and then Columbus joins the circus:
Losing $25M in 2010-11
They really lost 33M but will be getting only $8-9m in equalization payments down from the 12-13 they expected.
Winnipeg can hold out and get to pick the best contracts from Phoenix, Atlanta and Columbus as the league needs to lose these 3 losers and contract by 2. a 28 team league with 7 in Canada and 21 in the US...
The original 6 ratio (when hockey worked) would be 9 in Canada and 18 in the US.