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troutman · 04-04-2012, 11:19 AM

Glendale at War with the NHL

http://thehockeywriters.com/glendale...-with-the-nhl/

The saga about the Phoenix Coyotes took another twisted turn yesterday when the City of Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs “blew a fuse” during the Glendale City Council Budget Workshop. Before the Coyotes’ last home game of the season where they blanked the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-0 thanks to a 54-save effort by goaltender Mike Smith, the City Council met for its monthly session. What was supposed to be a regular and informal session about the matters of the city turned into a key step in the whole saga surrounding the future of the NHL in the desert.

With only a few days remaining to the regular season, the clock is ticking fast to make a decision about whether or not the Coyotes will remain in Phoenix one more year. As there doesn’t seem to be any apparent buyer interested in purchasing the team and keeping it in Glendale, CoG Mayor Elaine Scruggs decided she had enough of the whole situation and decided to rant and rave about the NHL, Gary Bettman and Bill Daly.

“The reason why we approved that second payment of $25M to the NHL. Why 5 of us voted for this, was because we were told that we were just this close to a deal being done. Mr. Daly stood right in front of us and he told us that. “We have never been closer… There was a deal that was going to be done so we should never have to pay that $25M and the NHL wouldn’t go move the team off some place. So, here we are now, a year later, two months from having to pay this. No Mr. Hulsizer… No Mr. Anybody Else. No Deals, No Nothing. So we have a problem.”

“The NHL have been in control of this process the entire time. Everything had to start with them. We couldn’t do anything until they said that we could talk to somebody. The NHL have been in control of this and they have led us to this terrible point that we are at today.”

04-04-2012, 11:19 AM	#266
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Glendale at War with the NHL http://thehockeywriters.com/glendale...-with-the-nhl/ The saga about the Phoenix Coyotes took another twisted turn yesterday when the City of Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs “blew a fuse” during the Glendale City Council Budget Workshop. Before the Coyotes’ last home game of the season where they blanked the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-0 thanks to a 54-save effort by goaltender Mike Smith, the City Council met for its monthly session. What was supposed to be a regular and informal session about the matters of the city turned into a key step in the whole saga surrounding the future of the NHL in the desert. With only a few days remaining to the regular season, the clock is ticking fast to make a decision about whether or not the Coyotes will remain in Phoenix one more year. As there doesn’t seem to be any apparent buyer interested in purchasing the team and keeping it in Glendale, CoG Mayor Elaine Scruggs decided she had enough of the whole situation and decided to rant and rave about the NHL, Gary Bettman and Bill Daly. “The reason why we approved that second payment of $25M to the NHL. Why 5 of us voted for this, was because we were told that we were just this close to a deal being done. Mr. Daly stood right in front of us and he told us that. “We have never been closer… There was a deal that was going to be done so we should never have to pay that $25M and the NHL wouldn’t go move the team off some place. So, here we are now, a year later, two months from having to pay this. No Mr. Hulsizer… No Mr. Anybody Else. No Deals, No Nothing. So we have a problem.” “The NHL have been in control of this process the entire time. Everything had to start with them. We couldn’t do anything until they said that we could talk to somebody. The NHL have been in control of this and they have led us to this terrible point that we are at today.”