Man the Oilers have been an embarrassment for the last half decade... the constant bad PR with players, horrible roster moves and now they're making headlines across the country talking about relocating?
I totally think it's just about leverage, Katz is way too much of a little Oilers fanboy to relocate them but what does he actually hope to accomplish here? Basically dragging the organization's name through the mud, yet again, to try to bilk more money out of hard working people who pay taxes. Does he think Bettman is actually going to let him relocate from a market that is willing to heavily subsidize a team + actually has fans when he's been so hardheaded in Phoenix? Would be the ultimate hypocrite move.
Why the hell hockey owners should get huge capital investments to subsidize their businesses when everybody else is pulling their own weight is beyond me. If you gave me a couple hundred million I could start up a business that would pay some of it back in property taxes too.... hope their city council tells Katz to take a hike.
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