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Last Original Coyote Doan Raring for Return to Playoffs

For a change, Shane Doan isn't making any European vacation plans this year. Each spring, Doan, the Phoenix Coyotes captain, usually finds himself representing Canada at the world hockey championships someplace in Europe. But for the first time in a long time, Doan is going back to the Stanley Cup playoffs. And, as much...

Peace for Bettman, Balsillie Vital for NHL

The National Hockey League has plenty of irreverent, delusional, confrontational owners, often found on the edge of scandal. Some of them even end up not going to jail.Don't you think it's time Jim Balsillie got his shot?Balsillie is a 48-year Canadian businessman with a dream of bringing an NHL franchise to Hamilton,...

Coyotes Auction Down to Two

Thursday is a big day for the National Hockey League. As its 30 teams prepare to open training camps, the league and commissioner Gary Bettman continue to fight for the right to handle the Phoenix Coyotes as they see fit.The bankrupt franchise goes to auction Thursday, and a field of four bids appears to have been whittled...

Reinsdorf Out as NHL Places Bid to Buy Phoenix Coyotes

The drama continues.Jerry Reinsdorf, the owner of the Chicago White Sox, has pulled out of the running to purchase the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes. Long thought to be the favorite to land the franchise, which has been in bankruptcy since the spring, Reinsdorf apparently had enough of former owner Jerry Moyes, as well as the...

Is the NHL Losing Fight Against Balsillie?

On Wednesday, the presiding judge in the bankruptcy case of the Phoenix Coyotes stated that all bids would be reviewed for the auction that is set to take place on Sept. 10. That ruling allows Gary Bettman's mortal enemy ... err ... I mean, Jim Balsillie a shot at owning the team. Despite a unanimous, dark, backroom vote...

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