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Around The League - 2024-25 Regular Season

Sal_Butera said:

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The last round of expansion the fees were, I think, $650M USD. The next round should be around $900M USD.

So forget about Quebec City.

I would, however, love to see another team in the Toronto market just to piss off the Leafs. This as yet unnamed team would become my second most hated team, but their every small success would be a "fuck you" to the Leafs so it would be great at the same time.

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GrandWazoo said:
You really don't know how one could make a semi-credible argument? Really??

I'll go with a simple one, officiating frustration in football is probably higher than any other sports I've been following, it's not even close. It seems like about 1/3 of the games there is major officiating controversies. Everybody is frustrated, fans, coaches, players, announcers. It's crazy. Calls are super inconsistent game to game and even within the same game. Blatant fouls are ignored and phantom calls are made every game. They are actively ruining games, which is the worst possible outcome for officiating in any sports.

NHL referees are a non-factor in maybe 98% of the games. It's pretty exceptional that I watch a game and I'm frustrated with officiating. I think they do a really good job calling the game most of the time and letting the player play and keeping the game under control without being a factor. NHL has started reversing their own calls as well, mostly on high-sticking calls. There is room for improvement of course but overall I don't have much of an issue with NHL refs. My biggest beef would probably be in the playoffs when they get too afraid to make calls and ignores blatant fouls.
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The reason why so many people are incensed at NFL officiating, aside from the fact that the NFL has exponentially more fan and media attention than the NHL, is gambling. It's about the money, not about anything to do with the "integrity" of the sport. A ref's call in an NFL game can cost a lot of people a lot of money. That's why there's the outrage. Take the gambling money out of the equation and few people give a shit.

By comparison, almost nobody wagers on NHL games and so when a ref blows a call the only people who really care are fans and they get upset for reasons that have little to nothing to do with money.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
The reason why so many people are incensed at NFL officiating, aside from the fact that the NFL has exponentially more fan and media attention than the NHL, is gambling. It's about the money, not about anything to do with the "integrity" of the sport. A ref's call in an NFL game can cost a lot of people a lot of money. That's why there's the outrage. Take the gambling money out of the equation and few people give a shit.

By comparison, almost nobody wagers on NHL games and so when a ref blows a call the only people who really care are fans and they get upset for reasons that have little to nothing to do with money.
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Gambling and oversized impact of officiating in football on games is definitely a factor but outside of this, calls are incredibly inconsistent and mindboggling. I don't gamble and I even get frustrated in games where I have no favorites.
 
Broberg is the classic, plenty of tools, no toolbox player.

No thanks.

He was apparently the player Phoenix wanted for Chychrun, but Deadmonton didn't want to give him up. I would love for that rumor to be true.
 
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