Gardner McKay
RIP, Jimmy.
Trade Klein to free up cap space and keep Moore.
That would be what I would do.
Id be fine with that.
Trade Klein to free up cap space and keep Moore.
That would be what I would do.
Wouldn't the salary cap jump up a bit if two teams expanded into the league in the same season, especially if the expansion fee is $250 million or something like that? We're talking about a $500 million jump in the NHLs bottom line.
Wouldn't the salary cap jump up a bit if two teams expanded into the league in the same season, especially if the expansion fee is $250 million or something like that? We're talking about a $500 million jump in the NHLs bottom line.
Why 4? 2 makes sense to balance the conferences. A relocation of the Florida teams to canada also makes sense.
Don't need more hockey in the desert
Four new teams will not happen, it can't coz it's just too many.
How the hypothetical expansion draft would play out if it happened today. Interesting article.
http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/sto...ock-draft-rules-las-vegas-team-seattle-hockey
That Seattle team is awful. Didn't realize there had to be two players from each NHL team selected either. Guess it's to prevent from some teams losing more talent than others. They had the Rangers losing Klein and Lombardi. Klein and Talbot were the only real notable unprotections to me and those would be expected anyway with the only debate being J. Moore or Klein.
lol okay.
Yeah, Bettman is so stupid that the league is making more money than ever, NHL teams are worth more money than ever, and the sport is growing faster than ever before under his watch. What a moron.
Y?
That wouldn't be the worst thing ever.
Think of what could be done with his $... oh forget it. Sather is still the GM.
I take it back.
Them and every other of the big 4 North American sports leagues. That's because of the fans, not Bettman. These commissioners are selling a product that will always have customers. The fans have a deep seeded loyalty to their teams, not the league, and thus spend money on the teams. They are essentially selling water, there will always be a demand for hockey. They have no competition. It's not exactly due to some amazing leadership up in the NHL. It's because of people like me who collect massive amounts of jerseys and go to games... We would do that no matter who was commissioner. In fact, I was so mad that the last lockout happened that I almost took my money elsewhere. Not that that would have changed anything, but imagine how much bigger the NHL would be without the second lockout. Bettman and the owners are responsible for losing major broadcast deals that have cost the league a lot of money in long term revenue. The league's value would arguably be 25% more if they had played hockey in 2004-2005.
3 lockouts on Bettman's watch. An expansion that failed in Atlanta and had to be relocated, and one failed experiment in Phoenix that he refuses to give up on. The guy is an idiot.
Y?
That wouldn't be the worst thing ever.
Think of what could be done with his $... oh forget it. Sather is still the GM.
I take it back.
Your estimate of 25% more is a little weird. The league has seen enormous growth since the 2004 lockout. There was more revenue in 2005-06 ($2.27B) than there was in 2003-04 ($2.21B), so it's not because the league took a big hit from the lockout and was starting from a low point. It just set the league back by a year, which means they might be worth maybe 5% more. The revenue growth in that time period outpaces any of the other 3 leagues (33% growth in 10 seasons).
The expansion in Atlanta failed due to no fault of Bettmans. The Phoenix situation has been about power, and he's accomplished what he wanted to. Calling him an idiot is ridiculous. Then again, you claim Phoenix doesn't make sense, even if it's the 12th largest TV market in the US. I do hate the lockouts, though.
Other than Nash is still a great player albeit slightly overpaid, why are we giving him up for nothing?
Your estimate of 25% more is a little weird. The league has seen enormous growth since the 2004 lockout. There was more revenue in 2005-06 ($2.27B) than there was in 2003-04 ($2.21B), so it's not because the league took a big hit from the lockout and was starting from a low point. It just set the league back by a year, which means they might be worth maybe 5% more. The revenue growth in that time period outpaces any of the other 3 leagues (33% growth in 10 seasons).
The expansion in Atlanta failed due to no fault of Bettmans. The Phoenix situation has been about power, and he's accomplished what he wanted to. Calling him an idiot is ridiculous. Then again, you claim Phoenix doesn't make sense, even if it's the 12th largest TV market in the US. I do hate the lockouts, though.
Imagine the revenue generated if ESPN still carried hockey. Hockey took a huge hit in the south due to the lockout. A huge hit. Anyone who went to a Stars or Predators game pre and post lockout knows what I'm talking about.
The NHL would be making a lot more money if ESPN still carried them.