Jay-Z, haha. He owned 1/15 of 1 percent of the Nets (Forbes magazine) which he had purchased for $1M dollars. Sorry for this, he is a rich guy but his influence on the sporting world is just above zero. He does have money, about half of what Charles Wang has.
Charles Wang was a kooky and cheap owner but he put a ton of money overall into the Islanders team and tried everything to keep them in Nassau. He tried all sorts of development ideas to build a new arena, including no government financing, but couldn't get any support from the county. He knew nothing about running an NHL team but don't confuse that with how much he tried.
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Reason: Original remark about JayZ was kind of disparaging
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I hated the Islanders when they were in their dynasty years, but they have suffered enough and have entered the extreme underdog status, so would like to see the side show end and have a serious hockey team. Or move them to Quebec.
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Disagree about Snow not being able to find work afterwards; if the oilers decide to clean house then I think Snow is exactly the kind of GM the idiots in edmonton would hire.
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Disagree about Snow not being able to find work afterwards; if the oilers decide to clean house then I think Snow is exactly the kind of GM the idiots in edmonton would hire.
They need someone with as many rings as Lowe to teach them about winning. What has Snow won?
Snow was an average goaltender with no experience who was hired to be the GM of a team who made tons of dumb trades and signings and was able to keep his job. He's won a lot. He's also the kind of GM who'd just do whatever the hec his owner wants him to do.
I know the oilers only want the old school cup winners but he might fit right in!
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Jay-Z, haha. He owned 1/15 of 1 percent of the Nets (Forbes magazine) which he had purchased for $1M dollars. Sorry for this, he is a rich guy but his influence on the sporting world is just above zero. He does have money, about half of what Charles Wang has.
Charles Wang was a kooky and cheap owner but he put a ton of money overall into the Islanders team and tried everything to keep them in Nassau. He tried all sorts of development ideas to build a new arena, including no government financing, but couldn't get any support from the county. He knew nothing about running an NHL team but don't confuse that with how much he tried.
This will mean that we will not see the real life version of the kid from up go up to the stage when they pick their first round pick anymore. Funny thing is Katz's kid goes up as well hmmmm weird!!!!!
