Smith, I agree, I used to be a huge fan but they stole my team and watered the league down so bad that its painfull to watch now. Who wants to watch Atlanta vs. Columbus? Not even the people who live there do. But I still hope for a return of my team, and to a style of hockey that is entertaining again.
Looks like a deal is done, maybe now that they know where they fit in on the sports landscape they can take hockey back to where its a passion. The big experiment has failed, they are not the NFL or NBA with lucrative tv deals, players will be paid accordingly and hopefully hockey will move back to its roots.