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Originally Posted by Bouw N Arrow
One thing i've noticed is that Canadians believe they have ownership in the NHL.. guess what? 24 of 30 teams are AMERICAN and it's an AMERICAN business. Say hello to the GIANT TV deal..
Get it through your heads! I've been on both sides of this fence.. Canada, you are NOT the NHL.
The league's owners are pursuing this and wanting to close this deal for a reason.
Get over yourselves!
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24 of 30 teams are in the USA!! 80% vs 20% in number of markets. Oh, and 87% of the total population of said 28 markets (LA+NY are obviously one market each). Only 67% of the revenue. These are rough figures, but are close. The 67% is based on the commonly mentioned (and never disputed) assertion that the Canadian teams make 1/3 of the league's revenue.
We have some sense of ownership because our "small markets" embarass many of your big ones. We care more, and always will. Americans can, and many Americans DO care about hockey. But if the NFL team goes deep, the baseball team makes it to the big game, or a whole whack of other things, Americans can get distracted away from hockey. There is nothing bigger to us, and for everyone one of this board's members' lifetimes, I do not see that changing.
Winnipeg failed for several reasons. Currency and arena being the two major issues. The Coyotes have a great arena, the currency is about par (and even if it wasn't, only those measly 6 Canadian teams deal in Canadian dollars), and even a league revenue sharing model to help them out. I don't understand how someone can argue that despite their 15 years of annual losses, keeping that team in Glendale is any sort of good idea.