February 13, 200422 yr with the Panthers 5-1 shallacking of the Pens tonight, they sit just 7 points out for the final playoff spot... winners of 3 in a row, this would be nice to continue this run
February 13, 200422 yr Yea...but it seems that every time they get close they start to lose... And than they have trouble scoring goals...and every goal they score becomes precious...and they just don't have good enough defense to be able to not score a lot of goals... But if we start winning some games in a row...and start a little streak-than we can get there and make the playoffs.
February 13, 200422 yr the NHL is still in business? For now... :plain lol-when is it not? I mean I know it dosen't have as much money as the nfl...but it has enough...
February 13, 200422 yr the NHL is still in business? For now... :plain lol-when is it not? I mean I know it dosen't have as much money as the nfl...but it has enough... enough for what? the league lost about 250 million last year.
February 13, 200422 yr the NHL is still in business? For now... :plain lol-when is it not? I mean I know it dosen't have as much money as the nfl...but it has enough... It's becoming more and more of a given than there's going to be nasty lockout after this season and many of the teams can't survive financially if it lasts very long. Let's put it this way, Doug MacLean, the Blue Jackets President and GM, has already flat-out said that the team is looking at another league as a strong possibility in the future. Obviously, it's speculation, but there's already talk that the financially strong franchises will form their own league and leave the rest in the dust. Off the top of my head, this would be the original 6 (Chicago's not really making money, but they'll keep them), Minnesota, Columbus, Colorado, Dallas, and a couple others. It's going to be very interesting.
February 13, 200422 yr Do you think they will still play if they lose a lot of teams bc. of lack of money?
February 13, 200422 yr i dotn follow hockey. i would form a league in cold weather cities where hockey is actually popular.... but thats just me. i would think they would keep Philly and Washington/New Jersey? New Jersey has been one of the most successful franchises lately...but i have no clue what their finaincial situation is. New Jersey sucks as a basketball market.
February 13, 200422 yr i dotn follow hockey. i would form a league in cold weather cities where hockey is actually popular.... but thats just me. i would think they would keep Philly and Washington/New Jersey? New Jersey has been one of the most successful franchises lately...but i have no clue what their finaincial situation is. New Jersey sucks as a basketball market. NJ is bad at basketball?
February 13, 200422 yr as far as a market it is. that place has trouble drawing 14,000 for games...let alone selling out for the playoffs.
February 13, 200422 yr as far as a market it is. that place has trouble drawing 14,000 for games...let alone selling out for the playoffs. Well I guess basketball has a money prob. also
February 13, 200422 yr Detroit, Chicago New York Boston Toronto Montreal right? Correct. Philadelphia would also be a definite and New Jersey would certainly be a go. I think Washington is struggling badly. I really don't understand how it all works, but it seems to me that some of the teams are beginning to see the disbandment of the NHL and the formation of a new league as a way to circumvent the whole salary cap/revenue sharing issue. As far as I know, if they form a new league, couldn't they just institue the cap without the agreement of the players, who technically don't have a union in said league? I also don't know what would happen to the old contracts the players signed. I guess they'd be owed the money, but I know most teams don't have many players signed beyond this year, so buying everyone out might even be worth it now to stabilize future investments.
February 13, 200422 yr The NHL over expanded in their quest to have as many franchises like the NBA and MLB. There are way too many teams in DEEP finanicial difficulties. The NHL expanded into markets that dont really have any history with hockey on any level...so in order to get people to stay...you have to really 'wow' them. That's why the majority of hockey teams need to be in the cold weather cities where you already have the 'fan base' built up. And a select southern cities if you want in order to expand your fan base and such. If they want to be successful..they almost have to put a team in California....although I dont know what city....from what i hear they all suck in terms of long term support of their organizations.
February 13, 200422 yr If they want to be successful..they almost have to put a team in California....although I dont know what city....from what i hear they all suck in terms of long term support of their organizations. I'm sure they'd keep Anaheim or Los Angeles, for the TV market alone. I don't know if San Jose still draws or not. I would do some research on this and come up with a complex conclusion, but I'm lazy.
February 13, 200422 yr If they want to be successful..they almost have to put a team in California....although I dont know what city....from what i hear they all suck in terms of long term support of their organizations. I'm sure they'd keep Anaheim or Los Angeles, for the TV market alone. I don't know if San Jose still draws or not. I would do some research on this and come up with a complex conclusion, but I'm lazy. bum. the kings franchise sucks...at least that is my personal opinion.
February 13, 200422 yr Washington has lost an estimated 30M in the past three years. Bad luck for the guy who bought the team right about then for an inflated price. Get rid of the NHL. No one really cares. Or move all the teams to Boston, Canada and Minnesota where people will respect the league as a sport, not just a form of consumer entertainment. It's a regional sport, and will be no more successful than if a lacrosse league expanded out of the Mid-Atlantic and West Coast.
February 14, 200422 yr Get rid of the NHL. No one really cares. You couldn't be more wrong. Do as many people care about hockey as the other major three, hell no, but to say no one cares is ludicrous. They still draw very well in most cities. The problem with hockey is that it's not well suited for television and thus doesn't do well. If hockey had the TV contract the other 3 majors have, they'd be making money right now. That's the only difference. So, as long as they reign in the contracts to compensate for that fact, they're fine. Look at the numbers, hockey's TV deal is between 250-750 million less than the NFL, NBA, MLB. They'd be making money. That's the only difference.
February 14, 200422 yr Don't see why you'd say that hockey is being held back by not being compatiable with TV. It isn't soccer. There is as much stoppage time as there is basketball (yeah, you can see a basketball on TV, but you can't see a puck any more in the arena seats than on your couch). The problem that NHL has is that people simply do not care about hockey. They don't watch it on TV (thus the NHL doesn't get the lucrative TV contract). They don't go to games. They don't buy the merchandise. They don't respect it as a sport. It's just an entertainment option. It serves a small population, should limit its short-term operations to just that.
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