City's last chance to keep Jackets may be casino tax

Another move for the NHL.

Bet you anything they end up moving....

The Blue Jackets will end up moving to Canada, there is no doubt about it.

Lose shirt = keep Jackets?

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Originally posted 08:34 AM ET  08.08 by Canuck eh?

Lose shirt = keep Jackets?

Even money on that one, Canuck.

Maybe the jackets would've done better in Cleveland, a city that identifies itself as a Northeastern city, instead of a college town like Columbus? Just saying, NHL.

Adios BJ's...

Lets just hope they go like Atlanta and not like Phoenix if they have to go.

Another fine placement for the Buttgoblin ! Let's see know. Phoenix,Dallas,Atlanta,Florida,Tampa, and now Columbus is in trouble.Clearly the Buttgoblins expansion and "cost certainty" formulas aren't working. Hockey is a regional sport.Close some of them and move the viable teams to Hamilton & Quebec because the only thing the Buttgoblin is doing now is wiping egg off his face while his expansion owners are bleeding money !!

Put in all on red

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Originally posted 08:42 AM ET  08.08 by Otis B. Driftwood

Adios BJ's...

Morning Otis?

Someone getting married?

Memphis! San Antonio! Tucson! Aspen! Charlotte! All these places would create in-state rivalries, and from what I hear on inside knowledge, that has become Bettman's primary focus now when it comes to moving franchises! Heck, I hear two might move to Tegucigalpa in time for 2012-13 season! How many more exclamation points can I squeeze in here?!

Seriously though, how pathetic is it that the only news we can depend on daily about the NHL is failing franchises moving?

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Originally posted 08:53 AM ET  08.08 by Canuck eh?

Morning Otis?Someone getting married?

HA!

Buttgoblin is worse than frigging Selig !! Not easy to do

Tampa wasn't part of The Weasel's expansion - They came in under John Ziegler; same year as the Ottawa Senators...And they aren't in financial trouble, per se.

They may not have sold as many tickets in recent years (under Kroules, Barrie and Lawton's mismanagement - Ending up in the cellar, year after year, has that effect; unless you're the Leafs) but Jeff Vinik has deep pockets and has already said he'd ride it out for a decade or more.

Hiring Stevie Yzerman will go a long way toward ensuring the Lightning's long-term viability. There's no substitute for winning, and Yzerman's job is to build a winning culture.

I'd be more concerned about the other teams mentioned (though the Panthers' ownership seem to be taking the long-view and aren't panicked for revenue, just yet.)

Phoenix is definitely beyond being on its' last legs - This will be the third season for that club on "life-support". It's bound to crash and burn.

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Originally posted 08:59 AM ET  08.08 by drbpor

Buttgoblin is worse than frigging Selig !! Not easy to do

If Selig, Stern and the Buttgoblin ran for office, None of the above would win in a landslide.

Bring them to Toronto. We need a real team.

Bluejackets, how can we miss you if you won't go away.

Any problems Dallas may have have nothing to do with fan support. It's our idiot owner and his other business dealings. At least he doesnt own the Rangers anymore.

Columbus is a good example of a second ... make that a third-tier city that wants to be a "major league city" in the worst way. That's exactly how they did it. All the "arena district" has done is kill off business in the other parts of town, much as how Easton and the like did to the older "northland - eastland" business areas. Net gain was little or nothing.

Maybe they can pass the team off on some suckers in Hartford.