Met him. Doesn't mean he didn't go chicken sh*t on this issue. It was his real first chance to show that something other than hockey matters and he didn't do it.
It's the F-CKING PLAYOFFS, a once in every 3-4 year chance to host a game and he didn't go all in in. He put in a calculated bid - that's not doing whatever it takes to support the program. So now they need to fly to Timbuktu and dress in tents.