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Post by seventeen on Mar 28, 2022 22:01:37 GMT -5
According to a news report.
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Post by folatre on Mar 28, 2022 22:13:22 GMT -5
Regardless of his ownership style and some dubious business dealings flagged by the Securities and Exchange Commission, this is sad news and my prayers go out to his family.
Unless his daughters want the headache of trying to run a small market NHL franchise with no immediate oxygen in terms of a viable arena, then I would imagine the next few months will be dedicated to poring over the books (apparently Ottawa borrowed a lot of money from the league and perhaps other sources) and when the numbers are clear then moving on to proceed to find a buyer who will commit to keep the franchise in Ottawa.
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Post by Tankdriver on Mar 29, 2022 1:14:55 GMT -5
Is their more of a chance they can now get an arena downtown with Eugene no longer in the picture? Is there some local owner with big pockets in Ottawa?
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 29, 2022 6:45:00 GMT -5
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Post by jkr on Mar 29, 2022 7:21:24 GMT -5
Bit of a typo in the article. Terry Mathews didn't know he was so rich.  Perhaps someone from outside of Ottawa wil express interest. If they can keep a team in Arizona with a minor league stadium, they can certainly keep it in Ottawa. |
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Post by Polarice on Mar 29, 2022 8:16:16 GMT -5
Bit of a typo in the article. Terry Mathews didn't know he was so rich. Perhaps someone from outside of Ottawa wil express interest. If they can keep a team in Arizona with a minor league stadium, they can certainly keep it in Ottawa. Apparently he was grooming his daughters to take over the team. Ottawa fans tend to forget that before he bought the team, no one showed any interest in keeping the team in Ottawa. The NHL was getting ready to look at other cities before he stepped up. He may have been a little cheap but he gave Ottawa some good teams. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 29, 2022 8:38:11 GMT -5
Bit of a typo in the article. Terry Mathews didn't know he was so rich. Perhaps someone from outside of Ottawa wil express interest. If they can keep a team in Arizona with a minor league stadium, they can certainly keep it in Ottawa. lol, I saw that as well... The issue is and will be a new stadium. Melnyk does not have the financial ability to do it, I do not believe his family does either. There is no appetite from a local, provincial or federal level to fund this type of infrastructure. It will take someone with deep pockets to build a new arena. It would be easier for the NHL to force a sale and move the team. I think I read somewhere the NHL is looking at Houston as a possible location. |
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Post by jkr on Mar 29, 2022 11:29:24 GMT -5
Bit of a typo in the article. Terry Mathews didn't know he was so rich. Perhaps someone from outside of Ottawa wil express interest. If they can keep a team in Arizona with a minor league stadium, they can certainly keep it in Ottawa. lol, I saw that as well... The issue is and will be a new stadium. Melnyk does not have the financial ability to do it, I do not believe his family does either. There is no appetite from a local, provincial or federal level to fund this type of infrastructure. It will take someone with deep pockets to build a new arena. It would be easier for the NHL to force a sale and move the team. I think I read somewhere the NHL is looking at Houston as a possible location. Florida or Arizona should be candidates to move before Ottawa. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 29, 2022 14:43:13 GMT -5
lol, I saw that as well... The issue is and will be a new stadium. Melnyk does not have the financial ability to do it, I do not believe his family does either. There is no appetite from a local, provincial or federal level to fund this type of infrastructure. It will take someone with deep pockets to build a new arena. It would be easier for the NHL to force a sale and move the team. I think I read somewhere the NHL is looking at Houston as a possible location. Florida or Arizona should be candidates to move before Ottawa. Why Florida? |
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Post by jkr on Mar 29, 2022 16:19:47 GMT -5
Florida or Arizona should be candidates to move before Ottawa. Why Florida? Not enough fans at the games. |
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Post by folatre on Mar 29, 2022 16:29:13 GMT -5
South Florida is a strange sports market. The Marlins, even on the rare occasions when they produced a winner, never drew well.
A winning team like the Panthers is not going to produce chatter about moving. But the reality is the gate revenue and the value of the local tv deal are soft, which I am sure is a source of irritation for ownership.
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Post by seventeen on Mar 29, 2022 16:59:50 GMT -5
I bet those teams don't exist without the revenue sharing program, funded in large part by the Canadian teams. One wonders if the Bettman expansion has made enough of a boost to the US tv revenue. Is there much viewership for Florida, Tampa, Carolina?
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 29, 2022 19:06:17 GMT -5
I heard Ottawa was getting financial support from the league
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 29, 2022 19:08:26 GMT -5
I wonder if the girls will call the cirque du Soleil guy?... they could sell the team for 500 mill US, their dad bought it for 70 or 80 I think
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