Well the NHL’s not at all as rosy as the Commissioner has said. Hindsight now shows his numerous claims last fall and winter to be false or uninformed at best and truth stretching at worst. Clearly the Coyotes were near death’s door back in August when routine payments weren’t being made to the City of Glendale and the NHL had to step in. The Coyotes were apparently only looking for new additional investors in the fall (meanwhile the truth was much more dire). This sounds exactly how Craig Leipold started his get-out-of-town-quick plan and similarly this same week Tampa Bay announced it is seeking “new investors”. Please no more pig and lipstick shows!But one would be Offside for not taking a large dose of salt with the Commissioners’ words anymore.So today let’s look at two things; the first is the situation the NHL finds itself with the Coyotes and Balsillie and the second is much more important as we look at the wider ramifications to the NHL. more »