Slim and None / Episode #7: “The WHA Starts To Take Shape”
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This episode features a discussion of the key February meeting when the $25,000 obligation is raised to $250,000, then eliminated. There is also a discussion of some of the more colorful owners and hockey personalities at that point in time and the status of the league itself.
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