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Judge Redfield T. Baum has ruled that Jim Balisillie cannot use bankruptcy law to force his purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes.  The judge has also ruled that the NHL's relocation requirements do not violate anti-trust legislation.
In the non-surprise of the century, Jim Balsillie put in an offer on the recently-bankrupted Phoenix Coyotes before the ink had even dried on the bankruptcy papers.   With a condition, of course: that he would have the right to move the team to Southern Ontario.
It's not so much the offer that is of note - it's been rumoured for months that he was targeting the franchise - but the timing of it is quite intriguing.  Could there be some legs to those rumours of a second team in the GTA after all?
