Edmonton Oilers: A Financial Success Story - From Rags to Riches
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TheBeastCoast
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Grats to the billionaire owner I guess that swindled the town into paying for his arena....and then right away saw the value of his company sky rocket lmao. Only one winner there and it is the Katz family.
zar
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I still have a few of those stored somewhere. A cool keepsake for sure.
I still remember the dreaded countdown to the deadline for a local group to buy the team before it was relocated to Houston. Every day the news had an update on the goings on and how many days were left, and as an 8 year old that deeply loved the team and didn't have any grasp of the intricacies of what had to happen to keep the team here it seemed simply like it was a daily count down to when we would lose them.
On the final day I remember being picked up from school and was certain they were gone. I got in the car and my mom just said something like "someone from Edmonton bought the Oilers and they're staying." I could not have been happier, was like Christmas. I spent the whole day at school dragging my ass around depressed because I thought they would be history that night.
Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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TheNeutralPresident
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It's hard to take Staples seriously about anything; I'm surprised he didn't blame wokeness as to why their revenue wasn't even higher.
McFlash97
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Nothing more condescending than a Maple Leaf fan talking about swindling its fans....
HockeyVirus
16/34/88/91/44 - Pathetic losers
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Who knew all it takes is getting the GOAT with their 7th 1st OA that decade
TheBeastCoast
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Do you think that I think that Leaf fans aren't or something? lol my point remains. Katz absolutely ripped off the city of Edmonton and went from wealthy to ridiculously stupidly wealthy because of it. Who else wins out of this?Nothing more condescending than a Maple Leaf fan talking about swindling its fans....
theVladiator
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Happy Edmonton managed to keep the Oilers, and is a successful business.
The article mentions that Oilers revenue was tops due to playoff success. Going to the Finals means that the revenue number is the peak to be expected. What's the bottom (no playoffs)? Would it be half (same as Calgary last year mentioned in the article)?
The article mentions that Oilers revenue was tops due to playoff success. Going to the Finals means that the revenue number is the peak to be expected. What's the bottom (no playoffs)? Would it be half (same as Calgary last year mentioned in the article)?
it's ok to hate your favourite team's owner, and also every billionaire. they are not your friend and would not think twice about clearing out your bank account if they could.Nothing more condescending than a Maple Leaf fan talking about swindling its fans....
...this thread needs some Peanut Butter cuz there's too much Jelly in it... 
Bonham
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Build state-of-the-art arena with large taxpayer contribution.
Draft generational talent.
Profit.
Draft generational talent.
Profit.
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Matty Sundin
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I seem to remember 2014-15 sesson, fans were starting to have enough and given up on the “we have a good future” in the Hall/Ebs/Nuge/Yak era hype and you could buy a ticket for 10 dollars on StubHub.
Mcdavid came and all hope was restored but fans started giving up again in 2019. They still are dedicated and been through a lot but I wonder what state they’d be in if they didn’t get that draft lottery luck in 2015. Kevin Lowe could have literally almost killed that franchise.
Mcdavid came and all hope was restored but fans started giving up again in 2019. They still are dedicated and been through a lot but I wonder what state they’d be in if they didn’t get that draft lottery luck in 2015. Kevin Lowe could have literally almost killed that franchise.
The fact that the Oilers are still around, viable moving forward, and have a state of the art facility that helps attracts players, is kinda ok for the fans too, ya know...
Growing up me and my best friend both put that SOS poster on our bedroom doors.
Cal Nichols is an absolute hero to any Oiler fan that lived through this era. Quite literally the savior of the Oilers.
Man it's crazy that more teams don't just draft the best players of all time, literally just draft McDavid/Gretzky you idiots.
TheBeastCoast
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Sure yeah. More handouts for billionaires then! They deserve it after all.
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