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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Read some excerpts from Bettman's remarks. He is all in on Tempe and the ASU arena in the interim.
I imagine that's partly because no one is lining up to offer to buy and move them.
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Possible. Or he's bluffing to maximize the sale price and keep some degree of hope alive among the Coyotes fan.
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Originally Posted by Beatle17
Bettman's comment about Glendale demanding a 20 year lease and then kicking the team out when they said no was interesting. I think I wouldn't pay the taxes in that case either. instead of working on a short term deal they said get lost so the owner said OK. Maybe there needs to be better actual reporting/investigation done instead of just running with the shabby headlines in Arizona.
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Or maybe the truth is somewhere closer to the middle than either the Bettman or Glendale version. Whatever the case, it still seems to me that one side played hardball and the other went nuclear by bilking their obligations.