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xzzy posted:I don't expect them to give up money, but it would be nice if they could have a little bit of foresight and come up with a plan to improve the league in the long term. They all but assured us one is happening over the Olympic fiasco.
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Do all these lockout-proof contracts make a lockout more or less likely? Like, if they have to pay out half the league's salary in signing bonuses anyway, maybe it's not worth it?
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How the hell have we gone the entirety of National Hotdog Day without a Kessel gif?![]()
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Matt Zerella posted:How the hell have we gone the entirety of National Hotdog Day without a Kessel gif? Goddammit Marc
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on-ice ads are awful and terrible in every possible way. casual observers have a hard enough time seeing the puck, those things just make it impossible, even with HD feeds. jersey ads aren't the end of the world I have some SWL jerseys and they're neat. it's stupid as hell on the socks and helmets tho
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I hate change and they look stupid as hell. But I suppose if/when they do put ads on jerseys. I'll just complain loudly then continue to watch. ![]()
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Aphrodite posted:NHL teams are businesses, not public services. They aren't going to make changes that give up money. they may annoy some amount of fans into not watching, which could be tantamount to giving up money, if they do anything too drastic or too quickly. e: im gud at spalling JawKnee fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Jul 19, 2017 |
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JawKnee posted:they may annoy some amount of fans into not watching, which could be tantamount to giving up money, if they do anything to drastic or too quickly. Sure, but not reducing commercials or not lowering ticket prices aren't likely to do that.
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So the Marlies hired the guy who scored from his own goal line on Toskala as an assistant coach. This goal: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=inT0MU5w68c
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It's the only goal Toskala allowed and the Leafs won that game.
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iospace posted:They all but assured us one is happening over the Olympic fiasco. The Olympics don't mean anything in the big picture. The real issue is what the league's next TV deal is going to look like, because if the TV people plead poverty the owners are going to hit the players really hard.
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I WANT HOCKEY I NEED HOCKEY AAAHHHHHHHH!!!!
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the problem with ads on, at least, Canadian jerseys is that it's going to be the same idiots who advertise during nationally televised hockey Kraft Home Hardware East Side Mario's and generally, Gillette, MAN THING, and other hokey loving poo poo. I think they'd see at least an initial downturn and negative plateau in merchandise and an uptick in ripoff pre-merch era jerseys. I'm sure their numbers guys have already predicted this and this is why it isn't happening soon.
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ElwoodCuse posted:The Olympics don't mean anything in the big picture. The real issue is what the league's next TV deal is going to look like, because if the TV people plead poverty the owners are going to hit the players really hard. Of course they're going to, but I believe the NBC deal ends in 2021, the CBA in 2022, and the Rogers deal in 2026. Assuming they don't exercise the opt-out clause on the CBA two years earlier, if anything, the NBC contract is going to work to prevent a lockout.
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SAP on all the jerseys. Just like the good ol' days of the World Cup
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They already have superimposed ads at baseball games, and I found the ads superimposed on the glass less distracting than the ones that covered up existing board ads during the WCH. Ads on jerseys don't bother me. Ads on ice would.
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hay guyz how is the Leafs defence? like for real though, they have this uhhh rielly who is apparently good?
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Ligur posted:hay guyz how is the Leafs defence? Their top six this year is probably gonna be Gardiner/Rielly/Zaitsev/Carrick/Marincin/Hainsey which is fine. Their biggest problem last year was relying on Hunwick/Polak for serious shutdown stands towards the end of the game, and I dunno if they've done anything to fix that, but outside of that they're probably average to above average.
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Doctor Butts posted:
But they've had ads in the neutral zone for like 20 years now. And that's clearly been enough for them, no ones ever tried to cover the entire surface like minor league or euro teams.
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Surely the technology is ready to create full jerseys with scrolling marquee ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_tcURO5Erg
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https://twitter.com/andystrickland/status/888034955531603968
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Why that's Brooks Orpik money!
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Would've preferred 8 years, but this is fine. I guess Armstrong also wanted longer term if the negotiations dragged out this long only for that contract to be signed.
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That's a nice contract for Parayko, I wonder what team he'll go to in 2023 when he's 29 and coming off of a 4th place norris trophy finish...
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That's a new one Prolly just a tooth infection or something
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currently, the wikipedia article on Ken Holland is: Very Good![]()
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Did the Leafs give up on trading for Colin Miller?
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Jerseys are already ads
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a false posted:currently, the wikipedia article on Ken Holland is: Very Good
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The meetup.com group for Canadians in Chicago sent out notice of an event this morning, here's an excerpt:![]()
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Wilford Cutlery posted:The meetup.com group for Canadians in Chicago sent out notice of an event this morning, here's an excerpt: I like how there's no Canadiens star player advertised. Come see.....Max Pacioretty!
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Wilford Cutlery posted:The meetup.com group for Canadians in Chicago sent out notice of an event this morning, here's an excerpt: The Blackhawks are trying to move tickets?
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AsInHowe posted:The Blackhawks are trying to move tickets? Not that they have attendance problems I'm sure. But a few years back they did have nosebleed seats on Groupon.
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Ice Jerseys is having a two-day sale on jersey customization, $10 on any jersey they sell. This is important because 1, they do high quality tackle twill stuff, 2, it includes the vintage line, and 3, they have no limits on retired or traded players (although your FUCCBOI 69 jersey is probably a no-go).
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ElwoodCuse posted:Ice Jerseys is having a two-day sale on jersey customization, $10 on any jersey they sell. This is important because 1, they do high quality tackle twill stuff, 2, it includes the vintage line, and 3, they have no limits on retired or traded players (although your FUCCBOI 69 jersey is probably a no-go). For those that haven't used them before, IceJerseys is loving great for the money
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I don't really care if they have ads on jerseys. And if it's 60 million league wide, that's 2 million per team, which is pretty good profit for doing basically nothing. Especially if your just a break even team, that puts you into a profit. I just hope that every team has a "Dynamic Fasteners" patch on the rear end of their pants.
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Raising beer prices a quarter would make more than $2million, it's nothing.
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Hip Now and Wow! posted:I don't really care if they have ads on jerseys. And if it's 60 million league wide, that's 2 million per team, which is pretty good profit for doing basically nothing. Especially if your just a break even team, that puts you into a profit. but...why do i care about how much the owners make, especially since they will almost assuredly not pass on any savings to fans?
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