Unfinalized Sale Of New York Islanders Approved By NHL

#isles Board of Governors approves sale of Islanders http://t.co/gpp9V5MtkL
— NYI Fan Central (@nyifancentral) September 30, 2014

#isles If Barroway is awarded this team by a court, Bettman/BOG are going to look worse than they did with Spano.
— NYI Fan Central (@nyifancentral) September 30, 2014

#isles So the "definitive agreement" announced 8/19 is still not a closed sale with more details to work out before it's finalized.
— NYI Fan Central (@nyifancentral) September 30, 2014

NYIFC Comments: The title is that ambiguous because it's the truth. Wang/Barroway was pushed back to 12/16/14 per court with no venue decided yet (announced today) so that could drag well into 2015. If Mr Barroway is awarded ownership of the team by a court, Ledecky-Malkin is not a legal sale and the league looks worse than Spano because they know this is currently a legal matter. All future press conferences/sale announcements in the possible near future mean absolutely nothing until Barroway vs Wang decided legally. Bettman/BOG should have waited until the question of who owns the team is officially decided by a court.

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