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Originally posted by LeslieAGD
Why does Detroit always get blamed when other teams struggle financially?
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....well, better late than never.....
I pick on detroit because although they've done an excellent job in trades and drafting (considering they've found gems in the later stages), them and Colorado are the "Microsoft" of the league. The second they find a hole in their roster (e.g. hasek leaving or weak defense - picked up wooley), they'll do whatever it takes to stay on top and usually by means of being number 1. E.G. players will go there for less money because they want a shot at the cup or will pick a player up from a team that is piss poor or has some other disadvantage resulting in players leaving.
Should the league be better with 16-20 teams...maybe. But who's to decide which teams are stronger, the ones like dallas that throw money around to put a winner on the ice even tho the team gets only 50,000 for the stanley cup parade. And what's gonna happen when the league folds down to half of what it's at now, are fans of lost teams gonna support the NHL - nope. So how is that making the league stronger? You're removing the knowledgeable, hardcore fans from the game.
Canadian Teke, you take everything at face value. You didn't put much thought or effort into looking for alternatives in helping the little guys. Maybe put a limit on restricted agents a team can vie for, or reduced draft picks for teams that spend a certain level of money, or maybe increasing the requirements from level 4 or 5 agents to level 2. I spent 2 minutes and came up with a few ideas, i'm sure if bettman had any balls he could do the same.
As for the senators situation, i could go on and on about why the franchise didn't work, from taxes to location of venue, to franchise fee, ect., ect., ect. Bryden can bitch all he wants about ticket prices, point is the high-tech sector crashed killed all sales for the 100$ and up games that working-class joe can't pay for. If toronto wasn't allowed to sell blocks to corporate seating, do you think they would sell out everygame?
anyways, i gotta get my game face on for the match tonight vs t.b. Better try to get in as many games as i can, i doubt they'll be around next year.