Deal not done to sell and move Thrashers
While negotiations between the Atlanta Spirit and True North Sports and Entertainment continue, no deal has been reached to sell the Thrashers and relocate the team to Winnipeg.
Despite a published report Thursday night saying a deal was done and would be announced Tuesday, officials with the Thrashers, True North and the NHL said no such agreement has been reached.
Several Thrashers officials told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that the report was unfounded. The Winnipeg Free Press reported that a high-ranking True North official denied the report.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, speaking earlier in the day on NHL Live, said no deal has been made to move the Thrashers to Winnipeg– and criticized reports of a possible move. However, he did not rule out relocation unless someone steps forward to own the team here.
“We get reports, speculation, that the team’s gone. And there’s no deal,” Bettman said. “I can tell you that with certainty that there is no deal for this team to move. Am I predicting that there will never be or that there won’t be at some point in time? No, I’m not saying there is or there isn’t.”
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly also issued a denial. “The Board has not been asked to consider nor approve any transaction involving the sale and/or possible relocation of the Atlanta Thrashers’ franchise. Any suggestion to the contrary is entirely untrue.”
The Thrashers and True North have been in active negotiations, as reported by the AJC. The team is also searching for a buyer willing to keep the team in Atlanta. However with time running out to find local ownership, a deal with True North could be reached in the near future. A move to relocate the franchise would have to be made soon in order to begin play next season.
Bettman said the NHL always wants to keep a team in its current market but must have an owner to operate it there.
“The decision as to whether or not to move a club doesn’t come out of looking at two markets and saying, ‘This market would be better than that market,’” he said. “We try to keep our clubs where they are. And if it is ultimately determined that a club has to move, generally the reason . . . is because nobody wants to own a team there anymore, nobody wants to fund the losses and [the current owner] can’t find a buyer.”
The Thrashers’ ownership group has said that it faces a “sense of urgency” to shed the team’s operating losses and that if a buyer can’t be found to keep the team in Atlanta, relocation is a possibility.
The first two callers to Bettman’s show, broadcast on satellite radio and the Internet, were Thrashers fans. The first said Atlanta will support a hockey team if ownership meets the fans halfway by putting a competitive product on the ice.
“I understand and respect that,” Bettman said, “but the key to this may be, in the final analysis, whether or not somebody wants to own the team in Atlanta. In the absence of either the current ownership group continuing to own and operate or somebody stepping forward who wants to buy the club, that becomes the situation that concerns us or any sports league.
“We’ll only leave a market - in this case Atlanta, picking up on the caller’s statements – if we have to. And hopefully the current ownership group will figure a way out of this that makes sense for everybody,” he said.
The caller told Bettman that the Thrashers drew strong crowds in their first five seasons and that a fan rally will be held Saturday to show support for the team.
Noting that the Thrashers have ranked near the bottom of the league in attendance the past two seasons, Bettman said: “I understand that there may be dissatisfaction there, but demonstrating your dissatisfaction by not going to games is an interesting strategy. It’s your absolute right. But if it becomes a turnoff for anybody who might want to buy the franchise, the long-term consequences could be severe.
“It will be interesting to see how many people show up at the rally on Saturday,” Bettman said.
He declined to put a deadline on a decision about whether the team will be moved.
“Obviously, as it relates to next season, time is getting short,” he said. “We have to do a schedule. We’re doing a schedule with our broadcast partners; we have to have it done for clubs by the end of June. And it’s not something you can do in 28 or 48 hours.”
- Staff writer Tim Tucker contributed to this report.
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B. Thenet
May 20th, 2011
1:23 am
Guffman, ever been to Jetsowner.com, or been on twitter. People from Winnipeg have been crapping on the city and fans of Atlanta for YEARS. And the abuse you have been hurling at Phoenix is legendary.
Spare me the martyr business you bloodsucker.
BlackAngus
May 20th, 2011
1:31 am
There is NO deal to move at this minute. Do not believe anything until you hear it directly from the NHL League Office.
B. Thenet
May 20th, 2011
1:31 am
Guffman, when the Canadian dollar sinks and the reaper comes for Winnipeg….remember my name
Guffman
May 20th, 2011
1:31 am
Bloodsucker? Well, Winnipeg is known for its mosquitoes.
Oh well. If I can’t placate you, I might as well whoop it up.
GO JETS GO! GO JETS GO!
I’m so happy, I have to pee.
Guffman
May 20th, 2011
1:35 am
BlackAngus, the NHL’s offiial website has curiously kentioned this story: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=563305&navid=mod-rr-headlines
It’s over. It’s just a game of semantics to get to the done done state.
BlackAngus
May 20th, 2011
1:36 am
The Moose only averages about 8,400 fans a game in the 40-year old 15,000 seat MTS arena, where do you find more fans to support Thrashers (if they move)
Blueland Buddha
May 20th, 2011
1:38 am
Sage- you are so misguided, that I actually feel sorry for you. Don Waddell, as incompetent as he is, only has a job because there are 7-8 people above him who are so disinterested that they dont fire him. 100% of the blame goes to ownership in this case. While I can understand the notion of not wanting to support ASG, I am somewhat baffled on your utter infatuation with Waddell. If ownership cared even 1/100th to the degree that the fans do, Waddell would have been fired years ago. The ASG is a scourge on Atlanta and I wish them nothing but financial ruin to every member.
And while I am at it, Bettman and the NHL deserve an equal amount of ill will. They approved this ownership group and they are giving them the easy way out. If this happens, neither the NHL nor Atlanta Spirit will see one dime from me for a very long time.
BlackAngus
May 20th, 2011
1:53 am
FYI, the Thrashers averages about 13,500 fans per game this past season.
Guffman
May 20th, 2011
2:03 am
BA… The MTS arena was built after the Jets left. It’s a modern building. As for the attendance for Moose games, remember that is a minor league team, and for minor league teams, I believe the Moose ranked 2nd in league attendance.
As for attendance figures for Atlanta, you really need to know the price per ticket earned. If you’re only earning $30/ticket, that’s peanuts. I’d rather have 10,000 fans @ $75/ticket.
LOL
May 20th, 2011
2:13 am
I guess the NHL & ASG really don’t give a damn about anybody here in Atlanta. I for one will NEVER attend another Hawks game nor an event at Phillips Arena as long as ASG or this John Moores character own those entities. This bunch of low life losers do not deserve any of my money or my time. As for Gary Bettmen and the NHL I no longer have a choice as to whether or not I attend an NHL game. I also would hope that any of the current Thrashers players that do not wish to be relocated to Winnipeg will request they be traded, or not re-sign. I feel very sorry for those guys as well, they have no choice in this matter. If our companies upped and moved we could pursue other opportunities where we are, but not those guys.
LOL
May 20th, 2011
2:23 am
I really wish I was the Mayor of Atlanta right now because a great line from a movie should be uttered to the ASG; “We don’t need your kind around here”.
Oh-know-Canada
May 20th, 2011
2:29 am
Just watched Gearon Jr with 11alive and Hullinger.
He looks and sounds like a guy who has given up
Crazy Diamond
May 20th, 2011
2:29 am
We are so screwed. Please put us out of our misery.
Les Habitants
May 20th, 2011
2:38 am
B. Thenet,
Now the U.S. dollar is sinking. So why is it feasible not to move the business to Canada?
A Final Kick In The Teeth
May 20th, 2011
3:04 am
I’m sick and tired of all the sh!t being hurled at the hockey fans of ATL on these boards! Most of you “outsiders” have absolutely NO CONCEPT of the amount of BS and abuse we have put up with ever since the Atlanta Spirit Group was spawned from Hell itself….For those old enough to remember, ATL hockey fans were also sh!t on by the corrupt NHL back in 1980.
Anyone deluded enough to actually believe that this team wasn’t “sold” MONTHS ago needs their head examined. The only thing consistent in this story is the WEB OF LIES from everyone’s mouth who is ever quoted as having “direct knowledge of the situation”. The NHL criminals and gutless ASG punks were simply waiting for litigation to resolve itself before drawing up the final contract.
That final deal is what will be announced on Tuesday.
Anyone who bends over and shows up at this pathetic “rally” attempt is going to look like the poster-child @ss clowns the NHL and ASG WANT and NEED to wash the blood from their criminal hands.
LET THE THRASHERS GO! Let the ASG sell the Hawks, Thrashers & Philips Arena Rights and then disappear into oblivion….Sometimes you have to put a friggin stake in the heart of a monster in order to kill it, you know?
Let the Canadian Inbreeders of Tinypeg get what they deserve for trying to poach US teams for YEARS….The absolute WORST NHL TEAM in the entire league that has been CURSED since it came into existence. Within moments of the official announcement, the MTS arena will probably collapse into a pile of rubble in order to avoid heaping years of torture and humiliation upon itself from this disaster of a franchise.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO KEEP THE THRASHERS IN ATL…..Anyone who says anything different is LYING. The ASG has been trying to sell this team almost from the moment they bought them! This franchise, while it has had a few fine moments, is now the source of so much ILL WILL in Atlanta that the only sane thing to do is help them load the moving vans down at the Gulch and make sure they have enough gas money to actually get to Canada…..
The ASG has RUINED NHL HOCKEY for Atlanta. The NHL and Gary Bettman sat by and watched as this happened. Certainly the League could only do so much “officially” while the owners were involved in litigation amongst themselves, But Bettman had NO DESIRE to keep the Thrashers here and instead of doing much more behind the scenes to PREVENT relocation, his End Game was ALWAYS to effect relocation through both properly timed action and inaction on the part of the League for the $$$ PAYOFF. Just like a crime syndicate.
The planned “Rally” should be turned into a THRASHERS PARAPHERNALIA BURNING DEMONSTRATION to show the World that we’re tired of being sh!t upon by a bunch of numbnuts with more money than brains (ASG) and the legalized mobsters running the NHL.
Crying into your beer for the cameras over a situation that was planned and RESOLVED many months ago just makes everyone involved look like a bunch of pathetic losers….Like you can’t figure out for yourselves that you were “had” long ago, but nobody had the heart to tell you so. If you really want to make a statement, paint everyone’s @ss cheeks with a different letter, stand in line and drop trou for the cameras spelling out:
N H L & A S G C A N K I S S O U R A S S E S !!!
That’s how you make your voices heard…….Not by being a powerless puppet for Gary Bettman.
2CentsWorth
May 20th, 2011
3:18 am
Hello Atlanta Sports Fans…Good Job in the last year, lost 1 of your NASCAR CUP races and your NHL team. If you LIKE the sport, you need to SUPPORT the sport. By SUPPORT, I mean you need to BUY TICKETS, not watch it on TV or buy some cable sports package, but actually go the venue and support your team. I love hockey (yes, I live in Winnipeg), but I also love NASCAR. I have been to 5 races in the last 3 years, at an average cost of about a thousand dollars per race (tickets, airfare, hotel), and I have supported the Manitoba Moose and plan to support what ever hockey team we have here next year…oh yeah, you may want to familiarize yourselves with the CFL if you want to watch any Football over the next year or so.
John
May 20th, 2011
3:24 am
Sorry thrashers fans although I am canadian and am glad to see winnipeg get a team back, I feel for the few of you who actually are passionate about your team and believed that the NHL would care enough to fight on your behalf. the bitter truth is that this is all about business and politics. I remember how painful it was to lose the Vancouver Grizzlies and it did not make sense to me how the NBA could be so cruel to rip the hearts out of those who care about their teams. Time will heal your pain eventually, trust me.
Winnipeg = Poverty
May 20th, 2011
3:58 am
The good people of Atlanta can now sit back and watch as the NHL slices its own wrists. A city of 730,000 with only a Provincial population of only 1.2 million and throw in the fact that the MTS Centre is a glorified minor league arena and you a have a financial disaster in waiting. Winnipeg couldn’t make it in the NHL in 1990 when team payrolls started to top $10 million and they certainly won’t be able to make it now when team payrolls are reaching $60 million. Fold the Atlanta franchise without any buyers in Atlanta and hold a dispersal draft but don’t waste the rest of the NHL’s time on the joke that is the city of Winnipeg.
Blackhawks Fan
May 20th, 2011
4:30 am
I’m sure it sucks Thrashers fans but you guys have been at the bottom of the attendance every year. Even 06-07 when the Thrashers had 97 points there were over 2500 empty seats. Just so you guys now most people in other cities think you’re the worst fans because every time our teams play yours the stadiums are empty. You will probably never get a hockey team again and that’s sad. You guys should show up for the Hawks & Braves, you never know. Not being mean just honest.
marco polo
May 20th, 2011
4:35 am
done and done, the Thrashers had their chance at a legit superstar in 1999, but took Stefan instead of now back to back leading scorers in the NHL. Another example of poor drafting was in 2003 (one of the deepest drafts in recent history), when they passed up guys like Phaneuf, Carter, Brown, and Parise for Braydon Coburn (who was traded for 83 games of Alexi Zhitnik, who by the time he was a Thrasher was slow and ineffective).
Atlanta has pretty much blown its second chance at an NHL team, and it isn’t just the Thrashers that struggle to attract fans in Atlanta, the Braves have about 200k less fans a year than the NL average, and they are an established team. Look at how greatful the Minnesota Wild fans are to have a team again, they sellout nightly, they truely get what a treat having an NHL team is. I love how all of these fans come out of the woodwork when it is time for the team to leave, yet Canadian cities that have worse teams that make more than the Thrashers yearly, and it has nothing to do with building size, the Thrashers are outearned by the Edmonton Oilers, who BTW, have the smallest rink in the NHL, yet still sell out every game with back to back dead last years. Heck, almost all of the Canadian teams used to have PPV packages that were around $15 a game, and people payed that to watch a game on TV yet Thrashers fans (who we are to believe are completely dedicated), cannot spend at least $30 on tickets to support their team. Another indicator of team strength has to be the amount of games that are not televised, that has to say something.
Hockey in the South seems to not be working. The Florida Panthers have been known to cover seats with tarps to make their situation seem better, the Lightning are given most of their home games in clusters to cater to the snowbirds that make up a significant part of attendance (not saying all). Move Florida to Quebec and the Coyotes to Hartford (considering the NHL screwed them big time, there is a reason that there is still a Whalers booster club all these years later).
Why don’t you bash the NHL, its not as if Atlanta knows how to support real sports (racing cars and running from end to end of a wood floor are not sports IMO).
marco polo
May 20th, 2011
4:37 am
Winnipeg = Poverty, how do you explain the strong gates for teams like Detroit that are in cities hit hard by the recession, they find a way of making it to the games with a shrinking city population of around 500k
Chris Vivlamoremoney
May 20th, 2011
4:49 am
This is absurd, I am almost done with the NHL. Chicago would be a good example of fans boycotting..I like how dim-witted canadians meagerly ask if we were not going to the games on purpose. Of course we weren’t, Atlanta isn’t Manitoba, there are people in Atlanta and they aren’t frozen. There is also money in Atlanta, look at the buildings, it’s not Winnipeg, people don’t travel by horse and buggy, it’s a big city with the world’s busiest airport. The funny thing though is that people try to knock “hockey in the south” when Atlanta is made up of mostly transplants, that’s right..people for your neck of the woods, hockey markets. doh. They boycotted in Chicago because of ownership, maybe..perhaps maybe hockey fans here are just as real as original six fans. What a world, every report is hearsay or flat our fraudulent, people easily stereotype and make accusations without any merit to them at all. According to TSN, Atlanta moved to that frozen piehole months ago and I look out my window and see Philips Arena every day. Doh. NO DEAL, can whineypeg print that? c’mon vivlapeg..you write for them, print it bigger so they can comprehend it. the NHL would be stupid if they allowed canada to poach teams, what message does that send to other owners and teams who may obviously struggle at some point like quite a few teams over the years have.
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stee
May 20th, 2011
5:41 am
NEVER believe any reports from the The Globe and Mail of Toronto or the Toronto Sun. They have got to be the worse nhl newsreporting papers.
Chris Vivlamoremoney
May 20th, 2011
5:54 am
been reading the AJC long stee?
Manitoba Vivlamore
May 20th, 2011
6:02 am
I also enjoy how every media outlet there is says fans should have supported this franchise through years of what amounts to hockey genocide. The world takes offense when a cruel dictator terrorizes their own people, we send war planes and not to mention tax payers money to stop the tyranny..yet when in regards to atlanta hockey, the fans are supposed to accept it and gladly get on the train Auschwitz because our Nazi owners said so. Yes, this is what I compare it to, you dim-wits who criticize the common atlanta fan have no idea what this “team” has done to alienate fans and ultimately kill them.
Sage of Bluesland
May 20th, 2011
6:17 am
“[B.Thenet] Guffman, when the Canadian dollar sinks and the reaper comes for Winnipeg….remember my name”
Classy. Just what I’d expect. Oh, and by the way, my wish “all along” was for Waddell to be fired a long time ago. I wanted to rebuild “again”, but with a completely different architect and staff.
Blueland Buddha–No, you are actually right on placing the plame squarely on ownership. I altered my stance on Waddell being really just a symptom of the real cause of the problem. However, I still identify Don Waddell as the primary decision-maker on which so many blunders have been made (as ownership certainly didn’t care). It wasn’t ownership who “guaranteed” making the playoffs. It wasn’t ownership who informed us the grand plan was to “build through the draft!”. It wasn’t ownership who blustered about being relatively ahead of the Philadelphia Flyers at we neared our third “Five-Year Plan”.
But, I do agree–it WAS ownership that kept this clown employed far longer than he should have.
It angered me seeing Barry Melrose on ESPN chiding the city of Atlanta, “You have to support your team”. We did, Barry. The NHL is responsible for ensuring a proper ownership for one of its franchisees–and that said ownership is responsible, stable, and committed.
The NHL failed the fans of Atlanta. The ownership situations (plural) failed the fans of Atlanta. The management of the franchise (to a lesser degree–but still present) failed the fans of Atlanta.
I failed to put my hard-earned dollar into their undeserving and uncaring pocket. I’m not ashamed whatsoever.
Ask yourself the question: “Who failed who first?”
Thus, your answer. Best of luck, organization. I wish the players and new employees of said organization well. I will never subsidize incompetence. Know that before you try to pee in pocket and tell me it’s raining….
Blue Liner
May 20th, 2011
6:21 am
Sounds like the only way Waddell leaves town…..
Bob Batchelor
May 20th, 2011
6:31 am
It’s a shame Atlanta can lose their second NHL team. Bettman knows they are moving to Winnipeg. All the dribble coming from his mouth is just covering up what he already knows is going to happen. It is a shame Tom Glavine couldn’t get investors here in Atlanta to keep the Thrashers in Atlanta. Guess the Gwinnett Gladiators will have to do now for your hockey fix!
We've Been Bamboozled.....
May 20th, 2011
6:39 am
The only way Atlanta gets an AHL team would be if one moved here. The AHL isn’t looking to add any more teams in the near future. So unless the NHL adds some teams in the future or a current AHL team folds, relocation is the only way for an AHL team to be in Atlanta.
Big and Little
May 20th, 2011
6:48 am
So I bet I get screwed getting a refund for next years season tickets which I paid up front.
Eugene
May 20th, 2011
6:52 am
This whole thing really sucks for Atlanta fans. Apparently the NHL had secret back room meetings and they approved the deal months ago, meanwhile ASG was only happy to force fans to pay deposits for renewing the season tickets. Someone should launch a class action lawsuit against the ASG for fraud and deception. That money they took from fans was generating interest in their bank accounts and you can be sure the fans won’t probably get the interest back. They screwed the fans over while lining their own pockets.
Trevor
May 20th, 2011
7:07 am
NYR fan here:
Really pulling for you guys to beat the odds and stay put. It really is hard to believe that it was just four years ago when we had our playoff series. I’d like nothing more than for our teams to go at it again at some point in the years to come. The atmosphere in both arenas during those four games was absolutely electric and it’d be an absolute shame for the NHL to vacate a top ten media market that was methodically poisoned by massive failure, stupidity and incompetence from your ownership and management the levels of which couldn’t possibly be duplicated in any sport. Hoping you guys can weather this storm and see brighter days ahead. Good luck.
Falcons Football
May 20th, 2011
7:14 am
Not enought people in Atlanta care enough to pay what it costs to support an NHL team , especially in these difficult times. It isn’t going to get any better and any prospective owner knows this. Support what matters. Football, Baseball, Basketball. Ice hockey has always been an after thought in Atlanta and only if the team is doing well. You so called fans have been paying peanuts for tickets for long enough. How many of you would actually pay the true cost of tickets? The NHL is gate driven and if another city has an owner willing to buy this team then such is life. It belongs to no one.
Let NONE In
May 20th, 2011
7:25 am
It appears the Canadian writer worked himself in a frenzy and sprayed his shorts
Tony C.
May 20th, 2011
7:27 am
Anytime you find yourself in NYC remember to put some poop in front of the door to NHL headquarters.
Words fail me in describing my anger at the league, and the ASG.
Let NONE In
May 20th, 2011
7:34 am
Here on out the Stanley Cup will be called a Piss Cup.
East Point Bob
May 20th, 2011
7:35 am
Just what are you canada idiots trying to prove on this and other Atlanta blogs ? Just what ?
You idiots think you own the game of hockey, Wrong, you do not. Why don’t you stupid children shut up and stay off the Atlanta blogs, you show your ignorance of life itself, You people up there are sicko’s !
Steve-o
May 20th, 2011
7:44 am
This whole thing really sucks for Atlanta fans. Apparently the NHL had secret back room meetings and they approved the deal months ago,
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And apparently Bettman has lied and lied about it. I cannot stand that guy. I don’t trust a word he says.
Mooseberg
May 20th, 2011
7:48 am
Mr. Bettmam…NEVER and I mean NEVER cross path’s with me. Backroom dealing liar
Manitoba Vivlamore
May 20th, 2011
7:57 am
I enjoy how everyone comes out of the woodwork to tell people how to spend their money or how they should have spent it..on a crappy product ran into the ground. I really wish comprehension was a world-wide understanding, literally.
Melrose should buy me a new motorbike, because I said so, he should spend his money how I tell him to. Typical idiot with a public forum, Betteman, same thing, he should buy me a new humidor for my cigars since I’ll have no other hobbies when the NHL locks out again and when my favorite team obviously moves to some frozen turd hole infested with parasites claiming to be holier than thou hockey fans. Remember that lockout Gary? Why does the media, fans, people in general insist upon telling Thrasher fans how to spend their money or that they should have spent their money on a fraudulent business to better the ASG, who apparently deserves some sort of pity now? No thanks, no one is going to tell me how to spend my money or how I should have spent it, especially when they don’t live here, they aren’t a fan of this team, and they simply are not cognizant of what has taken place here. For the cheerleader fans of this team who were only here for the novelty, you can go to Canada with them, you aren’t telling me how to spend my money either.
Steve-o
May 20th, 2011
7:58 am
I really expected the Globe & Mail story to be confirmed this morning, but this is still dragging on. I’m sure it’s a done deal except for signing on the dotted line. Now the NHL will try to drag it on a little longer because Bettman has egg on his face — apparently he was on camera during the Bruins/Lightning game while looking at the article on his Blackberry and the look on his face was priceless because the article contradicts all of his lies. “I can confirm there is no deal to move the Thrashers, etc. etc.” Yeah, right, Gary!
angryATLfan
May 20th, 2011
8:03 am
so, ummm, is the rally still happening? Go jets Go!
Manitoba Vivlamore
May 20th, 2011
8:04 am
yes angryATLfan, the rally is in a giant hole, go find one.
Sean
May 20th, 2011
8:06 am
I had been an NL fan all my life, but since they took the Expos out of Montreal I can’t bring myself to even follow the box scores of Washington. My sympathies to all hockey fans in Georgia. The Thrashers were on the cusp of becoming a very solid team. It is true that the “fat lady hasn’t sung yet”, and judging from the dirty dealings in Phoenix we can’t know what pies Bettman’s fingers are in. My son and I played shinny hockey years ago here in Montreal with a couple of guys vacationing from Atlanta. They came up just so they could play some outdoor hockey in the winter. Winnipegers would do well to remember how it felt to lose the Jets when commenting here. Maybe there will be a reprieve….all the best from Montreal.
EA
May 20th, 2011
8:07 am
It appears it is a done deal if the test market for sales is successful. I read the rumor that the league wants to see north of 10,000 and a 3 year commitment. If that is true, that is a BIG commitment. Especially with the Thrashers. Anyway, to the person who asked why Detroit fans support their team in bad economic times. There is a simple answer–success and Ken Holland. We don’t have a long history with banners handing in the rafters. To those of you who want to bash the Atlanta fans, what goes around comes around. There are way more than a few of us. Some chose to continue to support hockey for the love of the sport and the team. Others found other ways to spend their extra money on something that is not constantly frustrating, somewhat more successful or to simply send a message that these pathetic owners and former GM do not deserve anything until they commit to a winning product on the ice.
BOB FROM ACCOUNT TEMPS
May 20th, 2011
8:07 am
in true asg and d-wad style, if they are all denying a deal, then you can believe a deal is done! they have always rpovided the opposite of the truth.
Mooseberg
May 20th, 2011
8:09 am
Peggers watch what happens first….move the team and players immediately stop signing….all you have to do to watch the future, key on Andrew Ladd the captain. He will not resign if the team is moved.
BOB FROM ACCOUNT TEMPS
May 20th, 2011
8:10 am
little boys with big boy toys never works out
Let NONE In
May 20th, 2011
8:10 am
This seems like a good time to remind everyone of “Select a Seat” tomorrow. My assigned time is at 10AM. See everyone there.