tax reductions in this country, haha
Oh wait, you're being serious?
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legoalie
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It was Trump and Trudeau that closed the border..
Sal_Butera
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Why? The entire business model is predicated on building a strong U.S. revenue stream - Bettman’s “southern strategy”
With Cdn players now making up only 40% and decreasing as US players rocket up, there seems to be a ramp up in the games interest level
10-years ago Cdn teams brought in roughly 30% of NHL revenue, don’t know what it is at present but wouldn’t be surprising if there’s a downward trend
Also Cdn teams have a tremendous built in advantage of structuring contracts with heavy bonuses for US resident players US based teams don’t have the luxury of - and it’s a significant advantage and why Matthews signed last two contracts w Leafs vs going to UFA this time around.
With more US players entering the league that’s only good news for Leafs & Habs. Jets have their own tix sales issues, but their strategy of going after mid-Western types, who constantly makeup 30%+ of their roster has been very successful (Minny, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska)
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WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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Spoiler Alert: they will not do anything to address this or do anything to balance out the salary cap to take into account things like exchange rates and tax rates from one market to another.
We must accept the fact that the NHL knows it doesn't actually need to do anything to appease Canadian teams or their fans. We aren't going anywhere. We will keep showing up, keep paying high ticket prices, and keep watching overpriced cable packages to watch their product even when it sucks. The NHL needs our business (we Canadian fans) but they don't need to do anything to get it or keep it. We have proven time and again that there is no tipping point at which we will turn our backs therefore they can treat us any way they please. And if some Canadian born players don't want to play in Canada how is that the NHL's problem to fix? Canadian teams bring in revenue to the league whether they suck or don't.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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Nice things like universal health care and education cost money and taxes are how we pay for those nice things. Most Canadians would rather have European levels of social spending (i.e. higher taxation) than the temporary and modest tax cuts that few non-millionaires in the US get while they pay out of pocket for virtually everything. We need more socialism, not less. We also need six weeks of paid vacation instead of 10 days.
I'll believe we're overtaxed when I pass by a Starbucks and I don't see a half-mile long line-up at the drive-thru full of idling $100K pickup trucks waiting to buy their $12 lattes.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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They only pissed off neocon snowflakes who tried to conflate their inconvenience with the Holocaust. The only wives who were upset were Mrs. Price and Mrs. Petry, both blonde American "Karens".
First of all understand your teams situation and get ahead of the curve before the shit hits the fan
Are you a contender or spinning your fucken hamster wheels
Treliving fucked up the Flames with JG and Tkatchuk , clearly they wanted out but he did nothing but wait til the bitter end
Ottawa was not a DaBrincat away from anything , why bother making the trade
Stone wanted to get paid and Ottawa said no and he is always hurt
PLD and Helly resigned , Leafs are paying their core
Big test is CMD/ LEON this and next summer
More importantly if you won fuck all a decade later with most of these guys its time to reboot the franchise
Ouellet's wife was choked, Gaudreau's wife was choked, many were, and it wasn't just an inconvenience to have to quarantine
GrandWazoo
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It only depends how long the Canadian teams (and fans) will keep enduring bending over. It might be a while, but players exodus might strike a cord with some.
there were no quarantine rules in the US, in this country if you just stepped foot out of the country, it was 2 weeks in the hole, I could fly to the US no questions asked, flying home, I had to test, quarantine, give a DNA sample, urine sample, kiss Trudeau's ass etc
GrandWazoo
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Playing your greatest hits eh?
Point is, you can't pretend to have a competitive league if a set of teams have significant disadvantages compared to others. Building a winner in a 32 teams league is hard enough. If you can't sign, trade for, or keep your drafted and developed players, what else do you have?
We pay salaries in US dollars but revenue is in Canadian dollars. Disadvantage 1
Our taxes are generally higher disadvantage 2
Our weather is shittier disadvantage 3
For us, being in a french province, disadvantage 4
no surprise we haven't won in 30+ years
please, if that were such an advantage, yanks would be lining up to sign with Canadian based teams as UFAs, they aren't
Cmon , there hasnt been a flood gate of players leaving Canada and most teams in USA are not hot beds for players either
Just like the Habs with their challenges , you figure a way to keep them and most stay
Sal_Butera
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Which UFAs have Habs had most success signing? Gionta, Cammalieri, Cole, Hamrlik, Petry all US resident players & all signed to heavy bonus structured contracts
GrandWazoo
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It's been trending though, we'll see if it continues. There has been 1-2 every past years. I'm not exactly hearing the same for US teams, besides Columbus, for different reasons.
those are old cases and Petry was traded to us and decided to reup, so not a true UFA
Sal_Butera
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Petry decided to forego UFA twice
Sal_Butera
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Gord Miller has been saying for years, it’s well known amongst hockey people, vast majority of players simply want nothing to do with playing in Canadian markets for a variety of reasons starting with playing constantly under a microscope & $$
I have wondered whether the Michkov decision had anything to do with the player not wanting Habs and HuGo keeping tight lipped about it because they are desperately trying to make the team a desirable destination for players