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NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
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Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
college freshman
Forget Winnipeg. Bring back the Nordiques, and force them to trade for Paul Stastny.
college freshman
Forget Winnipeg. Bring back the Nordiques, and force them to trade for Paul Stastny.
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MavHockey14
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I may be young, but even I think that would be so awesome!college freshman
Forget Winnipeg. Bring back the Nordiques, and force them to trade for Paul Stastny.
moose97
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Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
I've got no problems with a return of the Nordiques - once they finally, you know, actually break ground for that new arena rather than sit around and talk about it... Oh, and as soon as they find someone to own the darn team.
And, as I said before, Winnipeg has one major thing going for them. Something that not many teams, NHL or otherwise have - the 24th wealthiest person in the world interested in owning a team in their town. He could lose $40 million a year, every year for the rest of all of our lives on the Jets and still live off the interest of the rest of the money he's got.
college freshman
Forget Winnipeg. Bring back the Nordiques, and force them to trade for Paul Stastny.
I've got no problems with a return of the Nordiques - once they finally, you know, actually break ground for that new arena rather than sit around and talk about it... Oh, and as soon as they find someone to own the darn team.
And, as I said before, Winnipeg has one major thing going for them. Something that not many teams, NHL or otherwise have - the 24th wealthiest person in the world interested in owning a team in their town. He could lose $40 million a year, every year for the rest of all of our lives on the Jets and still live off the interest of the rest of the money he's got.
MavHockey14
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and ten percent of the country is unemployed.
moose97
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Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
No, 7.7% of the country in question is unemployed. And since 7% is considered "neutral," or accounting just for the natural transitions between jobs), I fail to see the problem
Plus, move the 'Yotes (and heck, move the Thrashers to Quebec City) and theres a few more jobs created...
and ten percent of the country is unemployed.
No, 7.7% of the country in question is unemployed. And since 7% is considered "neutral," or accounting just for the natural transitions between jobs), I fail to see the problem
Plus, move the 'Yotes (and heck, move the Thrashers to Quebec City) and theres a few more jobs created...
MavHockey14
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No, 7.7% of the country in question is unemployed. And since 7% is considered "neutral," or accounting just for the natural transitions between jobs), I fail to see the problem
Plus, move the 'Yotes (and heck, move the Thrashers to Quebec City) and theres a few more jobs created...
Good catch.
I'm pretty **** conservative, but it's just weird to thing of all that money in those terms. clearly he's taken advantage and worked hard to get that money..
Patman
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Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
more to the point is that if he wants to blow it away on a hockey team or solid gold hubcaps it isn't up to us to ask for free stuff from the guy just because he has a pile of cash (of course money doesn't make goods, it only incentivizes their production).
Frankly though, I think it'll be funny that we're seeing a momentary return to the owner who takes his profit operation and subsidizes a sport that doesn't profit.... gotta wonder if some of the owners aren't annoyed by that... morons, you had an opportunity with Basillie.... he would have played the same game more or less except for having a team in the Kitchener-Waterloo/Hamilton stretch. I always have faith in the myopia of the NHL.
Good catch.
more to the point is that if he wants to blow it away on a hockey team or solid gold hubcaps it isn't up to us to ask for free stuff from the guy just because he has a pile of cash (of course money doesn't make goods, it only incentivizes their production).
Frankly though, I think it'll be funny that we're seeing a momentary return to the owner who takes his profit operation and subsidizes a sport that doesn't profit.... gotta wonder if some of the owners aren't annoyed by that... morons, you had an opportunity with Basillie.... he would have played the same game more or less except for having a team in the Kitchener-Waterloo/Hamilton stretch. I always have faith in the myopia of the NHL.
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Almington
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Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
On one hand it's a buisness and he's a buisness man and isn't going to want to lose $XX million per year, but at the same time, potentially losing $XX million per year is a small price (as a fraction of his total income and net worth) to secure his legacy of being the man who brought NHL hockey back to Winnepeg.
Plus, he'll get to deduct the losses on his taxes so he'll actually only lose a fraction of the $XX million per year and assuming that when the team is sold it will be worth more then he paid for it reducing his opperating losses over the life of the buisness even more.
I still assume that in the salary cap era, he should be able to operate at a near neutral financial position provided that the team isn't poorly managed (As the Wild have generally been, morons)
Good catch.
On one hand it's a buisness and he's a buisness man and isn't going to want to lose $XX million per year, but at the same time, potentially losing $XX million per year is a small price (as a fraction of his total income and net worth) to secure his legacy of being the man who brought NHL hockey back to Winnepeg.
Plus, he'll get to deduct the losses on his taxes so he'll actually only lose a fraction of the $XX million per year and assuming that when the team is sold it will be worth more then he paid for it reducing his opperating losses over the life of the buisness even more.
I still assume that in the salary cap era, he should be able to operate at a near neutral financial position provided that the team isn't poorly managed (As the Wild have generally been, morons)
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
To quote Terry Pegula: “If I want to make some money, I’ll go drill a gas well.”
To quote Terry Pegula: “If I want to make some money, I’ll go drill a gas well.”
BoomGoestheDynamite
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Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
Quebec City's linguistic isolation from the rest of North American Society (Montreal is somewhat different for a number of reasons) certainly doesn't help with a number of things and it really is a government town with little major private industry that would be necessary to make what would be a tiny market work.
college freshman
Forget Winnipeg. Bring back the Nordiques, and force them to trade for Paul Stastny.
Quebec City's linguistic isolation from the rest of North American Society (Montreal is somewhat different for a number of reasons) certainly doesn't help with a number of things and it really is a government town with little major private industry that would be necessary to make what would be a tiny market work.
Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
I'm sure everything you wrote is true -- I was just making a joking reference to the old Nordiques of Stastny centering Stastny and Stastny.
I'm sure everything you wrote is true -- I was just making a joking reference to the old Nordiques of Stastny centering Stastny and Stastny.
BoomGoestheDynamite
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Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
Oh no worries. I got the Statsny joke, I just thought you might be somewhat serious about Quebec as an alternative destination. QC has a large enough population with the Canadian love of hockey to make a non-insane candidate for a sunbelt team that goes belly up. I just think vis a vis Winnipeg, it doesn't really compete.
I'm sure everything you wrote is true -- I was just making a joking reference to the old Nordiques of Stastny centering Stastny and Stastny.
Oh no worries. I got the Statsny joke, I just thought you might be somewhat serious about Quebec as an alternative destination. QC has a large enough population with the Canadian love of hockey to make a non-insane candidate for a sunbelt team that goes belly up. I just think vis a vis Winnipeg, it doesn't really compete.
bronconick
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Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
It doesn't compete because Quebec City's new 18,000 seat NHL ready arena exists only on paper.
It doesn't compete because Quebec City's new 18,000 seat NHL ready arena exists only on paper.
If I was the guy bringing the "Jets" back to winnapeg, I think I would try to work out a deal with the arenas in Saskatoon and Regina to perhaps host about 5 game a piece between them, and then try to put some of the lower drawing team at those arenas. One would have to think that NHL hockey would be a draw in those locations, and should be able to charge a heafty sum for tickets there for those limited 5 games in those cities. Plus, then they only have to worry about selling out 31 games in winnapeg. Less games there would make season tickets a little more affordable, along with limiting the supply of hockey and thus ideally increasing demand for hockey.
MavHockey14
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They would need to sellout 36 games, 41-41-82..but this would be a good idea to possibly help. Should be interesting to see what all happens.
Almington
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Re: NHL hockey returns to the 'Peg! Maybe?
At the very least consider playing the the vast majority of pre-season games in those locations. Not sure how the NHL would feel about having regular season games in those locations. Shouldn't have any problem selling out during the regular season (at least initally) or the team shouldn't be moved back to Winnipeg in the first place.
At the very least consider playing the the vast majority of pre-season games in those locations. Not sure how the NHL would feel about having regular season games in those locations. Shouldn't have any problem selling out during the regular season (at least initally) or the team shouldn't be moved back to Winnipeg in the first place.