10-02-2016, 09:12 PM
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#1821
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Halifax, NS
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Well duh but that's missing the point. No one cared who wasn't there because they cared about watching Canada. The only time people discuss who wasn't there, is when a team loses and they think it is because the GM made bad selections.
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Or when the roster is first announced and people feel a player was snubbed. But other than that, I completely agree with what you're saying.
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10-02-2016, 09:14 PM
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#1822
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Franchise Player
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For the Olympics, I've always felt the players should fit some/most of the bill (as other Olympians have to make plenty of sacrifices, including financially). It would obviously need some of the older guys (making huge bucks) to subsidize the younger ones (who will do the same in turn down the road).
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10-02-2016, 09:15 PM
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#1823
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Halifax, NS
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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
First paragraph, wrong. They do not shorten the season for the Olympics, they compress the schedule. I am pretty sure they can manage cash flow around that.
But yes a home grown and owned best on best does get them additional revenue.
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Sorry, what I meant was that they take a break in order to play a tournament (Olympics) that the NHL doesn't receive income from. I recognize that they still play an 82 game season. I think I worded that poorly.
Although, Mike F's article said the NHL makes at least some money from Olympic hockey. Although I can't imagine it's as much as they made in the World Cup since they would have to split the revenue.
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10-03-2016, 08:25 AM
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#1824
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Portland, OR
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US Ratings for the final were terrible:
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The Canada/Europe World Cup of Hockey final scored 494,000 viewers for Tuesday’s Game 1 on ESPN and 296,000 for Thursday’s clinching Game 2 on ESPN2. Comparable figures in 2004 were not available. To put the numbers in perspective, NBCSN averaged 378,000 viewers for regular season NHL games last season.
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Source
High mark for the tournament was the US-Canada game which drew 766,000.
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10-03-2016, 12:41 PM
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#1825
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First Line Centre
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I wonder what the ratings were like in Europe for the tournament, not just the final
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10-03-2016, 12:59 PM
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#1826
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Halifax, NS
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Originally Posted by Cactus Jack
I wonder what the ratings were like in Europe for the tournament, not just the final
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You could probably count the number of people that watched on one hand.
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10-03-2016, 01:57 PM
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#1827
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In the Sin Bin
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Guys on HF posted the ratings in Europe. They were below World Junior and World Championship games which isn't a surprise.
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10-03-2016, 02:06 PM
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#1828
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Lifetime Suspension
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Probably because they were befuddled by the whole 'team Europe' thing.
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10-03-2016, 04:46 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Halifax, NS
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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Probably because they were befuddled by the whole 'team Europe' thing.
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Not to mention the 6 hour time difference between Toronto and most of the Team Europe countries. Games starting at 7pm in Toronto would be starting at 1am in Berlin. Who's watching that?
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10-03-2016, 05:04 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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I wonder how many Soviets watched Canada Cup 87
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08-17-2017, 08:53 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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That is really not very much money for an NHL star. It was like 3 weeks, which works out to $28,700/week. That would be the equivalent of making $745,333 in a 26 week regular NHL schedule. No escrow though, so NHLPA win there.
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08-17-2017, 09:01 AM
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#1833
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
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Not bad. If I'm an average NHLer with virtually no chance of making my country's Olympic team, I'd be voting for the WCH over the Olympics every chance I get.
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08-17-2017, 02:07 PM
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#1834
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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The players would probably be better off just putting the money into their pension funds.
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08-17-2017, 09:29 PM
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#1835
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
The players would probably be better off just putting the money into their pension funds.
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Nope! Vegas weekend baby!
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08-18-2017, 01:07 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Hmmmmmmm
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Originally Posted by pseudoreality
That is really not very much money for an NHL star. It was like 3 weeks, which works out to $28,700/week. That would be the equivalent of making $745,333 in a 26 week regular NHL schedule. No escrow though, so NHLPA win there.
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It's still $76,000 which is a lot of money for any body. Players care about that extra money which a lot even said when the NHL all star game winner got a million dollars. Players played to win.
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08-18-2017, 10:17 AM
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#1837
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
It's still $76,000 which is a lot of money for any body. Players care about that extra money which a lot even said when the NHL all star game winner got a million dollars. Players played to win.
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Yep, I think regular people lose perspective on money when it comes to athletes, thinking they're all in the "millionaires who never have to think about money again" boat. Not to true at all.
A) This isn't the 1940's where being a millionaire means you're set and can forget about everything for life.
B) A lot of these guys will make $500-$2mil for like 2-5 years and then they retire. Even a guy making $1.5mil for three years in the NHL will welcome a cheque worth tens of thousands.
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08-18-2017, 10:24 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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And to add it could have been a lot more if the NHLPA divided the money among the players who actually played only instead of all NHL players.
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08-18-2017, 10:39 AM
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#1839
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by jayswin
Yep, I think regular people lose perspective on money when it comes to athletes, thinking they're all in the "millionaires who never have to think about money again" boat. Not to true at all.
A) This isn't the 1940's where being a millionaire means you're set and can forget about everything for life.
B) A lot of these guys will make $500-$2mil for like 2-5 years and then they retire. Even a guy making $1.5mil for three years in the NHL will welcome a cheque worth tens of thousands.
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I think Jake Muzzin was the lowest paid player on Team Canada at $4MM/season and Towes at $10.5MM/season was the highest. So $86k worked out to be an extra 0.8 to 2.1% of their earning last year. I wouldn't get that excited if I had a job where I worked half the year and my boss told me to come in three weeks earlier for an extra 1.5%.
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08-18-2017, 11:48 AM
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#1840
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Retired
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Back in Guelph
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pseudoreality
I think Jake Muzzin was the lowest paid player on Team Canada at $4MM/season and Towes at $10.5MM/season was the highest. So $86k worked out to be an extra 0.8 to 2.1% of their earning last year. I wouldn't get that excited if I had a job where I worked half the year and my boss told me to come in three weeks earlier for an extra 1.5%.
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Probably not, but (I'm not judging just assuming) 1.5% of your wage isn't EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS!
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