31st in league revenue for 2023 is factually inaccurate?
24th in gross attendance and percentage of capacity during the '23/'24 season is factually inaccurate?
The lack of on ice success is factually inaccurate?
Please, elaborate further.
Well, what even is your argument with these points? So what? What implication does that have for the Sens present and future? The only point of yours that applies to the present suggests there are 8 worse teams than us. Sure seems factually inaccurate to say that means we must be the
worst.
I don't disagree, but it doesn't change the past. And just because a new owner is in charge doesn't necessarily mean things will change for the better in the future.
I mean, the Travis Green hiring is classic Sens.
Travis Green is a better hire than most this offseason IMO. Only real miss for the Sens is Berube.
And sold the franchise everyone loves to hate for more only one year later. And no, the difference isn't only inflation.
ARZ sold for more because they wanted to buy out Meruelo; they FORCED him to sell. No member of the ownership group is going to OK Bettman forcing a member out, knowing that it could be them someday, at least without seeing how lucrative it can be. Easy to imagine too that the convenience of being able to set up your Hockey team anywhere in America is also of significant value, and would drive up the bidding war.
It goes back to my original premise that Ottawa is a second rate franchise. Seems the players agree.
This is why you are getting called out. For example, I give you a greater context as to how to properly interpret "visiting", but you just keep on diarrheaing.
The whole thread has been Senators fans making personal attacks on me and not addressing any of the points I've made. When I give a reply in kind that isn't polite you suddenly have issues. It's not my fault you and your Sens fans brethren can dish it out, but can't take it in return. Cope.
You typed all that out and still haven't pointed to a single thing I've gotten wrong.
"You're wrong because I say so."
You are just being an angey poster that's pouncing on mostly Melnyk-era stats to prop up your commenting spree that Ottawa=bad. Honestly, most Sens would agree that we were probably the worst run team in the league under Dorion and Melnyk. Woah boy, you got us there!!!!
A REAL point you could have used is that we have to forfeit a 1st round pick in the next few years because of Dorion. There you go bud, a real point you can use to say why Ottawa might have the worst
future in the NHL.
However, it's been a full 180 since Andlauer has come in. Significant investments have been made in our analytics department and on our operations side. Players and executives that were pushed out by Melnyk and Dorion are coming back. Staios is building a much more balanced and thought-out team than anything Dorion could assemble. We own our AHL team and their payroll is getting beefed up significantly this offseason.
So, all signs suggest otherwise from the premise of this thread. We are on the right path.