Spy vs Spy ?????

Earlier this year there was lots of talk about the Junior “A” Merritt Centennials of the BCHL moving to Kamloops and the KIJHL’s Kamloops Storm moving to Merritt. In fact Kamloops owner and GM Barry Dewar even talked about that subject to the Kamloops Daily News. But since then the talk has cooled off and now Merritt appears to have some local investors throwing money at what could end up being a dead horse. Dewar also says he would not move his team to Merritt anyway (the Jr "B" Storm actually have more fans then the Jr "A" Cents ) but would sell the team then relocate at a later date. So with that in mind here’s some comment from Trail's Shawn Mullin who has been activley following this story all season.

What I can put together from that brief statement is that the team isn't being sold at this time, but some local investors are sinking money into the non-profit society to keep it going at least one more year. To me that would indicate they must be at least somewhat confident that one of the potential private ownership groups is going to come through at some point. If not, why would they just sink more money into a hopeless cause? There's got to be some reason for optimism if they're getting the money to continue on.As for Glendinning being let go, this is no surprise from a hockey perspective. The Cents were awful in the past two seasons. That alone would be enough for a coach to lose his job. However, it was also revealed here that Glendinning was activley kicking the tires on the idea of moving the team to Kamloops. Given that he's not an owner of the Centennials one could only speculate as to what his motivation was. However, could someone that was looking into moving your franchise really be trusted to put the best product on the ice? If you were looking to buy and move a team wouldn't it be easier if they were awful and the games were poorly attended?

The espionage continues….