Post by canuck5 on Mar 16, 2011 13:32:28 GMT -5
Pubilshed today in the Calgary Herald:
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Winning helps Coyotes ignore team's sale drama
By Vicki Hall, Calgary HeraldMarch 16, 2011
The Goldwater Institute has announced its intention to file a lawsuit with the City of Glendale, a move that jeopardizes the proposed sale of the Phoenix Coyotes.
The move that increases the possibility of the Coyotes moving to Winnipeg next season.
"The fact they filed right now and they're trying to make more news right now -it's frustrating," captain Shane Doan said. "But that's OK.
"We keep finding ways to win. I don't really want to talk about all that after a big win."
The Coyotes may be on the endangered species list, but they refuse to let it impact them in this wild playoff race.
With the victory, the travellers vault into fifth place in the Western Conference.
"A fun one for us," said defenceman Adrian Aucoin. "Obviously a heartbreaker for them."
Should the Coyotes move north, it's terrific news for Winnipeg and heartbreaking news for the players who have come to make Phoenix their home.
Aucoin is one of them, but he chooses not to pay attention to daily drama.
"First I've heard of it," Aucoin said, of the latest development in the desert soap opera. "Literally, until it's all done, we're beyond it.
"There might be a few guys who pay attention to it, but not me. It would be too painful."
The Goldwater Institute, a taxpayer watchdog calls the deal between Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer and the City of Glendale illegal.
According to state law, government subsidies of private business with taxpayer dollars are forbidden in Arizona. And Hulsizer is set to receive $100 million from Glendale to help him with the purchase of the Coyotes.
In return, Glendale is to receive the parking rights at Jobing.com Arena. Goldwater contends the city already owns those rights and is gifting Hulsizer the $100 million.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has said he will need to explore all his options if the sale does not go through. Winnipeg is believed to reside at the top of that list.
Regardless, the Coyotes, with a bargain-basement payroll and a lack of star players outside Shane Doan, Keith Yandle and Ilya Bryzgalov, keep defying the odds in the standings.
"If we read all the papers, we would maybe be in 14th or 15th place, because we don't have the salary or the talent or whatever," Aucoin said. "We just do our own thing."
VHALL@CALGARYHERALD.COM
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Winning helps Coyotes ignore team's sale drama
By Vicki Hall, Calgary HeraldMarch 16, 2011
The Goldwater Institute has announced its intention to file a lawsuit with the City of Glendale, a move that jeopardizes the proposed sale of the Phoenix Coyotes.
The move that increases the possibility of the Coyotes moving to Winnipeg next season.
"The fact they filed right now and they're trying to make more news right now -it's frustrating," captain Shane Doan said. "But that's OK.
"We keep finding ways to win. I don't really want to talk about all that after a big win."
The Coyotes may be on the endangered species list, but they refuse to let it impact them in this wild playoff race.
With the victory, the travellers vault into fifth place in the Western Conference.
"A fun one for us," said defenceman Adrian Aucoin. "Obviously a heartbreaker for them."
Should the Coyotes move north, it's terrific news for Winnipeg and heartbreaking news for the players who have come to make Phoenix their home.
Aucoin is one of them, but he chooses not to pay attention to daily drama.
"First I've heard of it," Aucoin said, of the latest development in the desert soap opera. "Literally, until it's all done, we're beyond it.
"There might be a few guys who pay attention to it, but not me. It would be too painful."
The Goldwater Institute, a taxpayer watchdog calls the deal between Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer and the City of Glendale illegal.
According to state law, government subsidies of private business with taxpayer dollars are forbidden in Arizona. And Hulsizer is set to receive $100 million from Glendale to help him with the purchase of the Coyotes.
In return, Glendale is to receive the parking rights at Jobing.com Arena. Goldwater contends the city already owns those rights and is gifting Hulsizer the $100 million.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has said he will need to explore all his options if the sale does not go through. Winnipeg is believed to reside at the top of that list.
Regardless, the Coyotes, with a bargain-basement payroll and a lack of star players outside Shane Doan, Keith Yandle and Ilya Bryzgalov, keep defying the odds in the standings.
"If we read all the papers, we would maybe be in 14th or 15th place, because we don't have the salary or the talent or whatever," Aucoin said. "We just do our own thing."
VHALL@CALGARYHERALD.COM