Just when we thought the NHL - Jim Balsillie situation was over, along comes SI's Allan Muir. Muir's article, which I quote from below, seems to tell a different story about the Balsillie rejection than the one we've been hearing from NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman. Muir quotes Kevin Compton, part owner of the San Jose franchise, in his article.
Huh? I thought the owners were united in their disdain for JB. If that isn't the case, then why was JB denied ownership of an NHL franchise? To Mr. Bettman this probably feels like a B monster movie where every time he thinks the monster is dead, it comes back to life for more carnage. For me it just makes a confusing situation seem even more confusing and juvenile than I originally thought."Jim loves hockey," Compton told the paper. "Jim's got a lot of money. Jim's got a lot of passion."
Okay, less than judicious perhaps, but not too bad. Compton wasn't done there. He guaranteed himself a trip to the wood shed by stating he was 100 per cent certain that Balsillie would become an owner at some point in the future. Then, when asked why the owners had rejected Balsillie, he replied, "Owners [didn't]."
