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No teams will fold. Even if it takes three years for the players to come to their senses and fire their incompetent leader.
HckyFght said:The Toronto area could probably support two teams!
EricBowser said:If the league does not get a salary cap, I believe six teams will be gone.
Anaheim, Atlanta, Carolina, Florida, Nashville, and San Jose
CREW99AW said:then you don't believe the comments that have come out of Calgary and Edmonton,that those teams can't survive without a cap?
and I thought SJ drew well and had strong ownership,why are they a question mark?
Terrier said:I'd like to see at least four teams disappear one way or another. Carolina, Anaheim, and Florida would be a good start. As for a fourth, I'm on the fence between Atlanta and Nashville. One question: how hard is it to fold a franchise in the NHL? Does anyone here know the details of what the bylaws require? A simple majority vote of the other owners? A buyout of some sort? If someone in NHL management finally decides to say "enough is enough, we need to contract", those owners on the potential hit list will start kicking and screaming. I can't remember the last time any team in the NHL, NBA, NFL or MLB simply folded, vanished completely, instead of moving or merging.
nomorekids said:last year was the ONLY year in the past ten that the flames made money, and a finals appearance will do that. the flames...like all the other small market teams...were losing a heap of money before that.
MR. X said:Have you been eating retrard sandwiches? You want NHL teams to start dying off? Do any of you *******s calling for contraction and buyouts of teams have any idea what that would do to the NHL?
Bloodsport said:Alberta teams would still outlast Nashville by a far cry to say otherwise is pure stupidity.
Bring Back Bucky said:What's a "Pejorative Slur sandwich"???
Bloodsport said:Alberta teams would still outlast Nashville by a far cry to say otherwise is pure stupidity.
MR. X said:Thanks for playing. It is always nice when people make statements and then defended them with facts. Do you care to elaborate on your brilliant insight with the rest of us? BTW Alberta supports hockey better than Nashville and Nashville is not a hockey market have already been used. Please give us something new to chew on. As I recall it was Buffalo and Ottawa who were most recently saved from bankruptcy.
nomorekids said:think what you like. being wrong has never stopped you before.
EaGLE1 said:ever heard about the 24% rollback ?
Bloodsport said:Yay they made budget, but most fans won't be back after the lockout whereas Alberta fans will definitley be back.
MR. X said:I have a hard time believing that all Canadian hockey fans are so desperate for NHL hockey that the lockout will not hurt ticket sales. With a few exceptions (Yankees or Red Sox) it took baseball years to recover from their work stoppage. Who knows maybe, Nashville has ownership that is willing to develop the market and suffer through some lean years. People like yourself want to write teams off before they even have a chance to sprout roots. Ironically enough these are usually the same people crying for teams to return to failed markets.
MR. X said:I have a hard time believing that all Canadian hockey fans are so desperate for NHL hockey that the lockout will not hurt ticket sales. With a few exceptions (Yankees or Red Sox) it took baseball years to recover from their work stoppage. Who knows maybe, Nashville has ownership that is willing to develop the market and suffer through some lean years. People like yourself want to write teams off before they even have a chance to sprout roots. Ironically enough these are usually the same people crying for teams to return to failed markets.
Bloodsport said:No it says in the article that things are looking up for Nashville but even making budget says they're going to lose a pile of cash. For certain we're going to lose fans especially now that the RR's are here at a value-added price,I'm just saying that when operations continue we're in a market that isn't divided by Nascar,Football,Basketball and the like. We've got one show and it's hockey. The rebound effect will have a good showing of fans in about 3 years time maybe less if we have a good run or it's proven that they can compete on a nightly basis. I don't want to see any team lose or relocate their franchise however I'm adamantly secure that it won't be our club.