Around the League Thread | Holiday Season!
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Buffalo has lost 10 in a row (0-7-3)
Wow! Can things get any worse in upstate in Buffalo, and in the Big Apple? Tonight, the Sabres lose their 10th straight; while the Rangers lost their 10th in their last 13 games in St. Louis.
I guess Buffalo doesn't come as a huge shock. But the Rangers won the President's Trophy last season and went deep into the playoffs. This year, it could be struggle just to get in. What happened?
Just goes to show that every NHL season is different. One season everything goes right, but the next is an almost complete face-plant. How long can it be before both these teams pull the trigger on some major trades?
I guess Buffalo doesn't come as a huge shock. But the Rangers won the President's Trophy last season and went deep into the playoffs. This year, it could be struggle just to get in. What happened?
Just goes to show that every NHL season is different. One season everything goes right, but the next is an almost complete face-plant. How long can it be before both these teams pull the trigger on some major trades?
Shesterkin's play last year masked a lot of underlying problems the Rangers had last year - I remember when the Canucks played them they were very underwhelming.
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This nonsense about 6 expansion teams is ridiculous.
This is exactly how a lot of franchise business' like Krispy Kreme bankrupted themselves in the 2000s. They masked poor year over year store revenues by getting huge revenue boosts by opening a new franchise, and eventually investors caught on to what was happening & understood the actual fundamentals of the business were garbage.
How the NHL thinks it can operate more teams than the NBA, MLB, or NFL is absolutely mind-boggling to me. Diluting the product that heavily when you're primarily a gate driven league sounds like a recipe for disaster long-term.
If they do this, watch a bunch of owners take in the expansion money, then sell their teams right after to capitalize before things get bad down the line.
This is exactly how a lot of franchise business' like Krispy Kreme bankrupted themselves in the 2000s. They masked poor year over year store revenues by getting huge revenue boosts by opening a new franchise, and eventually investors caught on to what was happening & understood the actual fundamentals of the business were garbage.
How the NHL thinks it can operate more teams than the NBA, MLB, or NFL is absolutely mind-boggling to me. Diluting the product that heavily when you're primarily a gate driven league sounds like a recipe for disaster long-term.
If they do this, watch a bunch of owners take in the expansion money, then sell their teams right after to capitalize before things get bad down the line.
Totally agree. Look how desperate teams are right now for even average defensemen.
Or how long some teams are at the bottom. Can’t find the guys to turn their fortunes around.
