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nobles_point - Wow. You keep pontificating without any facts or evidence. You hate the Leafs. We get it.
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There really are not a lot of "Facts or Evidence" in this overall hypothetical scenario.
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They’re still the most profitable hockey franchise on the planet. You make it sound like they’re screwed.
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The TML are fine. It's the hypothetical second GTA team that will likely be "screwed".
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A second NHL team in Toronto has more hockey fans than any of the markets you “think” are better options.
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Where are your facts on that? Just because the population is bigger doesn't mean there are more fans in one place vs. the other. Houston, with a storied hockey history, is comparable in population to TO.
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There isn’t a second team there because it’s a captured market for the NHL and the Leafs have a monopoly, otherwise Balsilies Coyotes would be playing in Hamilton.
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TML was not the reason there is no team in Balsilies team in Hamilton. That was all about cash on hand, bad arena, Bettman's US TV "footprint", and EGO!
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Toronto is a hockey town, but more than that, they’re a “we only watch the best” town.
They’re fickle & largely manipulated by marketing. TFC games are hip while CFL games aren’t when the MLS is a comparatively inferior brand of sport as the CFL is one step from the NFL. What is MLS? Two or three steps from premier leagues in Europe.
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I did type before that Toronto was a bandwagon town. TML is the king. Raptors and Blue Jays are princes. All others are bush league.
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The NHL would be immensely profitable there with a second franchise no matter how much you hate the Leafs.
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The NHL would be immensely profitable in many centers. If there was empirical evidence that a second Toronto franchise would instantly become the second most profitable and second most valuable team in the league why has the NHL not cashed that cheque? IF you had $1 billion to do it, wouldn't you be first in line trying to make it happen?