Source: Some teams better off not playing

[b]"I got this text from a very well-connected hockey source."

The Maple Leafs gynecologist?

A bold failure.

Source: Some teams better off not playing

Source: Some people better off not breathing...like the commisioner

What does it say about the management of the league and teams that some owners would lose less money if they shut down their product?

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Originally posted 10:10 AM ET  09.07 by Nobody expects Phantomphan MMT

What does it say about the management of the league and teams that some owners would lose less money if they shut down their product?

The whole article befuddles me.....what do the players have to do with failing franchises and helping them but not playing.....Im confused

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Originally posted 10:10 AM ET  09.07 by Nobody expects Phantomphan MMT

What does it say about the management of the league and teams that some owners would lose less money if they shut down their product?

it says that trhe league is mismanaged, there are too many teams, and the current commisioner is a beedle browed, twit faced loser

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Originally posted 10:32 AM ET  09.07 by Spiny Norman

it says that trhe league is mismanaged, there are too many teams, and the current commisioner is a beedle browed, twit faced loser

Holy crap, this is brand new information!!! Why has no one been telling me this? Good friends like you or Hank I thought would have told me. Next thing you know Hank will tell me there's something wrong with the salary cap.

Canucks have always been better off not playing.

And Kill the Cap!!!

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Originally posted 10:48 AM ET  09.07 by Hank Kingsley

Canucks have always been better off not playing.And Kill the Cap!!!

Leafs too

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Originally posted 10:48 AM ET  09.07 by Hank Kingsley

Canucks have always been better off not playing.And Kill the Cap!!!

(mouth agape)

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Originally posted 10:43 AM ET  09.07 by santapig

Holy crap, this is brand new information!!! Why has no one been telling me this? Good friends like you or Hank I thought would have told me. Next thing you know Hank will tell me there's something wrong with the salary cap.

Wake up!! Shave off that beard. It's the new deal,"Here's 100 Million, sorry I'm broke".

Makes me think of the NFL, who gave 30 million for study of the brain, commendable of course, but won't give the refs 1 million more.

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 10:43 AM ET  09.07 by santapig

Holy crap, this is brand new information!!! Why has no one been telling me this? Good friends like you or Hank I thought would have told me. Next thing you know Hank will tell me there's something wrong with the salary cap.

speaking of info leaks...Prince Harry goes to Vegas, plays pool in the buff, pics go back to England, really riles the Queen, is now deployed to Afghanistan..don't ever believe the slogan "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" and also, never upset the Queen.........

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Originally posted 12:32 PM ET  09.07 by Othello

speaking of info leaks...Prince Harry goes to Vegas, plays pool in the buff, pics go back to England, really riles the Queen, is now deployed to Afghanistan..don't ever believe the slogan "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" and also, never upset the Queen.........

Makes the times I was sent to my room not so bad now.

Of course there are alot of teams that would be better off no playing the season, that is the whole flaw of the NHL for the past 15 years. I have been saying for years, and since I came to this forum many have agreed that there are too many teams in the NHL and expansion was essentially a failure overall.

Why Bettman likes to tout that the League Revenue are in the billions compared to when he took over, that would have happened with any commissioner simply because the rise of Cable TV in the past 15-20 years. Even moron Bud Selig just negotiated a huge new TV deal with ESPN/FOX that is worth billions for the next 7 years to televise the playoffs. If Selig or Bettman were commissioners in the 1970's or 80's there is no way they would be able to grow the game they are now simply because there was only ESPN back then and very few regional cable networks, so most sporting events were on Free TV.

Until the NHL contracts to atleast 24 teams (I say they goto 20 teams), we will have this same problem the next time a new CBA comes up as you will hear the same franchises having the same financial problems for the same reasons they couldn't make money since they were expanded in the 1990's.

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Originally posted 12:50 PM ET  09.07 by Flyers1986-87

Of course there are alot of teams that would be better off no playing the season, that is the whole flaw of the NHL for the past 15 years. I have been saying for years, and since I came to this forum many have agreed that there are too many teams in the NHL and expansion was essentially a failure overall. Why Bettman likes to tout that the League Revenue are in the billions compared to when he took over, that would have happened with any commissioner simply because the rise of Cable TV in the past 15-20 years. Even moron Bud Selig just negotiated a huge new TV deal with ESPN/FOX that is worth billions for the next 7 years to televise the playoffs. If Selig or Bettman were commissioners in the 1970's or 80's there is no way they would be able to grow the game they are now simply because there was only ESPN back then and very few regional cable networks, so most sporting events were on Free TV.Until the NHL contracts to atleast 24 teams (I say they goto 20 teams), we will have this same problem the next time a new CBA comes up as you will hear the same franchises having the same financial problems for the same reasons they couldn't make money since they were expanded in the 1990's.

Howard John is right!

Just caught an article in Arizona Republic about the Coyotes hosting an open house/ticket sale. Is this normal for teams to do? I've never read about this in Philadelphia or NJ, and the only publicized ticket sale I can recall (in NHL circles anyway) is last year in Atlanta. Something just strikes me odd about everything going on and the correlation between lockout and the Phoenix situation.

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Originally posted 01:09 PM ET  09.07 by overthrowbettman

Just caught an article in Arizona Republic about the Coyotes hosting an open house/ticket sale. Is this normal for teams to do? I've never read about this in Philadelphia or NJ, and the only publicized ticket sale I can recall (in NHL circles anyway) is last year in Atlanta. Something just strikes me odd about everything going on and the correlation between lockout and the Phoenix situation.

The only open house/ticket sale I went to was back in the 90's for the Phantoms.

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Originally posted 12:50 PM ET  09.07 by Flyers1986-87

Of course there are alot of teams that would be better off no playing the season, that is the whole flaw of the NHL for the past 15 years. I have been saying for years, and since I came to this forum many have agreed that there are too many teams in the NHL and expansion was essentially a failure overall. Why Bettman likes to tout that the League Revenue are in the billions compared to when he took over, that would have happened with any commissioner simply because the rise of Cable TV in the past 15-20 years. Even moron Bud Selig just negotiated a huge new TV deal with ESPN/FOX that is worth billions for the next 7 years to televise the playoffs. If Selig or Bettman were commissioners in the 1970's or 80's there is no way they would be able to grow the game they are now simply because there was only ESPN back then and very few regional cable networks, so most sporting events were on Free TV.Until the NHL contracts to atleast 24 teams (I say they goto 20 teams), we will have this same problem the next time a new CBA comes up as you will hear the same franchises having the same financial problems for the same reasons they couldn't make money since they were expanded in the 1990's.

Ok, flag boy, you've been here a while and made many good posts. Time to get a real avatar pic.

"The fans are being walked right down the gang plank"...and we can see it coming.... fan survival rate, if there is a lock out, will be hard to overcome.....teams better give fans there monies worth if they want them to come back in full force.......