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This has to be maybe the best thing Hamilton ever heard.
If Toronto honestly thinks they could fit another team there, Hamilton has to shoot up the list for relocation.
Meanwhile Glenn Healy proves he's smart:
"They have been trying to fit a square peg into a round hole for a lot of years," Healy said yesterday, in reference to the failure of the Sun Belt teams in the NHL. "They have tried everything in the world to sell the game, market the game, put fans in the seats and it doesn't work for a lot of reasons."
And Gary Bettman continues to prove he's an utter moron:
"I didn't know who he was sitting down with," Bettman said of [NHL deputy commissioner Bill] Daly on his weekly radio show. "I couldn't care less. He had the meeting, he reported back that there was another group interested in a team in Southern Ontario, which doesn't come as a shock or a news bulletin to me."
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"If at some point we're in the business of relocating or expanding, we're going to open it up because the number of people and the number of places that want franchises is a fairly lengthy list," he said. "Nobody has the corner on the market."
This has NHLPA executives such as Healy scratching their heads. The Florida Panthers came close to advancing to the playoffs for the first time since the 1999-2000 season. The average ticket price for a Panthers game is about $35 (U.S.) and they have plenty of ticket giveaways at nearby shopping malls and bars, yet they finished 24th in attendance this season.
The average ticket price for a Toronto Maple Leafs game is more than $100 (Canadian). That alone, Healy said, is an indication that Toronto or Southwestern Ontario could support another team.
If Toronto honestly thinks they could fit another team there, Hamilton has to shoot up the list for relocation.
Meanwhile Glenn Healy proves he's smart:
"They have been trying to fit a square peg into a round hole for a lot of years," Healy said yesterday, in reference to the failure of the Sun Belt teams in the NHL. "They have tried everything in the world to sell the game, market the game, put fans in the seats and it doesn't work for a lot of reasons."
And Gary Bettman continues to prove he's an utter moron:
"I didn't know who he was sitting down with," Bettman said of [NHL deputy commissioner Bill] Daly on his weekly radio show. "I couldn't care less. He had the meeting, he reported back that there was another group interested in a team in Southern Ontario, which doesn't come as a shock or a news bulletin to me."
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"If at some point we're in the business of relocating or expanding, we're going to open it up because the number of people and the number of places that want franchises is a fairly lengthy list," he said. "Nobody has the corner on the market."
This has NHLPA executives such as Healy scratching their heads. The Florida Panthers came close to advancing to the playoffs for the first time since the 1999-2000 season. The average ticket price for a Panthers game is about $35 (U.S.) and they have plenty of ticket giveaways at nearby shopping malls and bars, yet they finished 24th in attendance this season.
The average ticket price for a Toronto Maple Leafs game is more than $100 (Canadian). That alone, Healy said, is an indication that Toronto or Southwestern Ontario could support another team.
