Forbes: The Toronto Maple Leafs, worth $2.8 billion, have overtaken the New York Rangers to become hockey’s most expensive franchise.

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The Most Valuable NHL Teams 2023

The Toronto Maple Leafs, worth $2.8 billion, have overtaken the New York Rangers to become hockey’s most expensive franchise.

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1. Leafs 2.8 billion
2. Rangers 2.65 billion
3. Canadiens 2.3 billion
4. LA kings 2 billion
5. Bruins 1.9 billion

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

they looked at their signings 1st right? Taveres alone...

 

[Rob Brown]

they looked at their signings 1st right? Taveres alone...

Tavares alone what? What does this even mean? lol

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Kings at 4 surprised me. But it is L.A. after all.

I'd imagine McDavid is essentially the main (sole?) factor for the Oilers being so high at 7.

 

[MikeyMike01]

A little out of my budget

 

[super6646]

Rangers would’ve still been number 1 if they kept Brady Skjei. Make dumb moves, get dumb prizes.

 

[Drytoast]

Of course.

 

[Love]

These valuations are off by about half. If the Leafs were actually for sale good luck getting them under $6 billion. I’d bet the over on it. And it’s not just NHL teams. Basically all North American sports team valuations are way off from what I’ve seen.

 

[Laus723]

I don’t think anyone’s surprised.

 

[Rob]

Imagine what the Leafs lineup would look like with no cap?

 

[Rare Jewel]

Hey, they won somethin

And don't tempt Bell/Rogers to put those up in the rafters.

 

[Love]

Also how are the Oilers the 7th most valuable franchise? Theres no way they’re that high

 

[ITM]

Good thing it’s in a league without a flat cap, where our ability to acquire assets is commensurate with our organizational value.

Oh…Right.

 

[Devilsfan2326]

With as many fans as they have I thought the TML were always first

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Imagine what the Leafs lineup would look like with no cap?

Probably a lot like it did pre 2005 when they still couldn’t win anything

 

[NyQuil]

Every other resource aside from player salaries is freely available to the Leafs.

 

[mr figgles]

Kings at 4 surprised me. But it is L.A. after all.

I'd imagine McDavid is essentially the main (sole?) factor for the Oilers being so high at 7.

It’s LA, and they have recent cups, so it’s understandable.

As for the topic at hand, I always assumed the laughs were way more valuable than the other teams in the league, so color me surprised.

 

[Nothingbutglass]

Is this real money or Loonies and pelts?

 

[OKR]

That’s that Biebs and Tiktok stimulus.

 

[HTFN]

I don’t think anyone’s surprised.

I'm surprised that they weren't already, which I think probably counts for something.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

These valuations are off by about half. If the Leafs were actually for sale good luck getting them under $6 billion. I’d bet the over on it. And it’s not just NHL teams. Basically all North American sports team valuations are way off from what I’ve seen.

I mean not really. There are financial analysts whose main job is to figure this type of shit out so people can make sound investments.

The Commanders just sold for somewhere around $6 billion and they generate well over 2x as much revenue as the Maple Leafs do.

Yeah I guess someone could go out and buy them for $6 billion but it would be a very unwise financial decision.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

Is this real money or Loonies and pelts?

Armani's.

 

[Three On Zero]

Also how are the Oilers the 7th most valuable franchise? Theres no way they’re that high

They sky rocketed after the new arena/downtown area

 

[Kamus]

Also how are the Oilers the 7th most valuable franchise? Theres no way they’re that high

Also they made 281 million in revenue tied with the Leafs for most in the NHL

 

[LightningStorm]

No surprise here. Top 4 is the 2 biggest hockey markets and the 2 biggest markets overall. At 5th, Boston is a good combo of both of those things.