Comments on: Still not getting Hamilton threat http://timstake.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/still-not-getting-hamilton-threat/ Sports editor rambles about the Bills, Sabres, NU and more ... Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: George N Root III http://timstake.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/still-not-getting-hamilton-threat/#comment-201 George N Root III Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:36:28 +0000 http://timstake.wordpress.com/?p=365#comment-201 I'm with you on this. Maybe the league should stop putting franchises in areas where they shrivel up from lack of interest (Florida, Arizona, the Carolinas, Ohio) and put franchises in places where there are hockey fans. The day Betteman is gone will the day the fortunes of the NHL brighten. He is the worst commissioner I have ever seen, and his "ideas" to make the league profitable and popular are terrible. A team in Hamilton is good for the Sabres, good for the Leafs, and good for the NHL. Let it happen! I’m with you on this. Maybe the league should stop putting franchises in areas where they shrivel up from lack of interest (Florida, Arizona, the Carolinas, Ohio) and put franchises in places where there are hockey fans. The day Betteman is gone will the day the fortunes of the NHL brighten. He is the worst commissioner I have ever seen, and his “ideas” to make the league profitable and popular are terrible. A team in Hamilton is good for the Sabres, good for the Leafs, and good for the NHL. Let it happen!

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