Phil Falcone Is Thinking Things
Like maybe now that he's got all this free time on his hands, he should lace up his skates and whip the New York Islanders into shape? With his afternoons unoccupied for the next four years and his old Harvard game plans already dug out of the attic, the three-time Ivy League hockey champion is ready to teach these NHL underachievers a thing or two about working a puck. As for his consigliere Wilbur, she wouldn't be caught dead in Minneapolis, but is happy to entertain offers to tickle the ivories in Brookklyn as Barclays Center organist. See Phil for dressing room demands.
Minnesota Wild co-owner Phil Falcone might quit his hockey-crazed home state to make a play for the New York Islanders, The Post has learned. The beleaguered hedge fund mogul and former Harvard hockey player has been mulling selling his minority ownership in the Wild with the goal of becoming an eventual owner of the Islanders, sources said. If that happens, Falcone would invest in the Islanders alongside friend and fellow Harvard alum Jon Ledecky, who last month led an investor group that purchased a “substantial” minority stake in the NHL franchise, sources said.
“[Falcone] is thinking about it,” said a source familiar with the situation...The current deal with Islanders owner Charles Wang calls for him to transfer majority ownership to Ledecky and London financier Scott Malkin after two years. That’s after the Islanders will play their last game at the antiquated Nassau Coliseum and move to Brooklyn’s newer Barclays Center for the 2015-16 season...Falcone, a native of Minnesota’s Iron Range mining region, went to only a few Wild home games last season, sources said.
Phil Falcone may ditch Minnesota Wild for Islanders stake [NYP]