WHO ARE THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS KIDDING???
YESTERDAY THE TEAM HELD A TICKET RALLY AND SOLD 750 SEASON TICKETS…
THE HOPE IS THE PREDS CAN AVERAGE 14 THOUSAND FANS THIS SEASON…
THAT WOULD KILL THE OUT CLAUSE IN THEIR LEASE…
THIS IS A TEAM THAT COLLECTED 110 POINTS LAST SEASON…THE THIRD BEST RECORD IN THE ENTIRE NHL…
AND YET DREW AN AVERAGE OF JUST 13, 815 FANS PER GAME…
THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR…
NASHVILLE IS NOT A HOCKEY TOWN…
OWNER CRAIG LEIPOLD HAS LOST 70 MILLION DOLLARS SINCE HE WAS AWARDED THE FRANCHISE…
AND THAT INCLUDES 27 MILLION IN THE TWO SEASONS AFTER THE LOCK OUT…
THE NEW CBA REQUIRES A TEAM TO SPEND A MINIMUM OF $34.5 MILLION IN SALARIES THIS SEASON WHICH MEANS THE PREDATORS WOULD NEED TO AVERAGE 16 THOUSAND FANS JUST TO BREAK EVEN…
THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN…
THIS SUMMER THE TEAM HAS GUTTED ITS ROSTER…
GONE ARE…PETER FORSBERG…PAUL KARYIA…TOMAS VOKOUN…KIMMO TIMONEN AND SCOTT HARTNELL…
NASHVILLE IS NOT EVEN EXPECTED TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS…
IN THE MEANTIME JIM BALSILLIE STILL HAS AN OFFER OF 238 MILLION DOLLARS ON THE TABLE TO BUY THE TEAM AND MOVE IT TO HAMILTON…
THE ONLY THING STANDING IN HIS WAY IS NHL COMMISSIONER GARY BETTMAN…
BETTMAN HAS PLENTY OF PERSONAL REASONS TO KILL THIS DEAL…
NONE OF WHICH ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE NHL…
TO START WITH…IT WAS BETTMAN WHO CONVINCED LEIDPOLD TO PUT A TEAM IN NASHVILLE…
ITS FAILURE IS BETTMAN’S FAILURE…
THERE IS ALSO A NEW ARENA IN KANSAS CITY OWNED BY THE ANSCHUTZ FAMILY…WHO ALSO OWN THE L.A. KINGS…
BUT WHY WOULD YOU TRADE ONE FAILED U.S. MARKET FOR ANOTHER FAILED U.S. MARKET…
AND THAT GETS US TO THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS WHO ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO HAVING ANY COMPETITION IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO…
IN THE END…THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS…
THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF GARY BETTMAN…
THE NEXT NHL BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER IN CHICAGO…
CLEARLY BETTMAN HAS OVERSTEPPED HIS BOUNDS…AND HAS PAINTED HIMSELF INTO A VERY SMALL AND TIGHT CORNER…
750 NEW SEASONS TICKETS IN NASHVILLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO GET HIM OUT OF IT…
3 comments:
Mr Pratt, your rants are very insightful and thought povoking. We want more! One request, please disable the caps lock on your keyboard! thanks!
Hockey sucks anyways. Go Falcons!
Totally agree it's all about Bettman.
P.S. It kills me when I agree with Pratt
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