HockeyNight in Nashville?

TALK IS CHEAP…
NO WHERE IS IT CHEAPER THAN RIGHT NOW IN NASHVILLE…
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IS THE WITCHING HOUR FOR HOCKEY IN THAT CITY…
OWNER CRAIG LEIPOLD HAS GIVEN EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO A LOCAL GROUP TO BUY THE TEAM…
THAT DEAL DIES WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES 12…
RIGHT NOW…BOTH SIDES…AS WELL AS THE LOCAL POLITICIANS…ARE SAYING ALL THE “RIGHT THINGS”…
DON’T BELIEVE ANY OF IT…
THE TRUTH IS…THE PARTY IN THAT CITY IS OVER…
THE PREDATORS ARE LEAVING NASHVILLE AT THE END OF THIS SEASON…
THEIR FATE WAS SEALED THE DAY LEIPOLD PUT THEM UP FOR SALE…
THE KEY TO THE MOVE IS THE TEAM GETTING OUT OF THEIR ARENA LEASE…
TO DO THAT THE PREDATOR HAD TO AVERAGE LESS THAN 14 THOUSAND PAID ATTENDANCE THIS SEASON…
SO…IN THE SUMMER THE TEAM GUTTED ITS ROSTER…
GONE ARE PLAYERS SUCH AS…PAUL KARIYA…KIMMO TIMONEN…AND THOMAS VOKOUN…
THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT TO DIVE INTO THE FREE AGENT POOL…
AND NO ATTEMPT TO RE-SIGN HEAD COACH BARRY TROTZ…EVEN THOUGH TROTZ IS IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS CONTRACT…
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH…THE ORGANIZATION IS NOT COMMITTED TO WINNING…
IT’S WORKING…THE PREDS HAVE NOW LOST 6 OF THEIR LAST 8…
THE RESULT IS THAT ATTENDANCE THIS SEASON IS AROUND 12 THOUSAND A GAME…
THE REASON THE LEAGUE WANTS THE TEAM MOVED TO KANSAS CITY IS SIMPLE…
THE NEW ARENA IN THAT CITY IS RUN BY THE OWNER OF THE LOS ANGELES KINGS PHILIP ANSCHUTZ…PERHAPS THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN HOCKEY…
THE NASHVILLE BID TO KEEP THE TEAM IS NOTHING MORE THAN A CHARADE FOR THE NHL…LEIPOLD AND THE LOCAL POLITICIANS TO SAVE FACE…
THE FACTS DON’T LIE…
THE MONEY MAN BEHIND THE NASHVILLE BID IS WILLIAM “BOOTS” DEL BIAGGIO FROM CALIFORNIA…WHO IS CONNECTED TO ANSCHUTZ AND OWNS THE NHL RIGHTS TO THE NEW ARENA IN KANSAS CITY…
TODAY WE LEARNED…DEL BIAGGIO HAS ADDED A NEW PARTNER IS DOUG BERGERON…WHO IS A CANADIAN BILLIONAIRE…ALSO LIVING IN CALIFORNIA…
AS A RESULT…THE PREDS WILL MOVE TO KANSAS CITY AT THE END OF THE SEASON…
SO TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT…THE STAKE WILL BE OFFICIALLY DRIVEN THROUGH THE HEART OF EVERY HOCKEY FAN IN NASHVILLE…