May
31
Hedge Fund Farewell Has Vinik Dreaming Stanley Cup Over Rangers
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Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik. Source: Tampa Bay Lightning/Scott Iskowitz via Bloomberg
Five-year-old Jeff Vinik would retreat to his bedroom, content to let his proud parents marvel at what they believed to be their son’s zeal for reading.
It wasn’t books that captivated the kid. It was the Blueshirts.
“I fooled them,” said Vinik, the former mutual fund and hedge-fund manager who back then was actually watching the New York Rangers on a five-inch television screen with so-so reception. “Even though I never played a shift of hockey, for whatever reason I’ve always thought it was the greatest, most exciting sport.”…
Hedge Fund Farewell Has Vinik Dreaming Stanley Cup Over Rangers
