Preds owner Craig Liepold not selling the preds to Balsillie?
According to the national post preds owner Craig Liepold has contacted Jim Balsillie’s lawer and informed him that he will not be selling the team to Balsillie. Instead Liepold will sell it to L.A based buisnessman William DelBiaggio so he can move the team to Kansas City. DelBiaggio’s bid is believed to be 190 million US.
The reason for all of this is because of pressure from the NHL to sell it to DelBiaggio so he can move it to Kansas City. The NHL does not want a team in Hamilton.
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I have lived in Hamilton for about two and a half years now and I think it’s ridiculous that the NHL’s commissioner is so anti-Canada!!! Instead of having teams in Winnipeg and Hamilton where the building would be sold out every night, he would rather have NHL teams in false hockey markets such as Houston, Kansas city and Las vegas. This is because He says he wants the sport to “grow” in the USA.
This isn’t for sure but it’s now very unlikely that Liepold will sell the team to Balsillie.