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Offside: The Harold Ballard Story

And I thinkhe's a great man for everything that a young fella needs today and that's the...

And I think
he's a great man for everything that a young fella needs today and that's the reason
I hired him

Full Transcript

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And I think he's a great man for everything
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that a young fella needs today
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and that's the reason I hired him.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:59
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, sport
Production
Lone Eagle Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard -- Canada's greatest showman - He didn't invent greed. He perfected it.
The Leafs were a contender against the Islanders - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
The Leafs were a contender against the Islanders
Lanny McDonald and the Leafs win it - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
Lanny McDonald and the Leafs win it
[Parrish] The greatest moment in Leaf history, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
[Parrish] The greatest moment in Leaf history,
But our team was so beat up, lost to Montreal - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:11
But our team was so beat up, lost to Montreal
And once he was done, they were pretty well cooked. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
And once he was done, they were pretty well cooked.
[Cherry] Now, when they beat out the Islanders, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
[Cherry] Now, when they beat out the Islanders,
And yet within 365 days of that, it had all fallen apart. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
And yet within 365 days of that, it had all fallen apart.
They just let everybody go and they got nothing. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
They just let everybody go and they got nothing.
[narrator] The following season, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
[narrator] The following season,
[narrator] And Ballard knew exactly - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
[narrator] And Ballard knew exactly
Neilson was a very different man from Harold Ballard. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
Neilson was a very different man from Harold Ballard.
He was an intellectual. He read books with no pictures. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
He was an intellectual. He read books with no pictures.
He had interests outside hockey. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
He had interests outside hockey.
He tried to bring the 1970s - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:11
He tried to bring the 1970s
[Ormsby] And his nickname was "Captain Video" because, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:15
[Ormsby] And his nickname was "Captain Video" beca...
So I think, you know, there was some hope - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:14
So I think, you know, there was some hope
Instead of getting better, they were-- - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
Instead of getting better, they were--
The style that Roger played was always - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
The style that Roger played was always
And a lot of the people in the media would influence - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
And a lot of the people in the media would influence
"Is this it? Are you going to get rid of them now?" - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:14
"Is this it? Are you going to get rid of them now?"...