[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by New Era

Fart sniffer of epic proportions? Calgary is not even remotely close to Toronto and Montreal in size, even if you break it down to PP/60. It barely competes with Vancouver and is neck and neck with Edmonton.





Jut because I don't gargle the balls of someone/something doesn't mean I don't like or appreciate them. Calgary is one of the best cities in the world IMO. Doesn't mean they can support or deserve an NHYL franchise. Love Darryl Sutter too, but don't think he's the right coach for this team. Sam Bennett? Yup, I'll give you that. Not a fan. Think he's a no skilled bum, which he's pretty much proven with his useless production. Glad he's gone and won't lose a second of sleep over his departure. But thank you for trying to put words in my mouth.



Thank your for the correction, because it does matter. 4th most economically powerful in Canada is like 40-45th in the United States and Canada combined. Keep that in mind, because it does matter, especially for a league trying to earn NFL level broadcast rights. Canadian teams are a detriment to getting broadcast rights, not a benefit, and when the vast majority of teams are US based, Calgary is measured accordingly.

LOL. What makes you think the NHL thinks it can get NFL deals?

CAD National deal is worth $350-400M USD per year depending on exchange rate; we'll use the lower rate and say avg. $50M per team (though of course TOR/MTL is the real $$).

New US Deal is $400M, let's be generous and say the other package bumps to $600M USD per year. For 25 teams, that's $24M per team per year (of course NYR, PHI, BOS, CHI, DET, LAK are the real $$$).

Spoiler!

Now let's be more speculative...just spitballing:

For Canada, let's say:
$120M TOR
$80M MTL
$40M VAN
$30M ea EDM, CGY, OTT, WPG

that rounds up to $360M USD per year. close enough to make round numbers.


$80M NYR
$40M ea PHI, BOS, CHI, DET, LAK ($200)
$20M ea SEA, SJ, ANA, VGK, COL, DAL, MIN, STL, NAS, TBL, WAS, PIT, NJD, NYI, BUF ($300M)
$5M ea (aka rounding error) ARI, CAR, FLA, CBJ

US deal is harder to break down...if anything the 2nd tier and a few of the superstar teams (PIT, WAS) are probably worth more, and the other 'average' teams are worth less.

I think you'd have to get pretty screwy to find a way to find the 4 weakest Canadian teams generating less TV rights value than 15-17 of the US teams.