silver_made said:how many teams (AND which?) will fold following the lockout?
habitué said:None if a cap is implemented...
Half a dozen if not !!!
habitué said:None if a cap is implemented...
Half a dozen if not !!!
Jacobv2 said:It's pretty simple. A cap would level the playing field.
FLYLine4LIFE said:Guys..c'on the lockout is going to last at least a year longer and possibly longer....there will be at least 2 or 3 teams gone(or moved) by the time the league even RESTARTS. I would say FL, Pens, and Canes.
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.
NataSatan666 said:Any lockout of more than 18 months will take out 6-8 teams
Who would run a business with ZERO revenues for a year and a half.
Since all 30 teams want to be equal when a team goes under the other teams can pay the contracts. The owners DO want cost certainty right?
CREW99AW said:I don't see nhl owners wanting to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to pay other teams to contract.
the last league that tried contracting teams was baseball and they ran into a legal and political buzzsaw from the players union,fans and pols in the proposed cities.
handtrick said:It always amazes me on these type threads how not one person has ever suggested that their team be the one that is folded or moved
handtrick said:It always amazes me on these type threads how not one person has ever suggested that their team be the one that is folded or moved
PepNCheese said:What about the teams that are losing money, but are currently spending less than Bettman's $34 million minimum team payroll?
How can they survive even with the cap?