NHL and NHLPA “watching closely” decline of Canadian dollar

CharasLazyWrister

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Inevitably, blame will be thrown around (as is always the case when people cant come to grips with the complexity of the world and simply point their anger in whichever direction their biases lead), but this is the stark reality of operating a league in which owners protect their interests and finances as a single, unconquerable entity across multiple countries with multiple currencies.

Despite countless failed franchises, the US is just always going to the “safer” long-term investment due to the overall market size. Even when teams are doing as well as they can in Canada financially, the exchange rate issue persists.
 

MeHateHe

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Who realistically is doing that, discounting the nationalist dummies on Twitter, and the people on here who think they're smarter then the NHL when it comes to matters like this?
Still lots of folks thinking that a second team for Toronto is in the next round of 4 - like it's Houston/Atlanta/Phoenix/Toronto and that's fait accompli .

Does someone have a quick breakdown of where North American NHL revenues (expressed in Euros, preferably ;)) come from? If, for example, NHL revenues from Canada are significantly higher than 7/32, then a reflexive argument away from continued Canadian presence is misguided. (I'm not an advocate for any expansion, but rather am arguing that the relative strength of the Canadian dollar shouldn't be a deciding factor.)

Given that the Canadian dollar has historically been impacted by the price of oil, and given that the projections for oil prices over the next 20 years seems to be maybe not so good, I'd suggest we're in for more of this in the coming years.

(Dear moderators, can we keep this one open? It's Christmas.)
 

Golden_Jet

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Still lots of folks thinking that a second team for Toronto is in the next round of 4 - like it's Houston/Atlanta/Phoenix/Toronto and that's fait accompli .

Does someone have a quick breakdown of where North American NHL revenues (expressed in Euros, preferably ;)) come from? If, for example, NHL revenues from Canada are significantly higher than 7/32, then a reflexive argument away from continued Canadian presence is misguided. (I'm not an advocate for any expansion, but rather am arguing that the relative strength of the Canadian dollar shouldn't be a deciding factor.)

Given that the Canadian dollar has historically been impacted by the price of oil, and given that the projections for oil prices over the next 20 years seems to be maybe not so good, I'd suggest we're in for more of this in the coming years.

(Dear moderators, can we keep this one open? It's Christmas.)
Likely won’t stay open, it became political on the first page last time.
brutal. expanding in Canada should never be discussed again
Brutal take, like usual
 
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NextBigThing

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This is not good for Winnipeg. Their honeymoon period is well over and their support has plummeted. Declining tv ratings, failing to sell out playoff games, and bleeding money. I'd hate to see the great fans in Winnipeg lose their team yet again.
 

Golden_Jet

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This is not good for Winnipeg. Their honeymoon period is well over and their support has plummeted. Declining tv ratings, failing to sell out playoff games, and bleeding money. I'd hate to see the great fans in Winnipeg lose their team yet again.
Links to all those points, or are they also made up like all your TV numbers.
 

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