Around the League 2019-2024 Edition

[MindzEye]

The fuck does that have to do with them being poverty franchises? The Leafs aren't allowed to outspend them numbnuts.

 

[zeke]

You need to be serious about TV contracts as they pertain to hockey. Simply put, they are never going to be big enough to matter except in Canada. And the way to get more Canadian TV money is to have more Canadian teams, not fewer. The NHL, unlike the NFL, MLB, and the NBA, is a gate-driven league. Bums in seats matter in a way that they don't in the other major sports. So yes, a full arena in Quebec or Ottawa or Winnipeg is more significant than a half-empty 5000 seat college arena in Phoenix with a regional TV deal.

in 2023, in purely team-specific revenue, the disaster Coyotes playing out of a college arena had $120m in revenue compared to $128m for Ottawa.

 

[zeke]

Yeah, not sure you're aware but the NHL playoffs last 4 rounds, not just the one or two rounds in which the Leafs participate.

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[JackBurton]

4 rounds=The trenches

 

[CH1]

in 2023, in purely team-specific revenue, the disaster Coyotes playing out of a college arena had $120m in revenue compared to $128m for Ottawa.

Paltry sum for sure but at least creates jobs for our Ontario brethren

 

[mbow30]

you guys can't be serious about QC.

Sens and Jets are permanent minnows even with full sellouts. Oilers would be the same if they didn't have McDavid.

They’re also fucked without sellouts.

 

[zeke]

View: https://x.com/danriccio_/status/1778465594674983112

 

[WellPlayed]

Ya QC is kind of silly with what's going on in Winnipeg.

Second GTHA team is the only Canadian market that makes sense. Instantly becomes one of the most valuable teams in the league. Probably never happen though.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Ya QC is kind of silly with what's going on in Winnipeg.

Second GTHA team is the only Canadian market that makes sense. Instantly becomes one of the most valuable teams in the league. Probably never happen though.

Not if MLSE has anything to say about it.

 

[WellPlayed]

That's what I said.

 

[MindzEye]

That's what I said.

But what if MLSE says no tho?

 

[zeke]

not sure MLSE would like that tbh.

 

[LeafGm]

I sincerely hope that a second NHL team setting up shop in Toronto never happens in my lifetime.

 

[Wayward DP]

I sincerely hope that a second NHL team setting up shop in Toronto never happens in my lifetime.

they'd for sure win a Cup before the Leafs

 

[MindzEye]

I sincerely hope that a second NHL team setting up shop in Toronto never happens in my lifetime.

MLSE will never allow it.

 

[WellPlayed]

Ah I hadn't thought of that.

 

[LeafGm]

they'd for sure win a Cup before the Leafs

100%. Plus their fans would be even more annoying than Sens fans, or Toronto-born Hab fans.

The “you should cheer for every Canadian team in the playoffs” crowd would also be even more obnoxious about Leaf fans not cheering for a second Toronto team.

 

[Habsy]

Both Montreal and Toronto can support a second team better than QC or anywhere else including many US cities mentioned.

Neither MLSE or Molson will allow it to happen though.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

Nor should they. Don't need a baby brother type franchise to scoop up all the contrarian morons like the Clippers fans here, and then provide yet another source of constant berating and bullshit. We get enough from the media and rival fans already, not to mention our own fans.

 

[Habsy]

But that's precisely why you do it. Both towns have plenty of anti-fans that would likely gravitate to the new team. They weren't Leaf fans anyway.