A pawn. A patsy. A placeholder. Bettman's b*tch.
Whatever you want to call him, its starting to appear that prospective Coyotes owner Jerry Reinsdorf may be acquiring the team as a courtesy to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, and his clueless cronies as a pawn in the game they are playing.
It wouldn't surprise me.
After all, this is the same group that thought southern expansion would be a good idea.
Who did the feasibility studies on that one? Better yet, how much time and money was wasted along the way, and who chose to ignore those studies that almost assuredly had to come back in a negative light?
Feasibility Studies Analysis
The Carolina Hurricanes work, because of its large number of transplant fans.
"But Phoenix has a multitude of 'transplant fans' as you put it."
That may be true. Aside from the Canadians that I know to be there—I've seen them, read about them, and ultimately wrote about them in my past articles—what is going to happen to the Coyotes' playoff attendance in the second or third round, provided, but God forbid, they get there ...
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Is Jerry Reinsdorf the NHL’s Pawn until Something Better Comes Along?
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