From: Rich Gauszka 

John Beamish wrote:
> Waterloo!?!?!?  Support a pro team!?!?!  That's Mennonite country, lad,
> Mennonite country.  There's a snowball's chance that'll happen.
>
> Winnipeg (aka Winterpeg) is more likely -- but only barely.  Check out
> the history of the Winnipeg Jets ... they moved (because of financial
> problems) to Phoenix in the mid-90s.  Let's see:  move from the country
> where hockey is king to the middle of the desert because things look
> better there financially?
>
> If you just bought three years of season tickets, you can write the
> dates in ink on your calendar.
>
> On Thu, 24 May 2007 16:55:57 -0400, Rich Gauszka
>  wrote:
>
>
>>
>> speculation on the local sports talk in Detroit is a team move to
>> Waterloo or Winnipeg Canada. The new owner appears to be into Ws.
>

I suspect the speculation on Waterloo started with RIM land purchases


http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/morrison/2007/05/waterloo_predators_not_a_done.
html

Waterloo? No rink. Yet. Interestingly, Research in Motion, the company for
which Balsillie is the co-chief executive officer, recently bought a large
parcel of land - more than 25 acres - in Cambridge. Draw your own
conclusions.

It would seem the logical first steps for Balsillie, though, are to keep
the team in Nashville, attempt to garner the fan and corporate support, all
the while exploring other options.

With a Canadian dollar that is now worth more than 92 cents American,
having another team in Canada, where the people care about hockey is not
the worst thing that could happen to the NHL. It might actually be the
smartest thing and it might eventually happen. It just likely won't be
happening any time soon.

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