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Pollard
Posted: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:17:00 PM

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How's this for a Hollywood horror movie?

The Tampa Bay Lightning franchise is for sale on the open market, again.

Did I just hear screams coming from the NHL executive offices?

Absolute Hockey Enterprises' deal to buy the Lightning for $200 million has fallen apart, a $50-million lawsuit has been filed, and seemingly millions of fingers are being pointed.

And the guy wearing the hockey mask and holding the big-ass knife is Hollywood film producer Oren Koule, the guy who brought you the "Saw" horror movies.

If you believe Absolute's allegations, Koules is playing the role of the bad guy in this flick.

"Jigsaw" bad.

In the lawsuit filed Monday in Hillsborough County, Absolute is alleging Koules defaulted on a $4.17-million payment due Nov. 12, then went behind their backs and tried to buy the Lightning on his own.

Who says no good scripts are being written these days?

The goings-in in Tampa are scary stuff. Surprises usually are.

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rizzo1216
Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:56:39 AM

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I could never really figure out how Maclean, a GM, made that kind of money to get involved in ownership. The whole thing is just shady.
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