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Bettman denies second Toronto team
Gary Bettman doesn't know where it came from, but he denies talk of the NHL putting another franchise in Toronto. Last night the league commissioner was in Chicago on the eve of the general managers' meeting and attempted to put the rumour to rest prior to the OIlers- Blackhawks game. "I don't believe everything I read," Bettman said. "I certainly don't believe things that cite anonymous sources. I'm always skeptical as to who an anonymous source might be or whether an anonymous source really exists. "The story in its premises that this is a matter of league discussion is absolutely incorrect. We're not looking to relocate and we're not looking to expand. Anybody suggesting that we are doing any of those two things is kind of making it up as they go along."
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Now THATS a true picture of the evil midget.Hes saying "i'll have a team in Las Vegas or my name isnt mini me".
Peter Goezinya
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OK. Let's all chill about all this talk about a second team in Toronto. This is a city with a nothing hockey team which is getting way more coverage than it deserves. Call me when Balsilie buys one of the failing franchises. Between this, the Sundin rumours and the messiah stories about Bran Burke, Toronto is staying front and centre of the hockey news when it should be getting no coverage at all.
PopKing
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"Ve vill cross the border and seize zee city of Toronto and install our team, the Toronto Stormtroopers. The game of hockeys is ours. Resistance is futile."
santapig
Kansas City , MO
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So, Bettman doesn't, "believe everything he reads"? I guess we can put THAT rumour to rest, that he can in fact read. I guess we can also put it to rest that he is aware of a country north of the US border. Being the political junkie that I am, I am always suspicious of these things. Often times, we find out that the "anon" source is someone in the league office with the merry munchkin's okay.
One other rumour that we cannot put to rest is:
BETTMAN S***S
by the way santa, EXCELLENT post!
Spiny Norman
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It looks like he's eyeing down Balsillie. "you will never have a franchise! Your money is too legit!" LOL. This is the perfect pic of the evil one.
bostongm
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That is a great Bettman pic.......he looks evil and stupid all at the same time.
TenRingsSTL
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For us older folks, he reminds me of Nixon in this picture
Spiny Norman
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Thank Spiny. But with a pic like that, these things just write themselves!
santapig
Kansas City , MO
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It's stupid to put another team between Toronto and Detroit. They need to put another team in Winnipeg.
BTH
West Palm Beach , FL
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With the rumors of how the governors are talking Gary better be careful or Balsillie will get his franchise and take Bettman down at the same time. I'm more and more convinced Stern sent bettman in to fo ok up the NHL.
Peter Goezinya
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but Stern didn't tell Bettman, knowing thathe is such a power hungry little troll **** he would do it anyway
Spiny Norman
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Do not insult Tricky Dicky.
Hank Kingsley
Port Alberni, BC
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I always wondered what is the Canadian perspective of Nixon?
Mac Brody PHN
East San Jose, CA
Total Comments (1149)
Can't be any worse than most of the US's perspective. He was a lying, cheating, paranoid, backstabbing S.O.B....and those were his stronger qualities.
Hey, he sounds like a certain undersized commissioner I know of!!!
Spiny Norman
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Lmao..
Peter Goezinya
Total Comments (859)
check out my blog post regarding exactly this
NYCPuckhead
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He gave Archie Bunker somebody to love/defend. Richard "E." Nixon...
And after his demise we got Gerry Ford to laugh at.
It was all good.
Hank Kingsley
Port Alberni, BC
Total Comments (2002)
put a little mustashe on him and he look think someone else H1tler
FoosBall...Licensed…
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what Nixon or the Candian perspective thereof?
Spiny Norman
Total Comments (2720)
Give Balsillie a team already and let him place it in the general vicinity of the center of the universe. Some place like Hamilton. If not, Quebec City will do.
DCruiser
Barrington , IL
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