from Damien Cox of Sportsnet,

He has found success in a town populated by flamboyant, outrageous sports owners like Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban not just by icing a hockey team that scores oodles of goals in an era in which scoring is being suffocated, but also by being the guy who would probably be playing hockey and definitely watching it even if he didn’t own an NHL franchise.

“I’m not a suit,” he said. “For me, the best way to watch a hockey game is in blue jeans with a suit. I don’t want to be any different than that.”

His ability to breathe new life in this organization has been a godsend to the NHL after it was left as the caretaker of the Stars following the spectacular crash of former owner Tom Hicks. Commissioner Gary Bettman had been able to find a quality businessman like Jeff Vinik to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning, but Dallas — a competitive market with lots of history in the sport — needed something a little different.

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