Around the League - 2023 Offseason Edition

[expatriatedtexan]

Up until the last 5 or so years, RSN’s were insanely profitable. Cord cutting has killed the industry (along with rising rights costs). There is almost no profit in the ones that are on all providers… let along ones like Altitude that are not. I imagine they are losing money hand over fist.

All things old, will be new again.

I never really understood a sports team owning a complete channel. Yes, they get a channel centered around and catering solely to their team, but they then have to fill all the other hours up and since the rest of the stuff is an afterthought it all sucks.

Seems like a better business model would be to start by concentrating and building a profitable channel that also has the rights to the sports team. Barring that, it seems like leasing out the games to either a pre-existing cable channel or OTA network is the way of the future/past.

 

[henchman21]

Where do you get the 15mill from? I have a hard time believing that, if true though no shit they are bankrupt. I don't even think they were above 10 really. Interesting stuff

What has been chattered around their RSN deal. It’s close to that.

 

[The Moops]

Was it UPN the Avs games were on back in the day? I miss being able to watch OTA instead of sailing the high seas to watch games

 

[RockLobster]

Was it UPN the Avs games were on back in the day? I miss being able to watch OTA instead of sailing the high seas to watch games

Was always Fox Sports Rocky Mountain for me.

 

[Chiarelli]

Flames make 35-year commitment to stay in Calgary with new arena deal

Great news about Calgary staying put. Fantastic fanbase they deserve it

 

[AllAboutAvs]

ABC15: "We just can't do it! 82 games is wayyyyyy too many games for us to carry. However I think we can carry 81."
Yotes: "Ok then. 81 it is. Deal!!!!"

 

[SirLoinOfCloth]

ABC15: "We just can't do it! 82 games is wayyyyyy too many games for us to carry. However I think we can carry 81."
Yotes: "Ok then. 81 it is. Deal!!!!"

One Coyotes game (Dec. 21 at San Jose) will be broadcast nationally on ESPN+

HARD PASS on that game.

 

[John Mandalorian]

The Bruins road centennial jerseys look sharp. Very clean.

 

[henchman21]

@SuperJoe heres the Friedman comment on Coyotes TV deal under point 1. ‘Around 14m’

32 Thoughts: Bettman talks salary cap, expansion at Board of Governors

The biggest thing that came out of Wednesday’s Board of Governors meeting in New York City is that the NHL is looking at an $87-million-$88-million cap figure in 2024-25. Elliotte Friedman covers that and more in a new 32 Thoughts blog.

www.sportsnet.ca

 

[SuperJoe]

@SuperJoe heres the Friedman comment on Coyotes TV deal under point 1. ‘Around 14m’

32 Thoughts: Bettman talks salary cap, expansion at Board of Governors

The biggest thing that came out of Wednesday’s Board of Governors meeting in New York City is that the NHL is looking at an $87-million-$88-million cap figure in 2024-25. Elliotte Friedman covers that and more in a new 32 Thoughts blog.

www.sportsnet.ca

Thanks for that

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Linds]

Imagine paying to watch Yotes games

 

[S E P H]

I haven't seen any replays, but TB and Florida have been a brawl feast in the back-to-back they've played each other based on the penalty records.

 

[UncleRisto]

The Bruins road centennial jerseys look sharp. Very clean.

Yeah. They're all pretty nice, but why did they make two white ones, and not a yellow third? Or like a weird brown one.

 

[BrickNHL]

The Bruins road centennial jerseys look sharp. Very clean.

I really love them because they’re one of the few white jerseys without a huge ugly shoulder yolk

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Avs_19]

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Aube Kubel is on waivers. I'm not an advanced stats guy. But I'm pretty sure 100% of the seasons he's been on the playoff roster good things have happened?

 

[The Kingslayer]

Aube Kubel is on waivers. I'm not an advanced stats guy. But I'm pretty sure 100% of the seasons he's been on the playoff roster good things have happened?

Ill take NAK back any day but doesnt look like theres room for him.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[UncleRisto]

Just as he looked like he might make the team to start. Urrrgh.

 

[The Abusement Park]

The obvious solution here is to boot Macdermid to literally anywhere but the Avs NHL roster and pick up Allison.

 

[Pokecheque]

The obvious solution here is to boot Macdermid to literally anywhere but the Avs NHL roster and pick up Allison.

I would LOVE that.

 

[Richard88]

The obvious solution here is to boot Macdermid to literally anywhere but the Avs NHL roster and pick up Allison.

Francouz going on LTIR and Cogliano being on IR to start the year would give the Avs tonnes of flexibility with the roster, so they wouldn't even need to waive MacDermid to make room for a waiver claim.

The roster below fits comfortably under the cap (with $202.5k to spare) and you wouldn't need to send anyone down until Cogliano or Francouz get activated again (in which case they could simply waive Hunt and/or Tufte, or MacDermid ideally).

Drouin - MacKinnon - Nichushkin
Lehkonen - RyJo - Rantanen
Wood - Colton - Tatar
Tufte - Olofsson - O'Connor
MacDermid
Allison

Toews - Makar
Byram - Manson
Girard - JJ
Hunt

Georgiev
Annunen

IR: Cogliano
LTIR: Francouz, Landeskog