MightyMatt
11-02-2004, 12:59 AM
I don't know if you all saw this
ANAHEIM – A meeting Wednesday involving Howard Baldwin, a former owner of the Hartford Whalers and Pittsburgh Penguins, and Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim executives marked another step toward a possible sale of the Mighty Ducks.
Baldwin and Pond officials discussed a potential arrangement that would make his ownership financially attractive for both the club and the arena.
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2004/10/28/sections/sports/sports/article_290886.php
I hope Baldwin dosn't buy the Ducks. I want Henry Samueli to buy them.
lux_interior
11-02-2004, 01:39 AM
Copywrite issues aside...
Baldwin...owned the Whalers...sucky team, moved. Owned the North Stars...sucky team, moved. Bought the Stanley Cup Champion Penguins...went into bankruptcy.
Terrible resume.
Is this the same guy Pens fans were saying ran their team into the ground?
Evilo
11-02-2004, 03:27 AM
Is this the same guy Pens fans were saying ran their team into the ground?
Yep.
McDonald19
11-02-2004, 03:40 AM
speaking of the Pond...
with the Clippers lease up at Staples will they finally move down to Anaheim and try to get out of the shadow of the Lakers?
duckjob
11-02-2004, 04:02 AM
they already reupped with the staples center
McDonald19
11-02-2004, 05:09 AM
they already reupped with the staples center
well if i were them i'd rather not share a building with a superior team but oh well...
McDonald19
11-02-2004, 06:23 AM
Clippers signed a 10 yr deal... :shakehead
no basketball team at the pond for 10 more years and by then the arena will be too old for anyone to move their team there. Even if a team wanted to move to Anaheim the NBA doesn't want a third team in the same market.
Kevin Forbes
11-12-2004, 02:30 AM
http://www.andrewsstarspage.com/8-23baldwin.htm
this is an article from August on Baldwin....interesting comments at the end, the team he's talking about appears to be Anaheim now....thoughts?
Dreamgirl
11-12-2004, 02:39 AM
:madfire: Let it be ANY team but the Ducks!!!
McDonald19
11-12-2004, 02:42 AM
Ducks won't be sold to anyone who will move them away...
The Beautiful Pond one of the best facilities west of the Mississippi and no pro team ...I doubt it...
lux_interior
11-12-2004, 08:06 PM
http://www.andrewsstarspage.com/8-23baldwin.htm
this is an article from August on Baldwin....interesting comments at the end, the team he's talking about appears to be Anaheim now....thoughts?
****ing creep.
McDonald19
11-27-2004, 07:44 AM
More on this:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2004/11/26/sections/sports/sports/article_324259.php
and
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2004/11/26/sections/sports/pro/article_324204.php
Considered a "tremendous owner" in the wake of a second consecutive Penguins Stanley Cup championship in 1992, Baldwin now holds the unofficial title as "the worst owner in the history of Pittsburgh sports," according to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Ron Cook.
"I loved Howard personally, but he has no money," Cook said. "When he bought the team (in 1991), he had no money. He leveraged everything. He just made some horrible business decisions. He paid money he didn't have. My take is that he is right up there as one of the reasons the NHL is in the position it's in now
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I hope they don't buy the Ducks.