The article contains an excellent summary of the attempted purchase of the Nashville Predators Jim Balsillie and the intervention of Bettman to halt the process.

Balsillie's lawyer has released some e-mail correspondence that makes it pretty clear that Betmman intervened to prevent any possibility of Balsillie buying the team and moving it to Canada.

In a series of e-mails obtained by ESPN.com, Leipold and Rodier discuss Bettman's alleged involvement in the breaking off of negotiations between the two sides and the commissioner's uneasiness with the prospect of a deal being signed between the two parties.