NHL too cheap to pay copyright fees.....
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I know that some people here follow goalie prospects. This is a fresh interview with Lukas Dostal (who plays for Ilves Tampere). Apparently he is supposed to be the best young Czech goalie since Hasek...
https://www.ilves.com/en/lukas-dostal-a ... the-sport/
and one more Czech interview;
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... evropa_ten
https://www.ilves.com/en/lukas-dostal-a ... the-sport/
and one more Czech interview;
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... evropa_ten
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I guess insta embedding doesn't work anymore
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If you can do (and want to do) 60 in four months, then maybe start in February and see if we can get vaccines rolling by then...the areas where restriction are a little tougher, those teams start on the road for 7 or 8 games maybe...and then maybe you can generate some revenue in the playoffs...maybe go 20-team playoff (7v10, 8v9 as a play-in) to boost that number a bit around Memorial Day. And if you hustle, you can get a Cup in late July. Start the **** back up in October. I say go 76 games permanently (I can't imagine Dallas Stars home games on October 7th do anything with the Cowboys and Rangers active, plus college football...that's gotta be lost revenue) with a little later start. Taking six out saves you about 2 to 3 weeks. Playoffs start late March/early April...
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Johnny Boychuk hangs em up.
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Flower turns 36 today. Wow.
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Time is undefeated
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Some club teams have some absolute fire jerseys because they don't have to adhere as strictly to the university/college brand as sanctioned teams do
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Finland's Liiga is shutting down for a couple of weeks due to the pandemic.
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The Q shutdown yesterday through Jan. 3. Entire ECHL divisions are looking to opt-out right now...
We're not playing NHL on Jan. 1.; Feb. 1 seems more plausible...
We're not playing NHL on Jan. 1.; Feb. 1 seems more plausible...
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What’s the downstream effect, if any, of another season gone bust for ECHL franchises? They all seem like pretty barebones “gate receipts in, payroll out” operations. Players of @meow’s quality come cheap but games without fans would still have to be a no-go I imagine. It’s not like any of these teams are building new arenas, but maybe lease payments to wrangle with? The entire operation seems like a tax write off anyways.
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I don’t need this
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pretty sure our local is going to build a new arena. the county arena has been jerking them around for years. a few years ago the ATL Gladiators made the playoffs but because the arena doesn't give a **** and scheduled Disney On Ice, they ended up playing second round games in Greenville, SC and when that wasn't available, actually had to play an ECHL playoff game in one of the local rinks that seats maybe 200 people?It’s not like any of these teams are building new arenas, but maybe lease payments to wrangle with? The entire operation seems like a tax write off anyways.
one of my friends was their local beat writer and says the owner is soliciting architecture firms to build a facility like the CAA Center in Brampton, ON
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Not a new arena, but Wheeling Civic Center recently (2016) completed a $6 million renovation. Also the arena's ice system failed in 2019 which required the install of a brand new system, which cost about $330k. Now, I have no idea what the lease is, but that arena has to be hurting. They finally put in some much needed upgrades and then... yeah.Source of the post It’s not like any of these teams are building new arenas, but maybe lease payments to wrangle with?
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Woof. Wheeling Municipal Auditorium Board is the owner/operator so that sounds like the building is publicly owned. Built 43 years ago so I imagine the construction loans are paid off, but that $6mm renovation is rough though it looks like it was funded with sales tax revenue WesBanco pays 250k per year for naming rights and youth hockey is still going on so there’s practice and game ice time fees coming in, though ya wonder if it’s enough to make it worth keeping the lights on in a building of that size.Not a new arena, but Wheeling Civic Center recently (2016) completed a $6 million renovation. Also the arena's ice system failed in 2019 which required the install of a brand new system, which cost about $330k. Now, I have no idea what the lease is, but that arena has to be hurting. They finally put in some much needed upgrades and then... yeah.Source of the post It’s not like any of these teams are building new arenas, but maybe lease payments to wrangle with?
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Just saw an article about the highest paid players in the KHL:
No. 1: Vadim Shipachyov (Dynamo Moscow): RUB 120 Mil.
No. 2: Dmitrij Jaskin (Dynamo Moscow): RUB 95 Mil. (and RUB 115 Mil. next year)
No. 3: Jakub Kovar (Yekaterinburg): RUB 90 Mil.
Bonuses (in cases of goalies like Kovar allegedly triggered by 92% saving percentage) about 20% of base salary. Taxes are considerably smaller than in the US (maximum rate 20%).
Right now, it's about 74 RUB = 1 USD.
No. 1: Vadim Shipachyov (Dynamo Moscow): RUB 120 Mil.
No. 2: Dmitrij Jaskin (Dynamo Moscow): RUB 95 Mil. (and RUB 115 Mil. next year)
No. 3: Jakub Kovar (Yekaterinburg): RUB 90 Mil.
Bonuses (in cases of goalies like Kovar allegedly triggered by 92% saving percentage) about 20% of base salary. Taxes are considerably smaller than in the US (maximum rate 20%).
Right now, it's about 74 RUB = 1 USD.
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Seems low...
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I think it pretty much shows KHL has finally became aware of the financial reality in sports. Note that in the last several years, they no longer attract NHL (super) stars - Jagrs, Kovalchuks, Hudlers, etc. - and their most productive player is a former underperforming 3rd-4th liner like Jaskin...Seems low...
I think they are still solid No. 2 league in the world in terms of salaries, but they can't and won't complete with NHL anymore...
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