BigJonsson
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NHL March |OT| It's Spring, Not Autumn, But The Leafs Are Fallin'
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These are hockey related politics. This stuff is important.
yankeehater
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NHL-GAF is totally going to save the Sens.
BigJonsson
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Move the Sens to Toronto!
The Leafs can go to Saskatoon
The Leafs can go to Saskatoon
It's NHL related. If Harper wanted to get re-elected on a "Leafs will make the playoffs!" bid, we'd be talking about that too (and laughing about it).
Hard to say, without knowing too much about corporate taxation. According to Forbes, they made $96 million in revenue. I'm willing to bet that the government saw a decent chunk of that. 15-16% worth? Probably.
Or, we could all chip in $2 and buy the Coyotes!
Hard to say, without knowing too much about corporate taxation. According to Forbes, they made $96 million in revenue. I'm willing to bet that the government saw a decent chunk of that. 15-16% worth? Probably.
Yeah, I don't see how this makes sense.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
It's NHL related. If Harper wanted to get re-elected on a "Leafs will make the playoffs!" bid, we'd be talking about that too (and laughing about it).
Hard to say, without knowing too much about corporate taxation. According to Forbes, they made $96 million in revenue. I'm willing to bet that the government saw a decent chunk of that. 15-16% worth? Probably.
What? Their operating income was -$3.8 million. The government saw 0% of that money.
KernelPanic
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That $15M figure is for all of Ontario, probably 3/4 of it comes from Toronto.
Oh and this isn't about politics, this is about the survival of an NHL team(if this goes through).
Oh yeah, hadn't thought of that. I guess if the team eventually turns a profit, this could be a loss for the government. Again, I really have little to no idea how corporate taxation works in Canada. I just felt like throwing numbers around because throwing numbers around is fun.
This is a good point.
Rafa=FedKilla
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I gotta hand it to NBCSN for adding more west coast games/ double features this month. Should be exciting.
I still don't get it, Sens will fold because of some $3-5 million losses yearly?
Thats basically a salary of a jeff finger, it doesnt seem that much seeing how Melnyk kind of gave away a $4M bonus to Healty right before he left.
Aren't they setting franchise records in sellout and revenue this season.
Thats basically a salary of a jeff finger, it doesnt seem that much seeing how Melnyk kind of gave away a $4M bonus to Healty right before he left.
Aren't they setting franchise records in sellout and revenue this season.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
Realistically, they won't fold. They're just using the threat to save some money.
Greedy fuckers.
littleworm
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Senators to Vegas (E5)
am I doing it right?
KernelPanic
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You don't get it. Right now businesses who buy tickets and luxury suites can write 50% off on their taxes.
Without that tax break, they simply won't buy luxury suites and season tickets which are huge sources of revenue for the team.
It'd be more than a few million, probably $8M+ depending on how many bail out.
Dr.Guru of Peru
played the long game
Then drop the prices. Its not like these guys have huge overhead on luxury suites.
No. We are going to trade Plekanec to Washington for their 12th overall pick and draft Subban. Believe!
But doesnt the province make more money from the franchise being alive and having to pay taxes, tourism and all that shit than just 8M is savings from tax cutsÉ
Edit: ahh fuck my computer is french again, anyone know how to reset it and get the question mark back.
KernelPanic
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Right so they drop prices by 50% and how does the team make up the lost revenue ?
Surely you realize that Sens prices are the cheapest in Canada and even though we're at the cap floor the team will probably break even unless we make the playoffs? Oh and all those suites are sold out now at FULL price ?
Buba Big Guns
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Yea the sens might lose a bit of money but this sounds like a ploy to get them to strongly reconsider. Going out of business is a little extreme...
Yea no kidding, and of all games to air they show the Wild playing.
yankeehater
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My god the Flyers always start games so poorly. That was such a bad defensive breakdown.
brucewaynegretzky
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Turn the game on.... Already losing. Awesome.
yankeehater
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I thought I was imagining that. LOL.
Edit: Flyers have given up the 1st goal in 12 of their last 13 games.
When he was in the minors, the local crew called him Cash-un. However, after his first callup, the announcers called him Cass-ee-un, so that's what I've gone by. My guess is people around here finally got to ask him directly how to pronounce it.
It's a pretty nice coincidence the Sabres and Canucks play each other in a few days.
yankeehater
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Read! Great shift by that line.
I turned it on 10 minutes ago and then turned it off again. Gonna play SSX instead. I'm so fucking sick of them being 1-0 down after five minutes.
The Great Dane! They need to slow this down
Don't worry, the 3rd period will fix things.
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