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DAVID SHOALTS

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 5:21 PM EST 23/10/08

New Tampa Bay Lightning owners are making brash moves in a league where gamblers usually crash and burn, David Shoalts writes ...Read the full article

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  1. john shantz from Canada writes: This article sounds like a 'puff piece' for the new owners........... doesn't a sportswriter owe his readers at least a hing of skepticism?
  2. Dave The Rave from Ottawa, Canada writes: That's because it IS a puff piece.
  3. ente EighteenEightyEight from Canada writes: The question for Leafs fans is - would this be an ownership group preferred to the current MLSE?

  4. aaaa aaa from Canada writes: oh wait leafs fans critiquing another hockey team, now that is puff piece to the enth degree...when you guys find a 1st or 2nd line to equal Vinny et al; and a managment [ and I use the term loosley in fact sort of like the TO -D men] group who has a plan, any plan in fact about how to manage a team let us know who they are e.g. JG Jr. etc etc sorry Centre of the universe, I would rather watch a Bolts game over the over exposed on the TO Sports Network, CBC any Sat night. ....Nice collapse the other night less 2 minutes to go and lose...now that is a piece of Puff hockey
  5. Billy Talon from Toronto, Canada writes: aaaa aaa from Canada writes: oh wait leafs fans critiquing another hockey team, now that is puff piece to the enth degree...when you guys find a 1st or 2nd line to equal Vinny et al; and a managment [ and I use the term loosley in fact sort of like the TO -D men] group who has a plan, any plan in fact about how to manage a team let us know who they are e.g. JG Jr. etc etc sorry Centre of the universe, I would rather watch a Bolts game over the over exposed on the TO Sports Network, CBC any Sat night. ....Nice collapse the other night less 2 minutes to go and lose...now that is a piece of Puff hockey

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    Whatever you say, chumply...This new ownership group didn't have anything to do with drafting Vinny or winning a Stanley Cup...

    If you don't want to watch the Leafs, than don't, you whiny bi@tch. No one cares if you do or don't.

    But nice try anyway, idiot.
  6. David Gehring from Kingston, Ontario, Canada writes: So Koules amassed his fortune making bad sitcoms like Two and a Half Men... well with Lecavalier, St. Louis and Stamkos, the entire Tampa Bay organization amounts to about three and a half men, but this hockey team gives us a lot more laughs than the sitcom.
  7. Chris M from Winnipeg, Canada writes: Those TB Lightning financial numbers better pick up in a hurry if they want to ever hope of paying off that $106 Million debt to buy the club and land. Otherwise, Davidson will get his team back, whether he wants them or not.

    Also, reporters always report the number of seats sold, but never the total gate revenue taken in each game or their ticket sales place out of 30 teams. TB's attendance is fairly accurate (ie. not alot of "distributed freebie tickets" counted in their totals). But check out their website to see how much ticket cost. They are quite cheap compared to Canadian NHL teams.

    If you want to see how the Lightning are doing financially check out ManitobaMythbusters.com to get a true perspective.

    Saying they are the best of the Southern US clubs isn't saying much when you consider Phoenix, Nashville, Atlanta and Miami are near death's door.

    The economic storm clouds have gathered after years of boom times. How many of these happy-go-lucky southern NHL stories will we be hearing in a year or two?

    Chris
    Chair, ManitobaMythbusters.com

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