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Originally Posted by GGG
So your suggesting that the league should come to the table then to help fund arenas by lowering the cap by 20 million per season and creating an arena fund to build new arenas in cities.
The day the league does that sign me up for the city to make a deal. The difference between then and now is the league recognized the value of the Canadian market and worked to protect it. Today based on all of their statements they do not care about where the markets are as long as they make profit.
So if Bettmen and the NHL want to work with munis to reduce the impact of public financing of sports team I will support that but don't try to tell me the league is working with the city because the flames and league can't afford to be here.
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I would be in favor of that. Sadly, the NHLPA would not. This is not on the table, and the league has no controls over this right now, nor has plans to do this, so discussing it is irrelevant.
Yes, the league is stating that the team is in a situation where it is not viable in the long term. This is very reminiscent of the 1990's all over again. The warning signs were there, but were ignored. The warning signs are here too, but people are ignoring them. The current facilities are not capable of sustaining the revenues required by the current NHL economic landscape. The current facilities are not up to league standard for player training and maintenance. The things that will attract the best talent is missing. That needs to be resolved if we want to continue watching a competitive hockey team.