macavoy
Registered User
Everyone keeps going on and on about how the 6 Canadian franchises make up 31% of the leagues profits. I'm sure if you took Montreal, Toronto, NYR, Detroit, Bruins and Flyers, you'd probably have 50% of the league's profits.
We keep hearing people say that if we add another Canadian team that it will drive up revenues. I'm not sure I buy it. I don't think smaller market Canadian teams contribute that much to the profits. Does anyone know how much money teams like Ottawa and Edmonton are making?
Forbes has them valued at 17 and 20. Adding a team in an even smaller Canadian market would be worth even less and make even less of a profit.
The fact is TV revenues won't increase with another team. TSN & Rogers are probably already maxed out in regional cable deals, so adding a team in Winnipeg will only take money away from Calgary and Edmonton.
Same thing with Quebec, RDS would probably give the Habs less if they had to pay money for Quebec.
Does anyone know how much teams like Edmonton and Ottawa are making?
We keep hearing people say that if we add another Canadian team that it will drive up revenues. I'm not sure I buy it. I don't think smaller market Canadian teams contribute that much to the profits. Does anyone know how much money teams like Ottawa and Edmonton are making?
Forbes has them valued at 17 and 20. Adding a team in an even smaller Canadian market would be worth even less and make even less of a profit.
The fact is TV revenues won't increase with another team. TSN & Rogers are probably already maxed out in regional cable deals, so adding a team in Winnipeg will only take money away from Calgary and Edmonton.
Same thing with Quebec, RDS would probably give the Habs less if they had to pay money for Quebec.
Does anyone know how much teams like Edmonton and Ottawa are making?