Comments on: Nashville, we barely even knew ya http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2007/05/24/nashville-we-barely-even-knew-ya/ gorillacrouch [at] gmail.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:03:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Behind the Jersey » Balsillie to buy the Predators http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2007/05/24/nashville-we-barely-even-knew-ya/#comment-4405 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:52:28 +0000 http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2007/05/24/nashville-we-barely-even-knew-ya/#comment-4405 [...] Reactions from the Blogosphere Dave @ Gorilla Crouch offers up his own opinion on the potential sale: So there goes the best “rival” in the Central Division. Craig Leopold, owner of the Nashville Predators, announced that he is selling his franchise to Jim Balsillie. Balsillie, you may recall, was the guy who was the front-runner to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins but eventually pulled his offer, probably due to pressure from the league to keep the team in Pittsburgh. Balsillie was expected to move the franchise to Ontario. [...] […] Reactions from the Blogosphere Dave @ Gorilla Crouch offers up his own opinion on the potential sale: So there goes the best “rival” in the Central Division. Craig Leopold, owner of the Nashville Predators, announced that he is selling his franchise to Jim Balsillie. Balsillie, you may recall, was the guy who was the front-runner to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins but eventually pulled his offer, probably due to pressure from the league to keep the team in Pittsburgh. Balsillie was expected to move the franchise to Ontario. […]

]]> by: Gorilla Crouch » Jim Balsillie’s in it to win it http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2007/05/24/nashville-we-barely-even-knew-ya/#comment-1950 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:45:32 +0000 http://www.gorillacrouch.com/2007/05/24/nashville-we-barely-even-knew-ya/#comment-1950 [...] Reasearch in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie is pulling out all of the stops to buy an NHL franchise and move the team to southern Ontario. When I commented on the initial offer to purchase the Nashville Predators I assumed his advances were probably welcomed by the league. Balsillie, you may recall, was the guy who was the front-runner to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins but eventually pulled his offer, probably due to pressure from the league to keep the team in Pittsburgh. Balsillie was expected to move the franchise to Ontario. [...] […] Reasearch in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie is pulling out all of the stops to buy an NHL franchise and move the team to southern Ontario. When I commented on the initial offer to purchase the Nashville Predators I assumed his advances were probably welcomed by the league. Balsillie, you may recall, was the guy who was the front-runner to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins but eventually pulled his offer, probably due to pressure from the league to keep the team in Pittsburgh. Balsillie was expected to move the franchise to Ontario. […]

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