Sodboy13 Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I'm sorry that millionaires will have to get drunk and cheat on their wives in Hamilton instead of Phoenix, but you can't structure a circuit to fit those sorts of whims.And in fairness, Columbus was good enough for Theo Fleury. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 I'm sorry that millionaires will have to get drunk and cheat on their wives in Hamilton instead of Phoenix, but you can't structure a circuit to fit those sorts of whims.And in fairness, Columbus was good enough for Theo Fleury.You'd be surprised at the number of players who fell off the wagon (or hopped on the rails, if you prefer) in Winnipeg.RIP, Rorie Street Marble Club. Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 ESPN was the one who overpayed for the NHL back in August 1998, just to muscle out FOX/FX. When the rights came up for renewal, ESPN offered $60 million per year, 40 games on ESPN2, and nothing on ABC. ABC flatly refused to televise the NHL in primetime. Bettman made the deal with NBC to keep the league on broadcast television. And after the lockout, OLN was offering money. ESPN was offering quite literally nothing - just the same revenue-sharing deal as NBC. I know the NHL isn't that valuable as a television property, but if they have any respect for themselves they've got to take something over nothing.Only if the stations themselves are in any way comparable.I would suggest that a revenue-sharing deal with the number one cable sports channel is better than cash money from a tiny network that doesn't reach all homes. It's classic short-term thinking. They went for the immediate money without caring what would happen to the sport's image. Their profile dipped when they traded down, and now the ratings are tanking, even on NBC. Coincidence? Whatever the cause, the sinking ratings don't put the NHL in a particularly strong position to renegotiate the next broadcast contract.The whole "respect" thing isn't exactly the best basis for sound business decisions. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I have to shake my head and laugh at the dark humor of the current DirecTV/Versus situation from a Blackhawks standpoint. Here a city waited years and years for the miserly old bastard to depart so that the team would finally televise its home games. If you were a DirecTV subscriber in Chicagoland, you missed the Blackhawks' big comeback at home against the Flames because Versus isn't carried and CSN Chicago wasn't allowed to carry it, thus it was back to the home blackout policy. It might as well have been Michael Leighton giving up that early lead. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvrdgsfn Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 New Article on how the Canadian dollar is strong & expansion of Winnipeg, Quebec & Hamilton....http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/sports/hockey/02hockey.html?_r=3&src=twt&twt=nytimes"On Tuesday, N.H.L. Commissioner Gary Bettman spoke of Canada?s renewed economic strength when he said the league was interested in expansion to Winnipeg and Quebec City, cities that lost N.H.L. teams in the 1990s. Bettman, speaking at a the Reuters Global Media Summit, also named southern Ontario as a possible site for expansion." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 dont have a link, but reading fanster.com this morning i read that the ice/edge group has signed a letter of intent to purchase the coyotes from the NHL and keep them here in the valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 dont have a link, but reading fanster.com this morning i read that the ice/edge group has signed a letter of intent to purchase the coyotes from the NHL and keep them here in the valley.Along with 8 or 10 "home games" is Saskatoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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