[News] Former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington sentenced to jail

[Cheese]

Former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington has been sentenced to six months in prison by a U.S. court.

A judge in California ruled earlier this week that the 71-year-old had violated a term of his probation on a perjury conviction.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...jail-1.1862204

[TurnedTheCorner]

Always nice to see crooks go to jail.

[BigBrodieFan]

Imagine how he's going to get treated with a name like Peter Pocklington. Karma sucks. What an idiot.

[Coach]

Surprised at the hate for Pocklington here. He completely effed over our biggest rivals. Should he not be celebrated?...

[Jacks]

Remember when he sold Gretzky to L.A. and everyone in Mulletville was crying?

Good times, good times.

[Locke]

Good old Pocklington. Always up to something.

[Cheese]

well he screwed over ex-Flames owner Nelson Skalbania before he arrived in town. The Gretzky era may have looked a little Flamier if Skalbania had any brains.

Skalbania called Peter Pocklington (who) agreed to fulfill Gretzky’s contractual needs and to pay Skalbania’s asking price, except that most of it would have to come from writing off the half-million dollars that Pocklington had agreed to owe his former partner when the Edmonton franchise was absorbed by the NHL. He said he’d give Skalbania, who was cash short in his sporting adventures because of the drain in Indianapolis, $300,000 on the spot, but Skalbania would also have to accept a $250,000 note to settle the half-million dollar debt. Skalbania agreed. Later, with Skalbania again cash short, Pocklington was able to redeem the $250,000 note for $100,000 cash, which meant that Pocklington had acquired Gretzky for less cash, $400,000, than the value of his old debt to Skalbania.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Surprised at the hate for Pocklington here. He completely effed over our biggest rivals. Should he not be celebrated?...

I don't like the era of slimy crook owners circa late 70s, early 80s.

[Bertuzzied]

We should do a CP online petition to get him out. Flames fans owe him a lot. If he didn't sell Gretzky, Oiler fans might be putting a 10 cups thing into our faces.

[Dion]

[Stay Golden]

6 months pretty light sentence. Peter Pocklington

[Beatle17]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Surprised at the hate for Pocklington here. He completely effed over our biggest rivals. Should he not be celebrated?...

I think the hate may have to do with the millions of dollars he ripped off ATB (thus the people of Alberta), the Gainers fiasco and screwing thousands of people out of their pension money and jobs. Guy is a ######.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

I don't like the era of slimy crook owners circa late 70s, early 80s.

You mean like James D. Norris (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks), who had a side business putting on fixed boxing matches for the Mob?

Oh, wait, that was in the 1950s.

Or Bruce McNall (Los Angeles Kings), who defrauded his bankers out of more than $200 million?

Oh, wait, that was in the late 80s and early 90s.

Or the granddaddy of them all, Frank Calder? He was not the owner of a team, but he was the founder and first president of the National Hockey League. He single-handedly stripped Quebec of its franchise, then sold it to an owner in Hamilton, who made the cheque payable to Francis Calder. Neither the league nor the owner in Quebec ever saw a dollar of that money.

But that was all the way back in 1920.

The era of shady owners in the NHL started when the NHL started, and it may not be over yet.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

We should do a CP online petition to get him out. Flames fans owe him a lot.

As Beatle17 points out, if Flames fans owed Pocklington anything, he has already paid himself out of their ATB accounts.

[Wolfman]

Originally Posted by Dion

"I promised Mess I wouldn't do this"

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

You mean like James D. Norris (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks), who had a side business putting on fixed boxing matches for the Mob?

Oh, wait, that was in the 1950s.

Or Bruce McNall (Los Angeles Kings), who defrauded his bankers out of more than $200 million?

Oh, wait, that was in the late 80s and early 90s.

Or the granddaddy of them all, Frank Calder? He was not the owner of a team, but he was the founder and first president of the National Hockey League. He single-handedly stripped Quebec of its franchise, then sold it to an owner in Hamilton, who made the cheque payable to Francis Calder. Neither the league nor the owner in Quebec ever saw a dollar of that money.

But that was all the way back in 1920.

The era of shady owners in the NHL started when the NHL started, and it may not be over yet.

This is why I cringe whenever someone suggests returning to naming the divisions after these crooks (Smythe and Norris).

You're right too, judging by his history Bettman hasn't improved the vetting process.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

This is why I cringe whenever someone suggests returning to naming the divisions after these crooks (Smythe and Norris).

To be fair, the Norris Division was named after James E. Norris, who, as far as I know, was not involved with organized crime. However, he was the architect of the whole ‘Norris House League’ setup, by which the Norris family directly or indirectly controlled all four of the NHL’s American franchises, so I can’t exactly say his hands were clean, either.

[GreenLantern]

Gretzky's daughter having grown up in LA:




Greatky's daughter if she grew up in Edmonton:




Any questions?

[flamesfan1297]

good too see that the crook gets what he deserves