A dash of cautious optimism

 That too is market forces. If the Toronto Maple Leafs are not part of a strong league with interest from ALL OVER the US and Canada then they will suffer themselves. The money they pump in to keep lesser teams afloat actually sparks interest from all over and makes the product strong and in the $1b bracket. If teams such as Phoenix and those from the southern states (disregaurding LA) where left to fold then the market for the NHL would be solely a northern US Canadian venture. It is the duty of all business to seak new investors and customers not regress. Sure an 18 team league might be for the better but it would then never compete in TV revenues with other sports. They are along way off the NFL,NBA and baseball but they are entering into newer markets faster than the others.
As for paying the players they get far more in comparison to their NFL counterparts. If you took the revenue of the NFL and compared it to the NHL revenue and saw the wages of the players be as according then your comment would hold validity.

i read that not 10 mins ago

I was actually at the ACC the first time the fans starting chanting “Eddie, Eddie, Eddie” 
It was a game against Detroit and was supposed to be Cujo’s return to Toronto, but the Wings started the backup (Osgood?) instead.

It sure was when we lost to the Rags on Oct.30, 2010.  2 – 0 and wasn’t even as good as the score showed.  
   The first game that they played against the Jets, last year was much better, but I have to agree with you, the new arenas aren’t as good as the old ones.  The old Aud in Buffalo was better than the new arena too.

What happened sucks for sure…they were on fire that summer. But yeah…they were a little fragile long before the strike.

Anyways guys, I’m gonna go catch up on the Marlies Today episodes I have saved on my PVR, so I’ll talk to y’all tomorrow

yeah, especially now, after the recent deals.  Anyway it’s bedtime for me.  Work tomorrow.  Gnight all.

Thats the strange reality of living in a market society where the sport is propping up teams that would naturally go bankrupt (communism)  and within that communist state run away market economy governed by a CBA that is too much for the players decided by a union (socialism again).
What could possibly go wrong

There is two types of drop in prices. Real terms meaning a dollar drop or relative drop meaning not a rise when everything else around goes up. I cant guess what could possibly happen in the future that may not come about. And as you cant measure what would have been with any accuracy I cannot give a real answer. All I know is a business runs on the simple idea of making maximum profot. The people and what they pay is what the market is. Why sell a ticket for 20 dollars when you could get 200, only for the fan to be left with 180 dollars in his pocket where he then uses that money for a new mobile phone or ipad. The idea of the business is to make the profit themselves. Im sure if they could charge 2000 they would but market says no.

what kind of comment is that, makes no sense. The point is you cant force emerging countries industries to allow unions to get a foot hold. I realise those workers have it shitty, you want to stop it, then dont buy Nike, Apple products, foreign cars, mobile phones etc etc etc. Not that easy is it, much easier not to care. But taxing yourself isnt the answer.

so your answer to defend unions is personal attack. The language of the uneductaed. the socialist. the dreamer.

I was always fascinated by the Gardens as far back as a kid in the 70′s going to games and wandering around between periods…wondering where all the locked doors led to.