than an also-ran in the sporting world.

Where does the NHL go from here?

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Rutledge222 wrote:
AH its so true, I cannot wait to see the Islanders, Coyotes, and Predators all move to different cities, Hopefully Nashville and Pheonix will move to Canada.... idc where the Islanders go....

I don't want to see the Islanders leave...what with all that tradition? C'mon now

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Why would the Islanders leave. They have a history and an actual fanbase.

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Well teams struggling financially isn't a surprise anyways, since when hasn't there been a team struggling?

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The Islanders won't move but they might move to a new building in a different area of the city.

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patkane88 wrote:
The Islanders won't move but they might move to a new building in a different area of the city.

They need that more than anything, their Arena is such a dump, maybe a new one will bring in more fans?

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patkane88 wrote:
The Islanders won't move but they might move to a new building in a different area of the city.

...in a different state. Perhaps, in a different country.

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