Ongoing NHL Thread

[puckhead]

Under Eugene Melnyk, Senators have lost $94 million

 

[forty_three]

Not sure why you keep forgetting this but Murray was NOT the GM who dealt with the Chara-Redden situation.

Because I hate Murray, duh.

Under Eugene Melnyk, Senators have lost $94 million

God Dammit JP BARRY! LEAVE MELNYK ALONE!

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Under Eugene Melnyk, Senators have lost $94 million

That's a pretty good read about how NHL ownership works.

These owners typically absorb losses while franchise values grow. These figures may be somewhat misleading in Melnyk's case as well. He owns the arena and technically, IIRC, the team pays him rent.

Nonetheless this financial situation is pretty common in the NHL. It will all crash and burn sooner or later and I'm not necessarily talking about Melnyk.

 

[forty_three]

That's a pretty good read about how NHL ownership works.

These owners typically absorb losses while franchise values grow. These figures may be somewhat misleading in Melnyk's case as well. He owns the arena and technically, IIRC, the team pays him rent.

Nonetheless this financial situation is pretty common in the NHL. It will all crash and burn sooner or later and I'm not necessarily talking about Melnyk.

And it's why Bettman will never go away. It's a terrible business model, but the owners have ways of moving invisible money from the team to themselves.

The Blue Jackets went from "losing 10 mil a year" to "financially stable" just by convincing the city to buy the Arena from Nationwide who owned it since it was built. Nothing else really changed. Nationwide pays the city for naming rights (which the city gives right back in tax breaks so they don't move out of the city to the burbs) and is free of operating expenses. City pays to run concessions and splits the proft with the team and the team pays the city (not Nationwide) rent. Basically, the money went from clockwise movement to counter-clockwise.

 

[puckhead]

I was looking around this website, but couldn't find 'Onion' anywhere
Flyers prepare to set a new Guinness Book of World Records

 

[forty_three]

I was looking around this website, but couldn't find 'Onion' anywhere
Flyers prepare to set a new Guinness Book of World Records

Not interested in helping:

 

[dare2be]

I'd hate to paint a broad stroke about Flyer fans here, but.....

 

[dash]

I'd hate to paint a broad stroke about Flyer fans here, but.....

 

[forty_three]

Luongo is a bad influence on the giant head crowd.

 

[puckhead]

@ChrisKuc
#Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook has indeed named his newborn Carter Seven Seabrook. Probably good Seabrook's jersey number isn't Zero.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

@ChrisKuc
#Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook has indeed named his newborn Carter Seven Seabrook. Probably good Seabrook's jersey number isn't Zero.

Shoulda been named Soda.

 

[dash]

Shoulda been named Soda.

What's wrong with Mickey?

 

[forty_three]

I will just leave this here and slowly back away.

 

[IndyAndy]

MN Wild minority owner owns up to improper business practices

 

[mattola]

what is the purpose of that lol i heard about this yesterday. nice troll Alfie....

I will just leave this here and slowly back away.

 

[mattola]

Selanne deciding on return next week; playing time a factor

I thought this was already decided? I thought he was playing but if he is waiting this long to make his decision hes pretty much in I think

 

[dash]

Selanne should finish his NHL career where it started in Winnipeg...

/Also can't believe the Avs haven't retired his jersey yet

 

[mattola]

Selanne should finish his NHL career where it started in Winnipeg...

only if they wore the original jerseys

 

[dash]

only if they wore the original jerseys

I don't mind the new ones, but I really liked the vintage Jets jerseys.

 

[dash]

Nice signing by the Wings, this kid is dynamite:

aaronward_nhl: Gustav Nyquist and the Detroit Red Wings have come to terms on a 2 year/$950k per year contract. #TSN