lenaitch
Senior Member
Yet the Board has been consistently reluctant to award another Canadian franchise. The league's broadcast revenue prefers American eyeballs watching American teams.
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Towered
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Quebec City even built a new arena in anticipation of getting a team again...and nothing.
Jonny5
Senior Member
I wouldn't say all seven are cash cows. The Ottawa Senators and Winnipeg Jets appear to be just floating at break even.
Winnipeg has been restricted by its small arena with a capacity of only about 16,000. Even in very successful years they have trouble making much money given the high fixed costs, plus they have not had much success of late to the point there were questions swirling again this season about the viability of staying there, especially given Phoenix so suddenly moving to Salt Lake City and many rumours of other billionaire owners out there expressing interest in getting a team.
Ottawa has had financial problems almost its whole existence, though some through incompetence and mismanagement by the team's last owner.
christiesplits
Senior Member
Well, expect to see a lot of changes this off-season. Keefe, Marner and Tavares are probably all gone.
Richard White
Senior Member
Don't be surprised if Shanahan also goes.
taal
Senior Member
He better !
I suspect:
- Shanahan
- Keefe
- Most on expiring contracts (e.g. bertuzzi, Brodie, liljegren,
- I hope we sign Domi if he takes 3.2 or less
- I suspect Marner is gone but that'll be a tricky trade
- Tavares is hard to say - to get rid of him they'll need to retain - and he may be willing to sign a cheap contract next year - maybe they keep him and depending on how the leafs do maybe trade him late in the season
I think they need a few D, and a 2nd line F that can bring a lot of offence
Jonny5
Senior Member
Apparently at a press conference this morning John Tavares will announce he is stepping aside as captain and passing it to Auston Matthews.
EDIT: It's tomorrow, not today.
EDIT: It's tomorrow, not today.
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Richard White
Senior Member
As much as I like John Tavares this is the beginning of the end for him.
This September will bring him to his 15th season in the NHL after being drafted in 2009.
Nobody is going to sign him to an extension for more than the league minimum in 2025 and likely not for more than one or two years.
He knows his time is up and this is a torch passing moment.
If I was a betting man, I'd say he retires during or at the end of next season.
christiesplits
Senior Member
Natural choice for the new captain. Good on JT for being a good sport. The Leafs are clearly Auston's team.
Jonny5
Senior Member
There's still a few months to the playoffs, but the way the standings are lined up as of this morning there is a chance we could have a Toronto vs. Ottawa first-round playoff series, which would be one hell of a popular series.
It hasn't happened for like 20 years. It would be HUGE. I would love to see it, though many more games are to come and there's no guarantee it would happen, but it's a distinct possibilty.
It hasn't happened for like 20 years. It would be HUGE. I would love to see it, though many more games are to come and there's no guarantee it would happen, but it's a distinct possibilty.
AlbertC
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Leafs season ticket prices hiked up by as much as 20%
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Leafs fans outraged after season-ticket prices raised by as much as 20 per cent
Toronto Maple Leafs' season ticket holders are facing steep price increases for the upcoming 2025-26 season
streetsoftoronto.com
G.L.17
Senior Member
"Quietest Place in Toronto to become even Quieter"Leafs season ticket prices hiked up by as much as 20%
Leafs fans outraged after season-ticket prices raised by as much as 20 per cent
Toronto Maple Leafs' season ticket holders are facing steep price increases for the upcoming 2025-26 season
txlseries4
Active Member
Leafs season ticket prices hiked up by as much as 20%
Leafs fans outraged after season-ticket prices raised by as much as 20 per cent
Toronto Maple Leafs' season ticket holders are facing steep price increases for the upcoming 2025-26 season
A real shame for how ingrained hockey is into the Canadian identity that there isn't a similar culture of community in our teams as there is for soccer clubs outside North America. It's all so corporate.
This is what should happen but Leaf fans could never
Liverpool fans’ walkout protest: around 10,000 leave in 77th minute over ticket prices
Thousands of Liverpool fans voted with their feet in protest at ticket prices as Anfield witnessed its first walkout in its 132-year history
www.theguardian.com
The club reversed their decision and 9 years on, C$113.34 is the highest face value ticket price and C$1672 is the price of a season ticket. LFC has a whole host of issues similar to the Leafs, like ticket availability, wait lists, etc., but Toronto fans are getting fleeced. No real surprise with how few Canadian teams there are.
Mihairokov
Active Member
I mean, there's no coordination for fans or supporters groups because the teams and the leagues don't view them as such - they're only viewed as customers. It's an inherent mindset difference and something the NHL/Leafs will never overcome. So, yes, of course they'll hike prices, because there's demand for it, and people who are against it aren't organized enough to have any sort of impact.
Once you realize that NHL players come from the same types of families that are able to comfortably afford tickets/boxes at NHL games you'll realize that hockey at that level isn't for "normal", "working" people anymore. It hasn't been for decades.
txlseries4
Active Member
Absolutely. Much of the inability to coordinate and lack of community is hardly the fault of the fans themselves. What a blessing for Leafs ownership that the system is setup this way because otherwise no Stanley Cup since 1967 would spark riots lol