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There’s Always Hope For Winnipeg
by Paul on 09/20/07 at 06:10 AM ET
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from the Winnipeg Sun,
In a week where possible future expansion was discussed briefly at the NHL board of governors meetings in Chicago, the subject of Winnipeg’s potential return to the loop provided the usual responses.
“If there’s an opportunity and an opening, I’m sure the NHL would definitely look at it,” said Phoenix Coyotes head coach Wayne Gretzky. “We realize and know this is a good hockey area, a great hockey city and a good sports town. It’s a beautiful facility here, a great complex.”
“There’s always going to be that hope for hockey in Canada,” added Coyotes captain Shane Doan. “It’s our sport and what we’re so proud of. It’s something we’ve got to make sure is always there
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I like the typically mixed Manitoban support for an NHL-priced ticket, but it’s all about an ownership group that can support a team that will incur an operating loss for the equity and economic clout that owning a franchise with “cost certainty” can offer.
In a metropolitan area of just under 700,000, and a rink with a seating capacity of 15,000, the team just wouldn’t make all that much money, if any, in a league where the cap floor’s creeping toward $35 million, so the team would need a big investor, and there are big corporations in Winnipeg, but nobody’s stepping up right now.
If they’re interested? Sure, within ten years, it could happen, just not now.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 09/20/07 at 06:10 AM ET