It's slightly unrelated, but there's logic here - I think one of the big reasons why Dubas was turfed last summer, was because of how openly he flirted with the idea of trading off one of the core, and his higher ups (Shanahan included) understanding the importance of that core to their marketing efforts.
Our Leafs are sold out of seat licenses with a 22,000 strong subscriber waiting list which means food/bev/parking are all sold out every night .. our sponsorship base gets 7% increases every year for past 9 years I have one of my companies sponsor team .. also it took me 7 years to get that sponsorship from another company in that field who pulled out (so it is very hard to even get a sponsorship unless you have a NEW industry) .. da media/internet/gaming contracts are all nhl negotiated .. so players really only impact merch revenues and i really wonder how much any 1 player can further merch revenue .. i mean sure a Gretz type could create an explosion but don't think Matty is anywhere near that level .. bottom line Leafs could dress 20 Vaive's and/or 20 McCann's and nothing much is changing to their revenues .. Dubie wanted more $$$$ and more power of player decisions and Leafs board/Shanny did not want to give it to him .. my guess is he only got brave because he probably got floated da idear of Pittsburgh and they probably through his agent gave him an idear of what they would give him .. this is speculation on my part but if i was a beeting man this is what i would wager occurred
I love your insights, man. I think you have 100% credibility. Others think it's an act, but I don't.
Yawns, Peterson had a bad playoff so the Nucks should retain 50% of his contract and offer him for Hyman who had a good playoff.
I didn't use that word because people in todays legal world we live in know how to use da friend calling on behalf of a friend with a hypothetical so nothing can be traced back .. but that was likely da reality
I'm the one of the few Leafs fans that isn't throwing a tantrum against the president of the organization because that's insanely cringe and pathetic, no other fanbase in pro sports it this embarrassing.
To me I would like to see free markets prevail on player wages but reality is Jacobs and gang of 10 will never agree as they don't want to be outbid on core players every year .. I can't see our Leafs/Rangers agreeing to include more revenues .. my sponsorships fees get paid to MLSE not Leafs as sponsorships are arena based not hockey based .. da biggest of us is Scotiabank .. these revenues do not got into HRR .. for a team like Leafs and Rangers this is HUGE $$$$$ outside of da sharing model .. MOST teams like Carolina have basically close to zero of these revenues so what you are talking about is taking away Leafs $$$$$ advantage over rest of league .. if this ever were to occur than Leafs would want to make TAX adjusters in da CPA affecting CAP hits .. these negotiations i am sure would be fierce between league and all its team owners .. forget about da players i don't think you would get agreement between da owners themselves
What about including guaranteed and non guaranteed money in player contracts without a rigid AAV structure?
Dubas made a powerplay move knowing he had Pitts in his back pocket. We all watched it happen in real time. Shanny had no choice but to fire him.
have as many buyouts as you want and very little or nothing counts against the cap. Player gets paid and can find work elsewhere while the team gets out from under their mistake and can spend spend spend. Seems like a win win.
context matters.....if we only had mitch and not the other 3 golden boys then that changes things
he says condescendingly.....sorry...carry on
It can't always be something bud.
No, ignoring what has been going on for 8 years is why we can’t have playoff success.
Please stop paying this guy like Mack, Kucherov, Draisatl or McDavid.
he played well. his team won. they squeaked by an injury plagued Canucks.
I'm sure there were multiple factors, but it really felt like the tide shifted after Dubas mentioned in his press conference the possibility of trading off the core.
