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Maybe we can finally get an NHL team with these fixes? Not likely but it's fun to dream!

Remember when Balsillie tried to buy three NHL teams (including an eventual multiple Stanley Cup winner-Pittsburgh) and move them to Hamilton? If that jackass didn't get aggressive taking deposits before the sale of the Coyotes was approved, we would have had a team. Plus he'd have a lot more money left in the bank after RIM stock subsequently fell off the face of the earth (regardless of the recent WSB run).

For fun, here's a great quote from the LRT mayor himself:

In Hamilton, a disappointed Mayor Fred Eisenberger looked on the bright side, noting that even the league's experts said in court a team in Hamilton would quickly be a money-maker. "The good news in it for Hamilton is that all have agreed that hockey in southern Ontario is viable and that it would be a successful market for them to start working with," Eisenberger said