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Table 5 · 10-11-2018, 05:33 PM

I guess if a relatively stable team like Calgary can't survive in this league without heavy public subsidies, then maybe the reality is that we simply can't have NHL teams in many of our cities anymore. At some point you just have to face reality and step away.

Obviously there's not a huge incentive for them to do so if cities keep bending over, but at some point the NHL will need to work infrastructure into their business model, or start losing out on otherwise solid markets.

10-11-2018, 05:33 PM	#457
Table 5 Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: NYYC Exp:	I guess if a relatively stable team like Calgary can't survive in this league without heavy public subsidies, then maybe the reality is that we simply can't have NHL teams in many of our cities anymore. At some point you just have to face reality and step away. Obviously there's not a huge incentive for them to do so if cities keep bending over, but at some point the NHL will need to work infrastructure into their business model, or start losing out on otherwise solid markets.