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HOCKEY IS A GREAT GAME…
IT HAS TO BE…JUST TO SURVIVE THE CLOWNS WHO RUN IT…
YESTERDAY IN CHICAGO…THE NHL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION MET FOR 10 HOURS…
THE ISSUE WAS THE FUTURE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAUL KELLY…
FINALLY AT AROUND 2.30 IN MORNING…
KELLY WAS FIRED…
THE UNION GAVE NO REASON FOR THE SHAKE UP…
ALTHOUGH WORD HAS IT:
THE PLAYERS FELT KELLY WAS TO CLOSE TO NHL COMMISSIONER GARY BETTMAN…
NEVERTHELESS THE P.A. IS NOW LOOKING FOR ITS 4TH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN THE LAST 4 YEARS…
IF CAN BELIEVE THIS…PAUL KELLY LASTED A MERE…23 MONTHS…
“THE SOPRANOS” HAVE MORE JOB SECURITY…
A FORMER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER…WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED…TOLD ESPN…
THE PROBLEM WITH THE UNION IS WHAT HE CALLS…
”A CULTURE OF PARANOIA”…
THE TIMING AS ALL THIS COULD NOT BE WORSE…
WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR…THE PLAYERS AND THE OWNERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BEGIN TALKS ON A NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT…
STAY TUNED!!!
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE…
ON FRIDAY NIGHT…THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS FILED A LETTER BEFORE THE PHOENIX BANKRUPTCY COURT…
CLAIMING THEY RETAIN VETO POWER OVER ANY ATTEMPT TO MOVE A TEAM INTO THEIR TERRITORY…
THE LEAFS ARE FIGHTING TO KEEP THE PHOENIX COYTOTES OUT…
THE NHL HAS OTHER PLANS…
IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP JIM BALSILLIE OUT…WORD HAS IT…
THE LEAGUE IS ATTEMPTING TO BUY THE COYTOES…AND RE-LOCATE THEM NORTH OF TORONTO…
THIS DEAL COULD BE WORTH AS MUCH AS…”HALF A BILLION DOLLARS”…
AND HOW’S THIS FOR A TWIST???
THIS FIGHT WOULD PUT BETTMAN AND BRIAN BURKE AT EACH OTHERS THROATS…
LIKE IT SAID…HOCKEY IS A GREAT GAME…
IT HAS TO BE!!!