So the Leafs are valued at $1billion now.

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  • leaffan
    Colton Orr Fan
    • Feb 2009
    • 11082
    #1

    So the Leafs are valued at $1billion now.

    Toronto Maple Leafs are first NHL team worth $1 billion, or $870 million more than St. Louis
    http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/toronto-maple-leafs-first-nhl-team-worth-1-185554234--nhl.html
    The annual Forbes team valuations for the National Hockey League have been released at the most awkward time possible, i.e. as the NHL locks out its players. As revenue sharing has been a topic throughout the CBA talks, so has … Continue reading →


    Interesting part:

    The spread between the rich and poor teams is dramatic. The top five teams—Maple Leafs ($1 billion), New York Rangers ($750 million), Montreal Canadiens ($575 million), Chicago Blackhawks ($350 million) and Boston Bruins ($348 million)—are worth $605 million, on average. The five least valuable—Carolina Hurricanes ($162 million), New York Islanders ($155 million), Columbus Blue Jackets ($145 million), Phoenix Coyotes ($134 million) and St. Louis Blues ($130 million)—are worth just $145 million, on average.
    So really where hockey is really popular its really popular and markets like Chicago went from almost being sold off and moved many years ago because of a terrible owner to a top 5 value team. Same goes for Pittsburgh who are cracking the top 10 now. A canadian game only has 3 teams in the top 10 for franchise value. Thats fantastic for game growth.

    The sad thing is the league was at a point where it just had a western team win the cup and fan interest was crazy high. They were pulling in more money then the NBA (supposibly) and popularity growing yet both sides went and fucked it up. I hope those retarded players realize just how much their losing with this. I honestly have no pity or side with them anymore.

    Leafs offseason training!
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    • Ravin
      Dishing the Gino's
      • Feb 2009
      • 6994
      #2
      I may or may not have just pitched this to The Hockey News as an article idea and will be writing it today
      All you need to know when thinking of the NHL vs Madden series is the two people involved in making the games.

      "rammer" and "cummings"

      The NHL series is a giver, Madden takes the load.

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        • Bigpapa42
          Junior Member
          • Feb 2009
          • 3185
          #3
          Its interesting that NHL franchises have so little inherent value. That doesn't seem to be the case with MLB and NFL. Probably even NBA teams.

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            • Warner2BruceTD
              2011 Poster Of The Year
              • Mar 2009
              • 26142
              #4
              Originally posted by Bigpapa42
              Its interesting that NHL franchises have so little inherent value. That doesn't seem to be the case with MLB and NFL. Probably even NBA teams.
              Bad U.S. tv contracts and weak merchandising (relatively speaking) is a big part of the reason. Look at the markets those top five are in.

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                • leaffan
                  Colton Orr Fan
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 11082
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Bigpapa42
                  Its interesting that NHL franchises have so little inherent value. That doesn't seem to be the case with MLB and NFL. Probably even NBA teams.
                  The rate the NHL was growing it was going to surpass the NBA in a few years but thats all but gone now.

                  It's also no secret the original six is what drives the league although I'm sure this list looked different before chicago really took off back in 08

                  Leafs offseason training!

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