Forbes Announces 2013 NHL Team Valuations

[ChiGuySez]

Blackhawks #5

New York, NY (November 25, 2013) – Forbes announced today its annual valuations of the National Hockey League’s 30 teams. The Toronto Maple Leafs rank No. 1 on the list, valued at $1.15 billion. Teams north of the border dominate the top of Forbes’ NHL valuations thanks to typically higher attendance and higher arena revenue than their U.S rivals. For the first time since Forbes began tracking NHL team valuations in 1998, three of the league’s five most valuable teams—Toronto Maple Leafs (No.1), Montreal Canadiens (No.3), Vancouver Canucks (No.4) –are Canadian. This is also the first time that every Canadian franchise ranks among the top 16 in the 30 team league. The New York Rangers (No.2) and Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks (No.5) are the only U.S. teams to crack the top five.

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[x Tame Impala]

Eddie and Foley talked about his during the intermission or after a commercial break. They also brought up the league average worth is (about) $413 mil and that when John McD first took over the Hawk's value was somewhere around $160-170 million.

Impressive stuff to say the least. This franchise has truly come a very long way in a very short period of time.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Nice and all, but you have to take those valuations with a grain of salt, as Forbes' methodology for coming up with franchise values is murky at best.

For instance, in 2011, the Leafs were valued at $500 million. A mere year later, they apparently doubled in value to a cool $1 billion. And look at the one year increase for teams on this list. Nucks more than doubled in value, Hawks and Bruins both saw 70+% increases, Kings and Penguins saw 60+% increases?

I'm sorry, but no amount of success or having a greater piece of the pie in the new CBA logically explains such meteoric increases in value. Forbes either had been criminally undervaluing teams in the past, are vastly overvaluing teams now, or a little bit of both.

 

[Nothingman*]

It is their same valuation of all sport franchises. So they all are off then.