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Originally Posted by taffeyb
No. Definitely recent. I’ll have to search that out…
Edit. From 2017….Ken King (rip!)
He said the team used to be among the top 10 revenue-earning teams in the NHL who, under the league’s revenue-sharing agreement, contribute funds to the lower-earning teams.
“We have now crossed the line. We are now receivers. We’ll get a cheque this year. Isn’t that ridiculous, in this beautiful market?” he said.
“And I can say, sadly, that we have crossed one of the remedies off the list, and that is the new facility.
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Why is that a bad thing? We're one of the five smallest markets in the league. Why should we be happy that we're paying some of the highest ticket prices in the league just so the Flames can cut a cheque to prop up teams in huge US markets that no one locally cares about?