((HT: AJC/Vivlamore))
The AJC's Chris Vivlamore was one of the attendees of NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's "State of the State" address at All-Star Weekend in Raleigh.
Bettman ((kind of)) addressed the fiasco that is the current Atlanta Spirit ownership situation which is mired-again- in fighting with an outside party. This time you'll remember, Spirit is suing the law firm, King and Spalding, that represented them in their litigation against Steve Belkin for malpractice.
They thought King and Spalding misrepresented themselves to the tune of roughly US$200-million in losses and Spirit is trying to reclaim that alleged lost revenue...
From Vivlamore:
“My guess is this is another step in the journey for ownership trying to sort things out if they think they’ve been grieved by the lawyers representing them and will prosecute that case and collect any damages they are entitled to if the court finds in their favor,” Bettman said.
Does is sound like he's tired of having to deal with them...???
Bettman did say that the league does not plan to expand or relocate to any Canadian city at present...
The HQ is focusing on the part of "does not plan..." translating that into something more like "until we have to..."
Which, with Spirit acting like petulant children, may come sooner rather than later...
More when we know more...
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