“The city may leave us no choice,” Ice Edge CEO Daryl Jones told Canwest News Service in an e-mail. “Their most recent proposal takes a number of steps back from prior agreements we have had with them.”
... “We believe that Glendale is playing a dangerous game of poker,” said Jones. “At the end of the day, Ice Edge doesn’t have to own this team, or any team. We make investments with the objective in generating an appropriate return. While we have become very passionate about supporting the fine hockey fans of Phoenix, a bad deal is a bad deal, and no amount of brinkmanship will lead us into signing a bad deal.”
“The National Hockey League has done an extraordinary job of supporting this franchise after years of horrific business management, and we applaud them in their effort to defend this market,” said Jones. “This season, both on the ice and off the ice, shows us that NHL hockey can succeed in Phoenix. It is up to the City of Glendale to decide whether they want it to continue to succeed.”