Pardon me for my ignorance, and I'm embarrassed about this........but I can't figure out one of the team logos in the OP's screenshot, the one that got an A- along with the Avs?
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Ah thanks! I was only familiar with their other logo, the one with the hockey stick through the T in their team name
Absolutely.
Then let's add a marketing adjustment to clamp down on the natural advantages of being a celebrity with ample endorsement opportunities in New York, Montreal, and Toronto.
We'll follow that up with a "hometown adjustment", increasing the cap hits on players born in their markets. After all - that's an unfair advantage, right?
Next we'll institute a "cost of living" adjustment - money goes further in Utah than it does in LA. Why should Utah get to spend the same amount as the LA franchise?
Should be easy enough.
States always find ways to get their money. In Florida, we get a lot of our budget simply by having Disney World next to Orlando and it's a cash cow. Then, at least compared to Arizona, if you use the services of a government office they nickel and dime you to death and/or because of a lack of revenue from state income tax, punt the liability for collecting revenue to the county or city level. When dealing with my driver's license and other automotive related stuff, I deal with the county tax collector's office, as opposed to Arizona where I dealt with a Department of Motor Vehicles run by the state (but Arizona state income tax isn't very high either so they also nickel and dime you).
That's a sharp contrast to my brief time in Hawaii where the state government offices don't nickel and dime you because they get a decent amount of revenue from state income tax.
If Melnyk was still alive I wonder how this would look.
On an extremely unrelated note, Katz needs to f*** off one way or the other.
On an extremely unrelated note, Katz needs to f*** off one way or the other.
There's a still a subset of fans on the board here that believe that JR and Allvin have "neutered" his meddling, which is quite frankly, a naive thought. Of course he meddles, he's just doing it much quieter than before and he's staying off Twitter.
Also the Canucks are the only NHL team not to have a dedicated practise facility. Even tight pockets Buffalo has one.
The Jets slip a bit because of a lack of recent playoff success. It's been kind of non-stop postseason disappointment since 2018 (except for sweeping the Oilers in the North Division year).
Also, as an ownership group, they're a little tone deaf. They did take season ticket holders for granted...and as soon as that market softened, they ran an ad campaign insinuating the team could move again. That rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.
But really, they'd be ranked higher if they'd gone on a deeper run in the playoffs last year.
Also, as an ownership group, they're a little tone deaf. They did take season ticket holders for granted...and as soon as that market softened, they ran an ad campaign insinuating the team could move again. That rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.
But really, they'd be ranked higher if they'd gone on a deeper run in the playoffs last year.
Exactly
I think Aquilini was neutered for about 8 months, and he just can't help himself. And it's 100% his right, he;s the owner, and can do what he wants.
but he just has to get involved, he is incredibly active around the team every single deadline, and could have had a consistent playoff team, maybe not a winner, but a consistent playoff team if he let a proper rebuild occur.
You make a great point. Anyone can say they've won or had a chance to win the Stanley Cup. How many teams in the EST timezone have a Campbell to their name in the 21st century? Montreal is alone on the mountain top of that one.
Nope, there isn't a reason. For 16 years the "tax advantage" didn't matter. Florida didn't have an owner willing to spend to the cap floor (though he had to) much less spend to the cap ceiling. Nor did we have a GM willing to make the trades necessary to bring in the players that would make us a Cup contender.
Tampa had plenty of issues prior to their current owner, and I agree with this list, he's the best in the League, though the Panther's owners are right there. Ownership matters, I've lived through both sides.
Yeah Tennessee works in a similar fashion. The state gets most of its money from Sales Tax, Hotel Tax, etc. mainly because it was built around tourism, so people from outside of the state do a lot of funding. Your drivers license is handled by the state, however car registration is county based. For in stance if you are in Murfreesboro ( outside Nashville ) your car tags are going to cost you $100 a year per vehicle, meanwhile where I live just down the road its $26. Lots of counties add in " wheel tax " to fund schools.
That's how States that don't have them do it, as you say, they nickel and dime everyone, and the more you spend the more nickels and dimes they take.
Low hanging fruit. Not biased at all; you must’ve missed the part where I was even more critical of the Habs’ rating.
The clown has still been more successful than many other owners in the league. He has never missed the playoffs ever and Canes not winning in the playoffs does not discredit that.
Could we award him an Incomplete for inability to complete the coursework? Hold him in contempt of court for failure to appear or interfering in the trial resulting in a mistrial?
So I guess if your team keeps trading asset to win now, like the top 3 team listed, you win! ANH over LA, bahahaha....the only worst owner in Anaheim is Arte Moreno.
