from Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun,

That is clearly not the mayor’s understanding as he responded to Bettman’s urgings with clear evidence of the divide, referring to it as a “back-of-a-napkin proposal.”

Nenshi said he rejected a meeting request from Bettman because “nothing is new.” He then snubbed the notion of a wealthy New Yorker coming to town to “tell us what we need to do in our community because they understand vibrancy better than we do.”

Well, now this is getting interesting.

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