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2023-24 NHL Misc. Thread

jeffbear said:
I'm sure the team knows their fan demographics better than we ever could from the outside. Leonsis is no dummy. If this didn't make sense, he wouldn't be doing it. Plenty of pro sports owners just don't have any kind of market savvy, but not this one.
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Yep. This is why Mark Cuban is selling his majority stake in the Mavericks. Sports franchises are going from businesses on their own to centerpieces of larger real estate plays, usually with the advent of entertainment districts that often include casinos, hotels, retail, housing, etc. Cuban has no expertise in that area, so he sold to buyers who do--the Adelson family, best known as the owners of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation--while ensuring that he can stay in charge of basketball operations and see his now-minority stake in the team grow in value thanks to the Adelson's expertise.

For Leonsis and the Caps and Wizards, the move to Alexandria is tied to the $2 billion development of an "innovation district" that includes--among other elements--Amazon's HQ2. It will be similar (but likely bigger) than what the Braves did when they moved to suburban Atlanta--which is the model for this strategy--and to what Tom Dundon is hoping to do (likely on a smaller scale) around PNC Arena.
 
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Yeah, although I'd just guess that Cuban simply isn't willing to put in the hours anymore. He's gotten increasingly bad/weird returns in Dallas after a strong first act to his ownership.
 
andyt said:
Avs trade Tomas Tatar to Seattle for a 2024 5th rounder
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I never understood what he was supposed to be doing for the Avs, but Tatar still has enough mitts to add some power play creativity for a team like Seattle.
 
The Sens put DJ Smith out of his misery. Shockingly, he was replaced by newly hired “senior advisor“ Jacques Martin as an interim coach.

Assistant coach Davis Payne was also whacked, he’ll be replaced by Daniel Alfredsson.
 
andyt said:
The Sens put DJ Smith out of his misery. Shockingly, he was replaced by newly hired “senior advisor“ Jacques Martin as an interim coach.

Assistant coach Davis Payne was also whacked, he’ll be replaced by Daniel Alfredsson.
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Jacques Martin will NOT be pleased with the "defensive system" that Smith has been playing. For all of their performative toughness, that team is softer than goose down, especially up the middle. That'll stop on the quick quick. Great. Another dire, negative, boring, anti-fun team. Just what we were missing under the tree.
 
Nolan Patrick officially retired. He only played 222 games over 4 seasons. He battled concussion issues over his last 2 seasons, playing 52 games for the Flyers in 20-21 and 25 games for Vegas in 21-22. He was an unrestricted free against after not receiving a QO from Vegas after last season.
 
It's a shame that Patrick never could really get a chance to get past the break-in stage. He was such a good player in junior.
 
Bah. He only got a couple of bashes in. 90% of the fans of the league were rooting for a real blocker to the face on jackhammer mode beatdown.
 
LJG said:
Was Tom crying to the ref about a boo boo?
Prick.
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It's covered in Chapter 6 in the Act Like a Prick For Fame and Fortune Playbook. Always complain, even if you are skating away from an unconscious body.
 
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