NHL • Nashville Predators

You have to feel bad for Balsillie

Dear Jim Balsillie,

I decided to write you this letter because I thought you might be feeling a little down right about now. I know it must be tough being one of the richest men in your country — where wealth is still measured in seal pelts and bear claws, right? — and been denied your own hockey team not one but twice. I just wanted you to know that there are some of us who are still pulling for you Jim, so keep your chin up.

You put together the best deal you could for the Predators. I mean, come on, $220 million is nothing to sneeze at, right? But then those jerks down there in Nashville just yank the rug right out from under you and sell the team to some bunch of local hillbillies for only $180 million. They don’t understand this sport like you do, they don’t deserve to own a team. I feel for you.

And how about that stupid league, huh? They say you can’t move a team to Hamilton, Ontario because it would infringe on the Leafs territory, well I say they don’t know Moosehead from LaBatts if they can’t see how great it would be to have a team in Hamilton.

But don’t you worry Jim, your time will come. You hang around long enough some other team will come up for sale. It might be the Florida Panthers or maybe those jackholes in Columbus will get tired of owning the Bluejackets. Heck, maybe Gretzky will finally give up on the Coyotes and you can move them back to Winnipeg where they belong. (No hockey team deserves to be playing anywhere called Jobing.com Arena. You gotta save them!)

So keep your head up Jim, you’ll get your chance. And then you can bring home a hockey team and be the pride of Canada we all knew you could be. We believe in you.

oddJoe and the oddsnark gang

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