I'm exactly there what you stated above. Like someone else stated, imagine buying a house, and having to wait 2 years to move in while the seller gets to stay there Scott free. I'd say my happiness is an uncomfortable happiness. When I first started getting alerts on my phone that Wang sold, I was ecstatic, like a giant weight came off my chest. Then the terms were announced and it was like a kick in the balls.
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I'm exactly there what you stated above. Like someone else stated, imagine buying a house, and having to wait 2 years to move in while the seller gets to stay there Scott free. I'd say my happiness is an uncomfortable happiness. When I first started getting alerts on my phone that Wang sold, I was ecstatic, like a giant weight came off my chest. Then the terms were announced and it was like a kick in the balls.
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I believe the lowered fee is in the single digits percentage wise. So cut enough expenses and you nill that number out.
Don't see how the NHL can make life that difficult especially when for all intensive purposes he will only be an investor come 2016, and don't forget about Wangs other venture with the NHL.
Listen you want to trust Wang,again, good luck but Wang is hanging on for two years and if that does not ring alarm bells then you have not been paying attention
What if Wang does something unthinkable, like trading Tavares next year for boat load of draft picks?!
Can the future majority but current minority owners block this?
Also worth pointing out that for all his crying poverty and bleeding money good old Charlie turned a pretty nice profit on his Islanders investment
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Coming from a fan who's experienced incompetent ownership and sale/move rumours for years, I feel good for you guys. The Wang experiment was a disaster.
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What if Wang does something unthinkable, like trading Tavares next year for boat load of draft picks?!
Can the future majority but current minority owners block this?
C'mon. Why would Wang, who's team is in a cap league, trade JT on a team friendly contract, for a boatload of prospects?
What if Wang does something unthinkable, like trading Tavares next year for boat load of draft picks?!
Can the future majority but current minority owners block this?
If garth wants a job in 2 years when these 2 guys take over, he won't do that.
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They are gonna come in and Milbury us. Say good bye to Dal Colle, JHS, Nelson, Lee, Reinhart, Pulock, CDH 
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Acquilini's originally bought 50% of the team and 2 years later bought the rest.
http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=451710
Are you still deadly serious?
doublechili
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I'm guessing this deal is at least partly about synergy. I'm making this all up, but I'll bet at least some of this is true ( 
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Malkin's business is retail/real estate. He develops and runs luxury "shopping villages" throughout Europe and now also in China. (Any chance Wang gets some kind of involvement in the real estate in China?)
And wasn't there a rumor last week that "the other bidder" was involved in apparel? Well, it's one thing to manufacture apparel, it's another thing to get it placed in retail locations. Malkin can do that. I and others ha've been saying for a year now that people are underestimating the value of "Brooklyn" as a marketing deal. I wasn't thinking of Europe, but I think all the leagues (see NFL) want to get into overseas markets even a little bit like the international soccer leagues do here.
Waiting 2 years to assume full ownership is okay in that they're not going to have to be majority owners in the lame duck year at NVMC and can start fresh in Brooklyn. They either wanted to wait the extra year, or it was a carrot to Wang to have 1 year in Brooklyn too.
FWIW, the chances of the primary uniform design/colors and/or logo changing just went up. We'll see what happen in 2 years.
I would not be surprised if the NHL was advocating these guys as owners (remember that Barroway alleged in his Complaint that the NHL was suggesting Wang talk to other potential buyers but Wang said Barroway had the deal). Maybe the NHL wanted Wang to talk to these guys as a furtherance of their push to Europe. My suspicion is that Ledecky is the deal-maker, but Malkin is the guy who really appealed to the league with his European and Chinese retail connections. BTW, I'll bet the Isles will play their preseason in England in 2016.
Oh yeah. We're big-time now.
):Malkin's business is retail/real estate. He develops and runs luxury "shopping villages" throughout Europe and now also in China. (Any chance Wang gets some kind of involvement in the real estate in China?)
And wasn't there a rumor last week that "the other bidder" was involved in apparel? Well, it's one thing to manufacture apparel, it's another thing to get it placed in retail locations. Malkin can do that. I and others ha've been saying for a year now that people are underestimating the value of "Brooklyn" as a marketing deal. I wasn't thinking of Europe, but I think all the leagues (see NFL) want to get into overseas markets even a little bit like the international soccer leagues do here.
Waiting 2 years to assume full ownership is okay in that they're not going to have to be majority owners in the lame duck year at NVMC and can start fresh in Brooklyn. They either wanted to wait the extra year, or it was a carrot to Wang to have 1 year in Brooklyn too.
FWIW, the chances of the primary uniform design/colors and/or logo changing just went up. We'll see what happen in 2 years.
I would not be surprised if the NHL was advocating these guys as owners (remember that Barroway alleged in his Complaint that the NHL was suggesting Wang talk to other potential buyers but Wang said Barroway had the deal). Maybe the NHL wanted Wang to talk to these guys as a furtherance of their push to Europe. My suspicion is that Ledecky is the deal-maker, but Malkin is the guy who really appealed to the league with his European and Chinese retail connections. BTW, I'll bet the Isles will play their preseason in England in 2016.
Oh yeah. We're big-time now.
doublechili
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BTW, if my last post wasn't crazy enough, any chance drafting Ho-Sang, with a Chinese last name, was not 100% a hockey move? 
JZCislesHockey
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This just might be the best news I've ever had as a fan of this team.
Wow.
We can finally get off the ledge!
LET'S GO ISLANDERS!!!
Wow.
We can finally get off the ledge!
LET'S GO ISLANDERS!!!
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Great news, never thought it would happen so quick after the Barroway mess.
I guess Snow stays for 2 more years....
I guess Snow stays for 2 more years....
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I guess those of us who believed there really was another deal turned out to be correct. Not that we're keeping score.
I say this without any hint of a joke...I've never been more elated about being wrong in my life.
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2ndGenIslander
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Amazing news. Best this team has had in years.
we've been saying that a lot this summer
I know we have your pick, but I've always liked the Isles and I hope you guys do well (delaying it might not be the worst thing, right? ) Anyhow, enjoy a new era!
) Anyhow, enjoy a new era!
JZCislesHockey
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Get off the ledge everyone. Just accept the fact that we have great news, regardless of the stipulations. My god, we'll win the cup and some of you people will still be wearing tinfoil hats.
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