ponder719
Foers Majeure
Flyers should be wayyyy lower.
This. Comcast is functionally an absentee landlord, at a time when we need active, engaged leadership looking for talent in the front office.
Flyers should be wayyyy lower.
Good players always had FL on their no-go lists. Most good players they drafted were happy to get out of FL the first chance they had to go to a real organization (some just wouldn’t come to begin with)."No State Income tax" has a hell of a lot to do with it, let's not kid ourselves.
Why because he got lucky with a generational quarterback? Amazing how much masking winning can doPegula is a good NFL owner and a horrible NHL owner
Right, yes."No State Income tax" has a hell of a lot to do with it, let's not kid ourselves.
they beat TB couple years ago in the 1st,Toronto should get an F.
Richest team in the league and in the last 20 years has won 1 playoff round.
Having an advantage means nothing if the person in charge doesn't know how to utilize it. Vinik was able to fix the lightning specifically because of its advantages.Believe it or not when Jeff Vinik bought the Lightning in 2010, Tampa already had warm weather and also had no state income tax. The team was crap, the previous ownership was a total embarrassment, the team was going broke, fan support was slipping. New ownership that cared about building a first rate organization was what changed everything.
Tampa has been great for most of their existence. Maybe not their early years, but who is? They won a Cup pretty quick and have rarely been bad in the 20 years since.I think if James Dolan was as involved with the Rangers as he is with the Knicks, then he'd be closer to an F. Giving him a C+ is generous as far as I'm concerned. I am just thankful he generally lets the hockey people do their thing for the Rangers and focuses his meddling on the Knicks.
Also, how quickly everyone forgets just how bloody awful Florida and Tampa were for most of their existence. Two prime examples of how the right ownership makes a huge difference!
The Flyers without Ed Snider do seem lifeless.This. Comcast is functionally an absentee landlord, at a time when we need active, engaged leadership looking for talent in the front office.
Tampa has been great for most of their existence. Maybe not their early years, but who is? They won a Cup pretty quick and have rarely been bad in the 20 years since.
Its nice being a sens fan going from F- to B+ , hell I would give Andlauer an AI think we all knew who was going to be last and it wasn’t close. I would have put Francesco Tortellini in a tie for last personally.
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Right, yes.
That's why all the big NBA stars are lining up to play for the Orlando Magic, and the Jacksonville Jaguars have a dynastic grip on the NFL. Not to mention the ever-dominant Miami Marlins, a stalwart force of the MLB.
I would like to know how they determine each category. I saw a more specific ranking list that had the Devils owners as middle of the road when it comes to "willingness to spend"
They spent right up to the cap and bought our Keefe's contract from Toronto and extended it. They aren't being cheap anywhere.
Teams that have higher taxes all want it. And boy…teams with low ones sure can’t wait to tell you that it doesn’t matter.
I think a lot has changed in 20 years. Before the lockout, teams with the biggest bankrolls, owners willing to pay the most to win, had many of the best players. Detroit, Dallas, Colorado, St. Louis, N.Y. Rangers, New Jersey, Toronto Etc. Russians affinity for Florida, starting with Bure, put them on the map. In a way that the rat pack didn't. Tampa was built on Lecavalier, and Brad Richards. But still needed Khabibulin to get over the hump.They’ve been around for 32 years.
In first 20 they had that Cup run. Other than that, they missed the playoffs 14 times and won a combined 4 playoff rounds. Yeah the Cup is sweet but that’s also a LOT of losing which comprises most of their existence. Nobody was talking about Tampa as a free agent destination before 2020.
Kotkaniemi and Rantanen fiascos, and they haven’t won shit or even been close. Dundon is a clown.Why are you surprised Carolina is a B+? Canes have been competitive since Dundon took over and has put the right people in charge ensuring that Carolina is successful.
Because taxes in and of themselves are not a problem. Taxes when combined with a salary cap are a problem. That’s why it wasn’t a consideration when the salary cap didn’t exist.I think a lot has changed in 20 years. Before the lockout, teams with the biggest bankrolls, owners willing to pay the most to win, had many of the best players. Detroit, Dallas, Colorado, St. Louis, N.Y. Rangers, New Jersey, Toronto Etc. Russians affinity for Florida, starting with Bure, put them on the map. In a way that the rat pack didn't. Tampa was built on Lecavalier, and Brad Richards. But still needed Khabibulin to get over the hump.
I'm not sure when taxes became an issue in the NHL. It definitely wasn't before. Canadian players often dreamed of playing for their home town team. Now it's the opposite. I think you can play under the radar, with no one knowing who you are, or what you do, in many southern markets, with a tax advantage that I don't think was a consideration 20 years ago.
Winning definitely helps the allure of any market. Except Winnipeg.
It's still a recent phenomenon. The first days of the Cap saw small market teams get an advantage because they could pick up good Cap dumps. Like Carolina and Edmonton did. But it didn't stop the allure of markets like Detroit, Boston, New York, Chicago, Philly, Pitt, L.A, Anaheim from picking up good players, because they were contending teams.Because taxes in and of themselves are not a problem. Taxes when combined with a salary cap are a problem. That’s why it wasn’t a consideration when the salary cap didn’t exist.