Balsillie pulls bid for Penguins...

[Black99GT]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=188556&hubname

i was hoping this guy would get the team and then move it to Canada where the team belongs, now i dont know what will happen...

[Dan_Payne_fan!!]

I guess he wasnt "ballsy" enough. :lol: :lol: 8)

[KnowItAll]

Winnipeg Penguins..a name made in heaven

[Shi Zi Mi]

D'Angelo is now interested !!!

[West Coast Blue Fan]

Winnipeg Penguins..a name made in heaven

You mean the Winnipeg Blackberries

[KnowItAll]

Winnipeg Penguins..a name made in heaven

You mean the Winnipeg Blackberries

nahh, the winnipeg whitebellies

[Passaglia]

You people need to realize that Gary Bettman would never allow the Penguins to move to Winnipeg. If that city somehow did get the Penguins, they would be the most spolied city on earth..... Even more so than those in Denver who had a Stanley Cup gift wrapped for them upon the Nordiques arrival.

[randymeeks]

You people need to realize that Gary Bettman would never allow the Penguins to move to Winnipeg. If that city somehow did get the Penguins, they would be the most spolied city on earth..... Even more so than those in Denver who had a Stanley Cup gift wrapped for them upon the Nordiques arrival.

I believe that southern Ontario would get another team before Winnipeg or Quebec ever would again. Another team in southern Ontario would be more beneficial to the NHL before Winnipeg or Quebec would be. More Canadian t.v. in the pockets of the NHL.

It's pathetic. It looks like Buttman will do anything he can to keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh. But he barely broke a sweat in trying to keep Quebec and Winnipeg where they were. Why does Buttman want to keep the team in Pittsburgh so badly? So he can keep the 5,000 Penguin diehard fans in the U.S. interested in hockey? It's not worth the hassle. Move the team to Hamilton and get it over with.

Balsillie is no dumbass. He knows full well that a team in Pittsburgh is a sinking ship with or without a new arena.

[Robbie]

Mario Lemieux said today that instead of selling the team, he will look into relocating it. According to the article, among the cities known to be interested in the Penguins are Kansas City, Mo.; Houston; Portland, Ore.; and Winnipeg, Manitoba.

[TheLionKing]

I've also heard Las Vegas is interested. Las Vegas ? You got to be joking !

[KnowItAll]

Las Vegas is always worth a gamble

[Robbie]

The Las Vegas Posse lasted only one season.

[TheLionKing]

The only ice that people in Las Vegas knows is the ice in their drinks.

[KnowItAll]

The only ice that people in Las Vegas knows is the ice in their drinks.

I dunno, I hear some have it in their veins

[Lionut]

Vegas is never happening. First of all, there's no arena. Even if there was, Vegas doesn't work because in the evenings the fans are either, a) in the casinos or shows, or b) working in the casinos or shows. Vegas isn't like your standard North American city in that its economy and employment patterns just aren't what they are everywhere else. The big casinos have no interest in bringing big time pro sports to town either, as this just takes away time and disposable income away from their tables.

There's a reason why no other major pro sports have ever seriously considered Vegas, and a reason why no investors from Vegas ever expressed any interest in the Penguins.