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Gary Bettman's bad dreams may be set to return Stephen Brunt of the Globe and Mail is back on the Balsillie beat, with an interesting examination of how Canada's hockey reclaimer may be in a pretty good position to stake a claim to yet another attempt at bringing a franchise north of the 49th parallel. The stumbling American economy, empty rinks, large debt and a salary cap structure that is rewarding the Canadian franchises with their television contracts and full houses is all rolling into a nice little package for Balsillie. Canadian Brass theatre tickets.

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