It sure looks like a rivet popped somewhere on the old Springbok Dado. This guy Lawless is obviously on message from TN. The NHL wouldnt be happy at all to see a repeat of the Hamilton Predators debacle so how this guy figures "by next week" absent a formal announcement from the NHL without their tacit complicity in this "leak" Im sure I just dont know.
Secondly, he closes the article with an "apparently were considered a failure within the BOG's" statement is both petty & trite. Chip on the shoulder much?. Numerous members of the BOG's would give their eye teeth to have a building and a team as successful as the MTS & the Moose. WTF does Winnipeg have to prove to Sunrise, Raleigh, Tampa, Anaheim, Toronto, LI or anywhere else for that matter?. This would be the first proven buyer of a franchise in a decade backed by an individual with more money than about 90% of the existing ownership groups. Springboks' are well built boats. Rivets dont pop, leaks dont happen without help. Maybe its a Starcraft?. Mirrocraft?. Habercraft?. Sure aint welded.