Canadian Tire is big. They have big money. I used to work for them on the IT website side.
They are also VERY national.
TSN: Stamkos meeting with leafs, Toronto mayor, and CEO of Canadian tire
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Canadian Tire is big. They have big money. I used to work for them on the IT website side.
They are also VERY national.
It's all about the smoked meat sandwiches. Being from Calgary, a good one is tough to come by.
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Canadian Tire owns Sportcheks parent company.
Stamkos currently has an endorsement with Sportchek. The Leafs aren't brining in any new suiters here likely leaving all potential cap circumvention conversations at the door. Leafs can't be punished if Sportchek is willing to pay Stamkos more to play here.
Also the mayor is suppose to be there to propose a Subway line/station after him.
Canadian Tire owns Sportcheks parent company.
Stamkos currently has an endorsement with Sportchek. The Leafs aren't brining in any new suiters here likely leaving all potential cap circumvention conversations at the door. Leafs can't be punished if Sportchek is willing to pay Stamkos more to play here.
Also the mayor is suppose to be there to propose a Subway line/station after him.
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Gabe Kupari
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Why do i get the feeling that the team that gets Stamkos is gonna regret it big time in a couple years. I dunno man, this guy has some issues for sure, he's a good player but he ain't what he used to be and it seems like teams are willing to pay him for what he used to be and not for what he currently is.
Savvy
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How dare you, sir! Lou certainly wouldn't break any rules. He would never cross that line, if that line should so happen to move though how can we blame Lou?
uncleben
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Players get marketing all the time. Crosby has millions and millions of local marketing deals and endorsements.
I agree its a little sketch, but all MLSE is doing is saying, "Look how wonderful Toronto is! We're multicultural, close to home, on the water, nice parks, oh, and numerous local companies who want to give you millions of dollars. The City wants you here."
They are not orchestrating the deals, or paying the money, they've just presented it to Stamkos as encouragement to sign there.
If Stamkos signs, I'm sure the League will look into it, but the Maple Leafs are not paying Stamkos under the table and should be okay. I just didn't think Toronto could mention it during negotiations, and that's where I am a little concerned.
Either way though, I'm not convinced Stamkos is the best option for the Leafs right now or vice versa.
GoJetsGo55
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That sounds shady as ****.
Complete cap circumvention.
"Sign for us and we will pay you X. Also we will ensure that these guys will pay you Y."
Complete cap circumvention.
"Sign for us and we will pay you X. Also we will ensure that these guys will pay you Y."
Kurisu
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Just got home from TO Saturday. They can rename the UP Express to the Stamkos Railway.
Yea a league that has been losing market share is gonna punish it's biggest cash cow for bringing in more money. That might happen.
WWRFD?
What would Rob Ford have done? He probably would have named the subway station and renamed the airport if it would have worked.
At this point we don't really know anything about these "endorsements". So it's difficult to say whether they violate any rules. Loophole Lou will be careful to toe the line so it will be interesting to watch.
Crede777
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That's Toronto for you. They're mobbing the guy even before he's signed.
Meeting with the GM and owner - fine.
Mayor will be there - Huh, weird.
So will the CEO of Canadian tire - even weirder.
Also probably about 1,000,000 reporters - I can't even get off the plane!
Is that a storm on the doppler radar? No it's just all of the media congregating in Toronto because Steven Stamkos is coming to town.
Meeting with the GM and owner - fine.
Mayor will be there - Huh, weird.
So will the CEO of Canadian tire - even weirder.
Also probably about 1,000,000 reporters - I can't even get off the plane!
Is that a storm on the doppler radar? No it's just all of the media congregating in Toronto because Steven Stamkos is coming to town.
Petes2424
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There's been talk about this supplemented income and that it's already been vetted by the NHL and lawyers. Unfortunately, the NHL cannot allow this to happen or they are opening up an extremely huge can of worms. Teams like Detroit will start signing guys for $4 million per with a $5 million per contract from Little Caesars, etc, etc, etc.
Hoping he signs with the Leafs but this will NOT be good for the NHL if they let this happen. There's a reason "Personal Services" contracts that were made famous by the USFL are NOT allowed in sports anymore. I believe it was only a couple of years ago Donald Trump stopped paying Herschel Walker from the 80s.
Corporations should NOT be deciding where our sports go from here on either.
Gabe Kupari
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Is this legit? The mayor is there to offer him a subway line named after him? So you gonna have something called the stamkos expressway or something? What's gonna happen when it crashes and goes off the rails?
LOL at some of these things... man, it's steven stamkos for gods sake, not crosby or someone with a bit more of a pedigree.
LOL at some of these things... man, it's steven stamkos for gods sake, not crosby or someone with a bit more of a pedigree.
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