During the lost season of 16 years ago, Bain offered to buy the entire NHL for $3 Billion
Offer to Owners: $3 Billion for All 30 N.H.L. Teams (Published 2005)
Would the owners of the 30 franchises seriously consider a bid from new investors to buy all the teams at once for more than $3 billion and turn the business into a single-entity partnership?
"Simple answer?" said Jeremy Jacobs, owner of the Boston Bruins. "No, I don't. The Bruins aren't for sale. I talked to a lot of my contemporaries. They didn't take it terribly seriously. This had been floated a few months ago, and it didn't get any traction then."
One simple reason the owners have to play - the US contract expires after the 2021 season and they need to stay visible while trying to get the highest bid.
They won't do a closed bubble again - Toronto wasn't bad but Edmonton felt like jail. ( it was a much smaller footprint )
One thing I didn't even think about - many of the hotels the NHL uses for road teams have been closed for months.
The bottom line is we should have some kind of season, if we don't it will only be because things in the real world have made it impossible to do so.
Offer to Owners: $3 Billion for All 30 N.H.L. Teams (Published 2005)
Would the owners of the 30 franchises seriously consider a bid from new investors to buy all the teams at once for more than $3 billion and turn the business into a single-entity partnership?
"Simple answer?" said Jeremy Jacobs, owner of the Boston Bruins. "No, I don't. The Bruins aren't for sale. I talked to a lot of my contemporaries. They didn't take it terribly seriously. This had been floated a few months ago, and it didn't get any traction then."
One simple reason the owners have to play - the US contract expires after the 2021 season and they need to stay visible while trying to get the highest bid.
They won't do a closed bubble again - Toronto wasn't bad but Edmonton felt like jail. ( it was a much smaller footprint )
One thing I didn't even think about - many of the hotels the NHL uses for road teams have been closed for months.
The bottom line is we should have some kind of season, if we don't it will only be because things in the real world have made it impossible to do so.