((HT: HockeyBuzz.com))
Eklund is relaying that the two sides are meeting in some description of the word- conference call or otherwise... but nothing will be made public, in the terms of a deal, until the deal is done...
And, by that, the HQ means "done..."
I's dotted, T's crossed... all that... and not a moment before...
Eklund reminds us of the Doug MacLean announcement that his group had the Lightning before the 2007 season... we all know how that turned out with Barrie and Koules...
Since, once a deal is agreed to, there has to be a special expedition to fast-track the whole sale. There is talk that the schedule-makers already have three schedules drawn- one withdrawn and thrown into the wastebasket involving Phoenix in Winnipeg, one with Atlanta at home, and one with a team in Winnipeg. Those schedules need to be in place no later than the NHL Draft...
The Thrashers, on their website, are trying to draw in fans to a "select-a-seat" event next Saturday the 21st.
With all the class the Spirit ownership group has shown the city, they'll announce the sale after the non-refundable portion of the season tickets are gathered- which the HQ thinks will be the 23rd- that following Monday...
The AJC's Chris Vivlamore was a guest on Sportsnet Radio's "Hockey Central" and he gave survival of pro hockey in Atlanta at "five percent" and he thinks any decision will come in the next week or so...
The entire interview with Millard, MacLean, and Kypreos is hyah...We would have posted it, but the Internet cops at the border stopped that kind of stuff...
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