Line in the Sand Crossed in ArizonaWith Gary Bettman recently confirming that NHL headquarters has received that bonafide offer from the Winnipeg ownership group, it may be the words that paint the NHL Commissioner into a very tight corner.By publicly declaring the principals in the Winnipeg ownership group along with the recent "$25 million insurance" deal with the City of Glendale in which the deal testifies that the NHL has received an offer north of $165 million, the NHL now faces a very difficult balancing act.Given the NHL's strong interest to keep intact the Southern Experiment, and their multiple efforts to "sell" the team to Jerry Reinsdorf once even before the team went into bankruptcy, it is clear in this current soap opera that their preferred team locale is the present one.One would be OFFside to think that the NHL wants to lose the first tent peg in the southern strategy. more »