I don’t know, I feel like we could use more of that and less “Kraken” and “Venom.”
I’d reject European naming traditions, too, if North American naming traditions over the last couple decades hadn’t skewed toward what 10 year old boys think is cool.
I would support the Utah HC, the Utah Scorpions, or the Utah Stingers. I don't know if I could bring myself to support a team called the Yetis. I think I'd rather punch myself in the face.
Yeah...
I'm going to disqualify this recommendation from you - clear bias
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"The same group" -- Does that mean it's Smith, or is someone trying to register all these possible names hoping Smith will pay them off to get the trademark?
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It's a shame Meruelo is making out so well out of all of this.
Agree. But there is 0% chance he got a $1b cash inflow from this. Headline price to him is $1b and he and everyone would want that advertised that way, but it's not how cash in a transaction like this would work. Looking at some older NHL sale and purchase agreements i have seen (ottawa, nashville, older pheonix deals), there is a lot of offsets. It looks like Meruelo never paid a dime for the team. He just assumed debt of $425mm. And Barroway before him bought for $300mm i think, and he didn't pay much for the team either beyond assuming debt. After Jerry Moyes, i think the purchase price was basically the assumption of player contracts.
There will be loans from banks, loans from the league from prior years which I have heard have been attached to this team for some time (owners are not going to be chumps that fund losses for years and don't get some recoupment), assumption of player contracts and adjustment for working capital (that owner will have some bills to pay). These will all need to be deducted from that "$1b" number.
He probably made more than he should have on this to avoid a legal fight.
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Meruelo just gave another interview, this one with Bettman next to him, and it was a complete trainwreck. The NHL could've upgraded over this clown by selling 10 season ticket packages in Utah.
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Meruelo just gave another interview, this one with Bettman next to him, and it was a complete trainwreck. The NHL could've upgraded over this clown by selling 10 season ticket packages in Utah.
Mereulo: "We can make it work here. Now that I know how it works, we can make it work"
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I would support the Utah HC, the Utah Scorpions, or the Utah Stingers. I don't know if I could bring myself to support a team called the Yetis. I think I'd rather punch myself in the face.
A team dedicated to your nom de plume? How could you not get behind that?
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