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Peter Pocklington was good at ruining things; the great Oilers of the 1980’s, a couple failed “entrepreneur” ventures, and my childhood.  The man that once sold Wayne Gretzky to disgraced former L.A. Kings Owner Bruce McNall was arrested on Wednesday by FBI agents at his rented condo in Palm Desert, California.  His bail was set at a lofty $1 million because he was deemed a flight risk, so who would bail this man out you ask?  That would be his old buddy Glen Sather.  Wow, as if Slats’ reputation needed a tarnishing right now.

Trying to sort through the details of his arrest is a whole other story.  What is known is that Peter Puck filed for bankruptcy last August claiming debts somewhere in the $20 million range.  There seemed to be quite a disparity between that figure and his personal assets, prompting a federal investigation.  Calling Pocklington a liar and a cheat would be an understatement, he was referred to as a “professional con artist” in a U.S. court filing a year ago, that might be a little more precise.

I can’t believe I’m actually here writing about this, I could care less if Pocklington rotted for the rest of his life in a Thai prison, but Sather’s involvement makes it hockey-news worthy… right?

Anyway, TSN did a good job of laying out some of Puck’s evil business misdealing of the 1980’s here.  As one can imagine, a shit-bag of Pocklington’s magnitude probably has an even sleazier lawyer.  Check out this doozy of a quote from his tax lawyer, Michael Lusby:

I can’t believe what’s been done to him - it’s just crazy… The political climate in this country is such that you can indict a ham sandwich.”

A ham sandwich, yeah, a ham sandwich.  No one is going to lose respect for Pocklington in this case because it’s unlikely he ever had any in the first place.  Don’t cry for him, he’s already dead.  Sather on the other hand needs a good shaking.

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