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Bids To Glendale For Arena
Six million dollars a year is the number being politically bolstered through the local media by the City of Glendale as the amount they consider to be legitimate for managing their arena. It’s clear that, very soon, the NHL will be presenting the group allowed to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes. There is considerable jockeying in…
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Coyotes: The Pastor Bid
Yesterday was another big news day for Coyotes fans, although once again it had nothing to do with actual hockey. Rest assured there are more big days and more surprises coming over the next few weeks. Probably big surprises. Hopefully POSITIVE ones, of course. The news yesterday was Darin Pastor’s group submitted their finalized bid for…
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AZ Republic Contradicts Itself
I have work to do and really should be doing it. There’s so much buzz today resulting from what I perceive as a carefully timed Arizona Republic hit piece fired across the bows of the NHL and the Coyotes that we should examine the metamorphosis of the Republic. If you’re reading this, you probably remember Lisa…
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The Cow Says “AMULA”
I’ve been speculating for awhile the NHL could decide to hold Glendale to an Agreement of Management, Use and Lease (AMUL) that could be significantly LESS beneficial to the City than any agreement they’ve currently negotiated with prospective owners. Certainly less beneficial than the agreement worked out with Hockey Partners (the Jamison group). I didn’t…
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Coyotes Rumor Roundup – May, 2013
May 31, 2013 Here we are at the last day of May and a deal for the Coyotes has yet to be consummated. What’s the rush? It’s spelled T-I-P-P-E-T-T. Despite Don Maloney extending his contract with the team, my guess (based on published actual words from actual knowledgeable mouths) is that Coach wants stronger assurances…
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Note To Dan Bickley: Get Bent – AGAIN
Hey Dan, it’s me again… You must be aware there are essentially two schools of thought about dealing with objectionable statements. One is to ignore them, the rationale being to give them any thought or time is to give them power. It makes sense. The second is to voice one’s objections to the statements and, perhaps, offer an…