dj1470 said:
Doesn't matter really. Even not making the playoffs the Toronto Maple Leafs will be in the top 3 money-making teams in the NHL - perhaps only behind the Rangers and, maybe, the Red Wings. MLSE shareholders could really care less about playoffs. Leaf playoffs? What maybe 4-5 home games at best realistically if they made it? The $$$ comes from concessions and merchandise. MLSE basically uses ticket sales to break even on player salary. And remember that MLSE is a very small part of investments made by their shareholders.
Are you kidding me?
First of all, I'm not talking about just making the playoffs, I'm talking about incentive to build a Cup contender. Fletcher also made this very clear.
If they get to the finals, they will play a minimum 8 home games, and I think 12 is more than realistic cuz it's impossible to sweep your way to the Cup.
By the time you figure price increase for playoffs and what the high end seats and luxury boxes will fetch, you're looking at $300 average per seat, roughly.So 20,000 seats (circa) x $300 = $6,000,000 per game x 12 games = $72,000,000 (give or take). Just to play in the finals. This doesn't include concessions, and paraphanalia, and local T.V and radio broadcast revenue. And to boot, players salaries are all accounted for by the end of the season. That's the risk hockey owners take, doling out large for top players in the hope they can recoup in the playoffs.
This is all gravy less expenses. Are you telling me that $72,000,000 gross over 2 months is nothing?
Secondly, what makes you think this is such a small investment to the shareholders. Show me anything else they're involved in that gives this kind of return on net investment, basically risk free. You have to be involved in organized crime to do better than they are and even that isn't risk free.
And thirdly, in your prior post you charge that " Until MLSE stops making money hand over fist nothing will ever change. Blame who you want - Peddie, Fletcher, Maurice, or even God himself until Leaf fans wake up and stop shovelling money into the coffers of the owners they need to stay tuned for many more years of heartbreak." In your last post you say "And remember that MLSE is a very small part of investments made by their shareholders."
Which one is it?
I think you spend to much time bashing the Leafs and convincing yourself that they will never win another cup, and for what reason, I have no idea.
You're a Hab fan, good for you, enjoy the Habs, so do a lot of Leaf fans including myself. This is a beautiful game, don't waste you're time pissing in somebody else's backyard.