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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
HRR excludes the big cheques the owners got for Vegas and Seattle joining the league.
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Right, because that is a one-shot sale, not operating revenue, and it is not repeatable. As it was, the league flushed a gigantic amount of money down the hole in Arizona to keep the Coyotes from relocating until both those expansion franchises had been sold. And now media and merchandising revenue are split 32 ways instead of 30.
Here is the amount of money the NHL owners will be taking in from expansion fees this year:
$0.00.
Next year:
$0.00.
For the foreseeable future:
$0.00.
This does not help any business make a profit.
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And Forbes is basically making up numbers.
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They're working off incomplete information. That's not remotely the same thing as simply making up numbers.