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Hand Knit posted:Yeah, I missed a negative in there. If anything the NHL would probably back the CWHL over the NWHL. The Leafs, Habs and Flames at least support the local teams pretty well. Not sure if the league itself has picked a horse in the race yet. Not enough to pay players, but at this point that's probably unfortunate but reasonable. Considering the crowds at the couple of games I've been to, paying players would probably not be sustainable without relying completely on the NHL or a rich local to pay the bill out of the goodness of their hearts.
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Turdsdown Tom posted:can anybody explain why in the past two years the AHL got rid of like all the popular franchises in the northeast??????? the Monarchs are gone, replaced with an ECHL team. same with Worcester, and even Portland (even though Portland wasn't nearly as good or popular as the Sharks or the Monarchs) They aren't allergic to ticket sales, they just don't give a poo poo either way. NHL budgets are big enough that running an AHL club at a loss is nothing compared to all the other stuff they spend on. Even small market teams can now afford to run their minor league operations as basically an R&D expense so they stopped relying on the traditional AHL model of largely self sufficient teams that had to develop their own market and fan base to survive. The AHL stopped becoming a competitive league where winning and profits mattered a long time ago and all that matters now is player development and easy player access, both of which are better served by being closer to the big team.
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Koopa Kid posted:The Marlies fired assistant coach Gord Dineen today, which is only weird in that they didn't just fire him when they hired Keefe over him last year. Can't remember the last time a head coach was demoted to assistant, sticking around for more than a year after is pretty odd too. My only takeaway from this Dubas interview is that Robidas has an actual job with the Marlies and isn't just cashing cheques.
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