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Sports Marketing Double-Take
by Alanah McGinley on 10/14/08 at 07:01 PM ET
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From Darren Rovell at CNBC’s SportsBiz:
A blog reader writes in today to tell us how similar the “NHL Face Off 2008” logo was to this year’s “NFL Kickoff 2008” logo.
It’s kind of ridiculous how similar they look. Have we really run out of logos? I know no idea is really original, but I hope the person who put this one together at the NHL didn’t get any sort of credit for it.
Rovell is apparently suggesting the NHL’s work is a knock-off of the NFL’s earlier logo. I’ll leave it to readers to decide, but he might have a point…
Filed in: NHL Talk, NHL Business of Hockey | KK Hockey | Permalink
Tags: marketing, nfl, nhl,
Baltimore a Long Shot for NHL Franchise
by Alanah McGinley on 07/25/08 at 11:18 AM ET
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From Childs Walker at the Baltimore Sun,
A new arena is a poor risk for Baltimore if the city is counting on attracting an NHL or NBA franchise, sports business experts say, but some agree with city leaders that a proposed 18,500-seat venue could be profitable without such an anchor tenant.
Neither the NBA nor the NHL offers many relocation or expansion prospects, analysts said, and the presence of basketball and hockey teams in Washington make the odds even longer for Baltimore. [...]
NHL spokesman Frank Brown said the league has no plans for expansion or relocation, though several cities have expressed interest. He said questions about the Capitals’ sharing a market with another team are “way too hypothetical for me to answer.
Filed in: NHL Teams, Washington Capitals, NHL Talk | KK Hockey | Permalink
Tags: arenas, expansion, frank+brown, nba, nhl,
International Hockey Chess Match
by Alanah McGinley on 07/24/08 at 02:33 PM ET
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From Charlie Teljeur at The Hockey News,
What would be a good analogy to describe the current state of Euro-NHL relations?
Maybe a chess match, in which one side – the NHL – has three Queens, five Knights, 12 Rooks and an infinite number of pawns. Europe is represented by a pair of rogue, but nicely dressed Bishops who feel they can move any direction they damn well please.
The National League – they’re the white side – have been hungrily swallowing up unlimited European talent since it was discovered Inge Hammerstrom wasn’t female and that she, er he, had a nice backhand.
Europe – playing the evil black role – occasionally jumps a pawn or two or sign a broken-down seen-better-days Queen (sorry, Jaromir) and waves said contract in the face of the “shocked” NHL, something akin to a pirate who steals your spare set of car keys.
Filed in: NHL Talk, Non-NHL Hockey, European Hockey | KK Hockey | Permalink
Tags: khl, nhl,
Gary Bettman’s NHL
by Alanah McGinley on 01/31/08 at 06:22 PM ET
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From Jim Kelley at Sports Illustrated,
GB has done one heck of a job. Costs, for the most part, are capped. Revenue is up. Attendance is stable though lower than annually reported since the NHL came off the second of Bettman’s forced lockouts. And—this is most important and dear to every owner’s heart—the value of franchises has risen dramatically on his watch
Example: the expected sale of the Edmonton Oilers. The struggling franchise in what is arguably the NHL’s smallest city is expected to change hands for upwards of $200 million. Compare that to the $50 million cost of an expansion franchise (Ottawa and Anaheim) the day before Bettman was anointed in Palm Beach, Fla. in February 1993. Even with inflation, the increase is staggering—not nearly the value of an NFL or Major League franchise or even one in the NBA (which is hard to gauge because there haven’t been nearly as many in bankruptcy or for sale), but in the NHL, it’s a noteworthy achievement.
*related: an earlier article considering Bettman’s tenure posted on KK today.
Update 6:32pm ET: Pierre LeBrun at the CP flashes back on Bettman’s legacy today as well.
Filed in: NHL Talk, NHL Business of Hockey | KK Hockey | Permalink
Tags: franchise+value, gary+bettman, hockey+business, nhl,
What Starts In Pittsburgh & Ends In Montreal?
by Paul on 11/28/07 at 07:19 AM ET
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How about a road trip that hits every NHL, AHL and ECHL arena…
Filed in: Hockey Related Stories | KK Hockey | Permalink
Tags: ahl, arenas, echl, fans, nhl,
Ranking The Original 6
by Paul on 11/26/07 at 12:15 PM ET
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from Damien Cox at ESPN,
Today, it’s fair to say the majority of NHL fans are far more familiar with the Original 21. Or the Original 30 ("You mean Nashville hasn’t always had a team, Grandpa?").
Still, the Red Wings might well be the league’s most popular team on a city-by-city basis, with the Rangers not that far behind.
So, to some, there is a special allure to those six franchises. In Canada, the Leafs and Habs always will be viewed through a different telescope than the Canucks, Senators, Oilers and Flames.
You could argue, however, that the league has spent more time promoting all of its new franchises than protecting the integrity and status of the so-called Original Six.
Filed in: NHL Teams | KK Hockey | Permalink
Tags: nhl, original+six,
Hockey Or Football
by Paul on 11/25/07 at 10:22 AM ET
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from Erin Nicks at the Ottawa Sun,
I can’t choose between the NFL and NHL.
I know you’re thinking that any sports fan would never be pressured to decide. Honestly, I thought it was a non-issue as well, until I had to deal with the Denver Broncos and Senators playing simultaneously on Monday night. The two teams I follow the most with respective opponents of their own (Tennessee and Montreal), yet I was forced to pit them against each other—eyeglasses perched on the tip of my nose as I feebly attempted to magnify the television’s picture-in-picture
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Tags: nfl, nhl,
