As Gabe Macaluso wrote for TSN “An insider’s thoughts on an NHL team settling in Hamilton. Macaluso headed up several attempts to bring an NHL team to Hamilton while serving as CEO of Copps Coliseum from 1989 to 2005″…
If Mr. Macaluso is right here i guess the Toronto Maple Leafs will get a little richer. Opinions seem to vary but one thing is certain. The NHL doesn’t want a team coming to southern Ontario with paying through the teeth for the rich hockey demographic they’d be inheriting. $500 mil is a long way from what was put on the table through Mr. Balsillie.