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I doubt the Flames will go anywhere. This feels like posturing to try and get the fanbase rallied in favor of public funds.

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5 minutes ago, BeerGuyJordan said:

I doubt the Flames will go anywhere. This feels like posturing to try and get the fanbase rallied in favor of public funds.

 

Worked for the Oilers. I also don't believe the Flames will go anywhere. Hell, even Oilers fans would be against it as it takes away from a great provincial rivalry.

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On 2017-05-25 at 3:17 PM, BeerGuyJordan said:

Speaking of the NHL and bad business, what will it take for hockey's AAA to enjoy the knd of stability AAA baseball does?

A more well-run parent league than the NHL.

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1 hour ago, goalieboy82 said:

A fond farewell to Anthony LeBlanc, George Gosbee, um that one other guy who liked Dave Tippett too much, that investment bank, and all the rest.

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From Scott Darling's piece in The Daily Ghostwritten Jock:

 



I lasted maybe five days before Phoenix told me to beat it. I should have checked into rehab right then. Instead, I was on a plane the next day. Phoenix assigned me to their ECHL affiliate in literally the worst place on earth for me at that moment: beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada.

Seriously, I got sent to Vegas. I would laugh if the reality wasn’t so grim.

Our rink was inside The Orleans Hotel & Casino, right off the Strip.

And I lived at the hotel inside the casino.

Pretty much every day was the same routine: Practice inside the casino. Then drinking inside the casino. And then going to bed inside the casino.

It was so bizarre and depressing, in hindsight. I lasted a few weeks before I missed a practice, and the team said, “Pack your s***.”

 

"The distractions will only apply to road teams" my ass

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Well, the NHL & NBA Commissioners are now taking point on the talks, for a joint arena venture, in Phoenix.

 

http://www.abc15.com/sports/sports-blogs-local/report-nba-nhl-commissioners-working-with-suns-coyotes-on-joint-arena

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How would this be good business for the Suns, who could book more lucrative arena dates than a hockey team that only draws around 10,000? And what sort of muscle does Count Bettman have to boss the NBA around on the issue? What is he saying here, "You have to build a new arena and you have to share it with a hockey team despite all your other new arenas eschewing their hockey teams so as to maximize basketball revenue because we need to say we're nominally in Phoenix while retaining a low-revenue market for the purposes of suppressing expenses for high-revenue markets"?

 

I don't see any way that this should come to fruition, so that means it absolutely will.

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Hockey Hall of Famer Jeremy Jacobs sued the IRS over the extent to which catering for road games is tax-deductible and won.

 

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Since the whole away team crew is away from its business home, the IRS does not question that the meals are deductible.  Generally though, the deduction for meals is limited to 50% (Code Section 274(n)).  There are exceptions.  There were two that the Bruins owners argued they qualified for.  One was that the meals were a "de minimis" fringe benefit and the other was that they were an expense of entertainment sold to customers.  The first excuse turned out to be good enough, so the Tax Court did not discuss the second one.

lol the kicker is that he wasn't suing over whether he could get a deduction, it was that he got half the deduction but he wanted the whole. Only in the goddamn 1%.

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29 minutes ago, the admiral said:

Hockey Hall of Famer Jeremy Jacobs sued the IRS over the extent to which catering for road games is tax-deductible and won.

 

lol the kicker is that he wasn't suing over whether he could get a deduction, it was that he got half the deduction but he wanted the whole. Only in the goddamn 1%.

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8 hours ago, the admiral said:

Rick "Gamblor" Tocchet might be the new coach of the Coyotes. There is no way this can go wrong.

Why's that? The gambling thing? That was years ago and he's complied with his reinstatement condition that he not be involved in any type of gambling.

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5 hours ago, ltp74 said:

Why's that? The gambling thing? That was years ago and he's complied with his reinstatement condition that he not be involved in any type of gambling.

 

Coaching in the same division as Vegas might be a challenge?

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16 minutes ago, ElwoodCuse said:

 

Do you think this is exclusive to Vegas? You can get wasted and gamble in Pittsburgh and Detroit too.

You can get wasted and gamble pretty much anywhere now. Ask Atlantic City.

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20 hours ago, ElwoodCuse said:

 

Do you think this is exclusive to Vegas? You can get wasted and gamble in Pittsburgh and Detroit too.

 

If youre comparing Las Vegas to Pittsburgh you never been to either. 

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