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Article: Ownership squabbles stealing headlines; Uncertainty is clouding league outlook.(SPORTS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 29, 2009
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Byline: Tim Lemke, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The NHL enters the 2009-10 season with renewed and growing interest in the sport, but the good news has been clouded by instability among team owners, financial troubles of several teams and uncertainty over the future of hockey in some markets.
Commissioner Gary Bettman has acknowledged a distracting and interesting summer that saw him shuttling back and forth from an Arizona courtroom for bankruptcy proceedings involving the Phoenix Coyotes. He has constantly fielded questions about the possible relocation of as many as a half-dozen teams to places like Kansas City, Hamilton, Ontario, and Las Vegas. And he has ...