Comments on: On the Beat: Coyote hunting and a scary story from Columbus http://illegalcurve.com/2009/03/27/on-the-beat-coyote-hunting-and-a-scary-story-from-columbus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-beat-coyote-hunting-and-a-scary-story-from-columbus The Illegal Curve Hockey Show provides the most comprehensive coverage of the hockey world. 9AM CST Saturdays on Sports Radio 1290 Winnipeg. Podcast available after on iTunes. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Bob Roberts http://illegalcurve.com/2009/03/27/on-the-beat-coyote-hunting-and-a-scary-story-from-columbus/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Bob Roberts Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:21:35 +0000 http://www.illegalcurve.com/?p=9228#comment-1122 Well it would be insane if it were a face-value figure, but as Randy Turner pointed out last week on the IC radio show: (a) it’s privately held so the amount of creative accounting (not dishonest, more selective reporting) has to match what is on the books for the IRS, but in the context of the overall financial holdings of the single owner, as well as qualifying for NHL money redistribution — accountants are by no means stupid, nor are the people who employ them — it likely is not insane at all, any more than it is a face-value figure; and (b) had the owner’s other financial holdings (the ones that had been the main source of his profitability and which had been in desperate need of a large paper loss to offset those profits from the tax-owing point of view) not taken a huge hit along with most of the rest of the US economy since last fall, you never would have seen the situation reported as it has recently been. Reported yes, but in the same light, no.

Who would buy the Coyotes? If they can be moved Mr. Blackberry would in a heartbeat. Same as he would the Habs. And he may just look at the Habs even if he can’t move them.

]]> By: david http://illegalcurve.com/2009/03/27/on-the-beat-coyote-hunting-and-a-scary-story-from-columbus/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 david Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:57:05 +0000 http://www.illegalcurve.com/?p=9228#comment-1120 200 million lost since purchased in 2001. Insane.

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