NHL news,and commentary...

NBA's Philadelphia 76ers' owner Josh Harris has been approved as new owner of the NHL's New Jersey Devils... the Bergen(N.J.)Record indicate the deal is worth in the area of $320 million... note:other NHL owners,who have owned other league teams:Charlie O. Finley,who was one of the owners(one of many)of the NHL's California Golden Seals... one story of Finley's oddities as owner:he painted the skates white,as the Oakland Athletics,which he also owned... at the end of the season the skates weighed as much as twenty pounds... Wayne Huizenga owned the Florida Panthers,the now-Miami Marlins(then the Florida Marlins),and has 5% of the Miami Dolphins,now,and finally Ted Turner,who owned the Atlanta Thrashers,Braves,and Hawks,at the same time...