I think this is related, but in the string of Utah fans talking about it online there was this, which I believe attempts to explain the breakdown for Ryan Smith:
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I think this is related, but in the string of Utah fans talking about it online there was this, which I believe attempts to explain the breakdown for Ryan Smith:
...I imagine that Winnipeg isn't higher due to the Market itself...the margins there for success are a very fine line...
voyageur
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Well by the sounds of it, it's a fan based list of satisfaction, from beer prices, to franchise vision of success. Come to our boards and read about Neal Pionk, or Logan Stanley, Mason Appleton. It's cold here 5 months a year, at least, fans are never happy.
I'd say there is a MASSIVE difference between:
1 cup final
Countless ECF
10+ 2nd round appearances
And:
1 2nd round stomping
Yes both have zero cups, but they got there in a massively different way. Also let's not pretend Toronto isn't Hockey mecca in terms of the history of the team/ the amount of players the city has produced and just the province itself. Yeah some players grow up as Rangers fans and go back, but no other team has the built in advantage that Toronto does as far as not only having the capital, but also a willing free agent player pool that would love nothing more than to bring the cup home for their friends/family.
For context here is Winnipegs scorecard:
They basically took season ticket holders for granted - told them to F themselves, cause they had over 9000 people on the wait list.
Welll…..Winnipeg is a small city - word got around, and that 9000 on the waiting list were all 1 or 2 degrees of separation from the season ticket holders getting tossed aside like day old bagels. All of a sudden there was no willing people on the waiting list. Ownership has come back begging….at least that’s how it’s been told to me as someone not in the city but a jets fan.
I’ll let actual former season ticket holders and Winnipeg residents chime in to correct me or add context.
Treatment of fanbase is really low. It’s a driving factor in low attendance - all stemming from how season ticket holders were treated during covid I believe.
They basically took season ticket holders for granted - told them to F themselves, cause they had over 9000 people on the wait list.
Welll…..Winnipeg is a small city - word got around, and that 9000 on the waiting list were all 1 or 2 degrees of separation from the season ticket holders getting tossed aside like day old bagels. All of a sudden there was no willing people on the waiting list. Ownership has come back begging….at least that’s how it’s been told to me as someone not in the city but a jets fan.
I’ll let actual former season ticket holders and Winnipeg residents chime in to correct me or add context.
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Machinehead
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Fun fact about James Dolan: He sold the Liberty one year before they drafted Sabrina Ionescu and lost $186,000,000.
Leonardo87
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The day Dolan sells the Rangers will be very happy.
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Machinehead
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Hopefully history repeats itself and he does it right before a franchise altering draft pick.
True north ownership group (winnipeg) should be rated higher related to success in a small mkt , low gate, low swag crap sales
Absolute joke of a list. Utah, Carolina, and Ottawa B+? And MTL should be a C- at the highest until we see how this rebuild shakes out. Molson should not be off the hook for decades of mediocrity that easily. They completely wasted a franchise goaltender’s career under his ownership, among plenty of other things.
No I think it's the teams that are going to benefit most from their players contracting LTIRitis
tarheelhockey
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They could afford to spend a little extra for the + because nO sTaTe TaXes
Grate n Colorful Oz
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While Geoff Molson has had a sorta redemption arc with his Gorton and Hughes hirings, and agreeing to finally rebuild, holding on to the biceps bargain binner for 10 years should give him a big fat C-.
GoldenSeal
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F is fitting for Buffalo's owner for a lot of reasons with help from a simple prefix and some creative explicatives,
eartotheground
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bad nhl owner surely, but he should get some credit for helping grow the game of hockey. he pretty much stood up a hockey program at penn state on his own to put them on the d1 map. that's gotta count for something
It's the opposite. These owners are perceived as great owners due to the lack of state income tax.
eartotheground
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guess the local governments need to get good so their hockey can, too
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Grate n Colorful Oz
Get busy livin
Consider who owns the Athletic and you can understand why they are stupid
