from Luke DeCock of the News & Observer,

Finally, some hope for the future for Carolina Hurricanes fans – and not only on the ice, where the team’s future is increasingly bright, but in the (frequently unoccupied) owner’s suite as well, where Peter Karmanos is fielding an offer to buy the team.

The news Thursday that there’s a potential deal, reportedly with Chuck Greenberg, who once ran the Texas Rangers, helped save hockey in Pittsburgh and owns minor-league baseball’s Myrtle Beach Pelicans, appears to be the beginning of the end for the Hurricanes’ time in ownership purgatory, an existential malaise that has paralyzed the franchise since Karmanos lost his silent, unshakably loyal partner and his personal finances became increasingly strained.

There are still unanswered questions surrounding the deal – most notably, who is the money behind the bid? Just how ironclad is the purported promise to keep the team in Raleigh? – but any momentum toward change is positive momentum, and it’s easy to be happy about that.

The not knowing has been the worst part.

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