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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Look at the bottom 4-5 teams on this list. They are bleeding money and are simply a drain on the rest of the ownership group. The league would be completely bonkers to ship off the 19th rated franchise to a new, mediocre market before dealing with those teams.
CSEC is still making money or at worst breaking even in a bad year. Further reinforcement not to cave until the deal improves unlike the Edmonton's of the world.
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I don't understand. You think the NHL is salivating over the $5M profit in the 19th market?
That is a rounding error on any TV deal.
Flames can sit around in their 35 year old building and more or less break even as the building ages further for as long as owners want to play. That's Ken King paraphrased. They can sell whenever they feel they have had enough.
Eventually the city will need a new arena (with or without Flames in town) and they will figure out how costly it is, and how important it is to have an anchor tennant.