The NHL Thread

[Johnny]

Heater and Pezz are demi gods.

[Johnny]

[Dr. Hobo]

[Dr. Hobo]

AND FINALLY A HOME FUCKING WIN!
koivu =
price =
and as for the leafs... oh.. uh.. thanks

[Dr. Hobo]

proof price can do it all.. pucks? no problem! annoying blue and white people? got that too.
price = future vezina

[Dr. Hobo]

doc.. this is for you.. i know you'll enjoy it as much as i did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRSSjqfFfYM

[Johnny]

[Dr. Hobo]

"I wear tinted visor so hot girl in stands dont see me look at them." - Alex Ovechkin

yet another reason why hockey is the greatest sport on earth

ps. A.O. = :lol::lol::love:

[Johnny]

[Kicker774]

[Johnny]

[Dr. Hobo]

[Dr. Hobo]

[Johnny]

Fucking EIG. Some board recommended against selling the Oilers to Katz. Whats your opinion on the issue?

And apparantly one of the thing that the board wants to know if whether or not katz will still be interested in spending 100 Mill to build the arena even if he doesn't get the team.

[Dr. Hobo]

supposedly theres a few folks in EIG that will make a shit load of money if they dont sell to katz

as far as what i think or want.. i think katz needs to take over.. the dudes worth over a billion, hes a huge hockey fan and he WANTS the team.. its the same thing as jim balsille and a team and finally as jerry bruckenheimer and a team.. theyre worth over a billion dollars apiece, theyre huge hockey fans and want to see the sport get bigger..

btw cal nichols. the chairman of the board of EIG wants katz to take over or something according to some dude at tsn

[Johnny]

All the EIG cares about is money, in my opinion. Asking him to invest 100mill in a new arena for a team katz doesn't own proves my point. Personally, if he doesnt get the team, he should not spend a dime for the oil.

[Dr. Hobo]

i think he'll still do some stuff since he still wants the team but probably wont pony up the 100 mil.. plus there are guys on the "inside" of EIG that want to sell to him and that want him to take over

as for money grubbing and pro sports.. nobody beats the leafs.

[Johnny]

oh really? Care to eleaborate?

[Dr. Hobo]

first off.. 1967
secondly... look up the various forbes reports for money making NHL franchises for the past uhhh 2007-1967 years and shockingly the leafs are #1.
thirdly.. MSLE (maple leaf sports and entertainment) is partially (i think 30%) owned by the ontario teachers pension plan (or fund.. cant remember which, either same company just cant remember the exact name), one of the largest pension companies in the country (i think second largest in fact)... OTP(P/F?) has enough veto power on the MLSE board to give a yay or nay to any trade the leafs want to make based on salary, in fact, jaromir jagr couldve been a leaf instead of a cap (before his trade to the rags) if it werent for MLSE and its quest for money.. OTP(P/F?) is in it for money and money only, not a cup. they care, first and foremost about their investment portfolio (and rightfully so, they run the retirement fund for all teachers in ontario and those are some very important folks) but in the context of your question, OTP(P/F?) is hindering the leafs (not so much now given the cap tho).

last year, the top 3 teams in the nhl for revenues were the leafs, rangers, habs.. and i forget the rest.. but the difference between the leafs and rangers/habs was significant, i also vaguely remember MLSE being one of the teams very much against revenue sharing and all for a cap because that would amount to crazy profits for MLSE

[Johnny]

Good point sir.