Ahhhhhhh....the NHL lost 240 mil.......boo hoo hoo!

[Mowich]

You can make money by appearing to lose money, someone said.

You can also appear to be making money while losing your shirt. :smile:

Saskatoon is a viable NHL city, promoter insists | NHL | Sports | National Post

“I’ve been out here four years now, and I get a little surprised at the arrogance of experts who don’t know the market,” said the Toronto-based businessman. “If I take this whole population crap, that means the Toronto Argonauts would sell out every night, and the Roughriders wouldn’t. That means the three teams in the NHL in New York City would be sold out, and Winnipeg wouldn’t. It has nothing to do with population. It has everything to do with educated market and passionate fans.”

"He wanted to move the New York Islanders’ training camp out of Moncton, and made a cold call to Saskatoon’s Credit Union Centre. After agreeing to shift the camp and setting up pre-season games against Calgary and Edmonton, tickets went on sale and sold out in less than half an hour."

Saskatoon all the way, baby!

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

The NHL has very creative accounting. I applaud them.

 

[Mowich]

A headline in the G&M reads: "Bettman, Daly and Fehr all plan to decline salary during NHL lock-out"

Magnanimous gesture one might think.........but no........a deeper look into the article and you find that Donald Fehr already stopped collecting his salary on July 1.

However, "On Thursday, Daly declined to confirm directly that he and Bettman would stop being paid, but said “the assumption that high-ranking league executives will continue to receive a salary during a lockout is not necessarily accurate.”

Any bets on who will stick be sucking at the NHL trough if a lock-out becomes reality?? We already know it won't be the NHLPA's representative.

Bettman, Daly and Fehr all plan to decline salary during NHL lockout - The Globe and Mail