Friday, June 12, 2009

Phoenix and the NHL vs. Hamilton, Balsillie, and Moyes

Update on the Battle between Balsillie and the NHL

So I'm a regular participant in hfboards, a big fan at that. Anyway, I decided to check out the Phoenix Coyotes thread and see if they had any update on the legal proceedings. There is no update there, but I found something just as interesting...
HFboards was featured in a few newpapers and television stations outlining its sudden popularity among hockey fans, and on top of that, the internet itself is powerful in its own self. So, what I'm getting at here is fans surf the net, and fans go on HFboards too. There was a thread on a petition to keep the Coyotes in Phoenix, I went to the site where this petition is, out of pure curiousity. Thus far, since its start April 30, 314 people have signed the petition. Thats barely enough people to fill one section at jobing.com Arena. Jim Balsillie has rounded up over 150,000 supporters on his relocation of the team to Hamilton.

BIG f-ing Difference!

And why does Bettman still want to support this team? They can't even get 400 people wanting to keep the team! In addition, a recent poll conducted by the Coyotes team in Glendale showed a 72% support of residents on the move out of Phoenix. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU BETTMAN?! Seriously, this has nothing to do with Phoenix being a "viable" market for hockey, thats pure b.s. there is an underlying message in Bettman's plea to keep the team in Arizona, and it just keeps pointing to his hatred of Canada!

So my message to you Mr. Gary Bettman: Swallow your patroitic anti-canadian "pride" and give this team up to Balsillie, no matter what you do, you're proving to be a failure at everything, and you're certainly not gaining much approval from hockeys biggest fan base; Canada.

This post rules out my chance of making the NHL.

No comments:

Post a Comment