Todd Cordell
New Jersey Devils |
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 09.05.2011
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nightmare3020
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Windsor Area, ON Joined: 08.23.2006
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its just good for the league to have stable ownerships
nothing is worse than the business of a sport weighing down the actual sport |
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GOA88
Philadelphia Flyers |
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Location: Philadelphia, PA Joined: 08.02.2013
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Todd Cordell
New Jersey Devils |
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 09.05.2011
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its just good for the league to have stable ownerships
nothing is worse than the business of a sport weighing down the actual sport - nightmare3020
Amen. |
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blizzzard
New Jersey Devils |
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Location: Orillia, ON Joined: 07.02.2011
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its just good for the league to have stable ownerships
nothing is worse than the business of a sport weighing down the actual sport - nightmare3020
Couldnt agree more. I will add in that it would be a shame to move a team either way but the Devils are a fairly successful franchise compared to the Coyotes or Predators or Thrashers I think it would sting a bit more if they where to be moved |
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mlindsay
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: ON Joined: 06.16.2010
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mlindsay
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: ON Joined: 06.16.2010
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Couldnt agree more. I will add in that it would be a shame to move a team either way but the Devils are a fairly successful franchise compared to the Coyotes or Predators or Thrashers I think it would sting a bit more if they where to be moved - blizzzard
Preds are doing well... the other two... |
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Brandon
Ottawa Senators |
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Location: ON Joined: 09.29.2005
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Glad its all figured out for New Jersey.
Although, when I read it quick I thought of Josh Harris from Deadliest Catch. He'd make an interesting owner. |
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nightmare3020
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Windsor Area, ON Joined: 08.23.2006
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Couldnt agree more. I will add in that it would be a shame to move a team either way but the Devils are a fairly successful franchise compared to the Coyotes or Predators or Thrashers I think it would sting a bit more if they where to be moved - blizzzard
personally i think relocation is needed some times. Flordia doesnt and never did need two teams move one out of there, and if the yotes fail under new ownership just pack up and leave town.
Its teams with deep histroy like the islanders, devils and so on that would be a shame to move just because of current troubles that are potentially solvable |
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blizzzard
New Jersey Devils |
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Location: Orillia, ON Joined: 07.02.2011
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Preds are doing well... the other two... - mlindsay
Yea even the yotes have had success I was just meaning that they hadnt won any cups |
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blizzzard
New Jersey Devils |
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Location: Orillia, ON Joined: 07.02.2011
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personally i think relocation is needed some times. Flordia doesnt and never did need two teams move one out of there, and if the yotes fail under new ownership just pack up and leave town.
Its teams with deep histroy like the islanders, devils and so on that would be a shame to move just because of current troubles that are potentially solvable - nightmare3020
I agree and I am not a leafs fan and unless it was the devils that got moved to toronto I wouldnt cheer for the team but I think T.O should have another team when you talk about l.a having 3 and florida having 2 its kind of crazy or insane |
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JAKEw1234
Philadelphia Flyers |
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Location: 2Spookyville, PA Joined: 03.09.2013
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As much as it would suck to see the Devils moved (and as unlikely as it seems now), there is one sort of obvious reason that the league might support moving them. The league might want to attract new fans in an untapped market. Despite the Devils having a small and loyal fan base, the market of fans that should be Devils fans are mostly either Rangers fans in North Jersey, or Flyers fans in South Jersey. If the team was moved, over time I think current members of the Devils fan base would slowly turn into either Rangers or Flyers fans, and the league would still be taking advantage of that market, despite their team being moved. |
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rmdevil313
Edmonton Oilers |
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Location: Your a (frank)ing fag and I hope you get crippled- Cranny, MN Joined: 01.05.2009
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As much as it would suck to see the Devils moved (and as unlikely as it seems now), there is one sort of obvious reason that the league might support moving them. The league might want to attract new fans in an untapped market. Despite the Devils having a small and loyal fan base, the market of fans that should be Devils fans are mostly either Rangers fans in North Jersey, or Flyers fans in South Jersey. If the team was moved, over time I think current members of the Devils fan base would slowly turn into either Rangers or Flyers fans, and the league would still be taking advantage of that market, despite their team being moved. - JAKEw1234
Except the devils own their own arena that is very successful. Makes no sense to separate the two. |
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GOA88
Philadelphia Flyers |
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Location: Philadelphia, PA Joined: 08.02.2013
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As much as it would suck to see the Devils moved (and as unlikely as it seems now), there is one sort of obvious reason that the league might support moving them. The league might want to attract new fans in an untapped market. Despite the Devils having a small and loyal fan base, the market of fans that should be Devils fans are mostly either Rangers fans in North Jersey, or Flyers fans in South Jersey. If the team was moved, over time I think current members of the Devils fan base would slowly turn into either Rangers or Flyers fans, and the league would still be taking advantage of that market, despite their team being moved. - JAKEw1234
Thats a great point, there isnt really much interest in the Devils, about as much as a florida team..... |
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acmilano3
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Location: lansdale, PA Joined: 10.03.2007
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Except the devils own their own arena that is very successful. Makes no sense to separate the two. - rmdevil313
And yet they continued to lose money. Even with 3 cups since 95 they have consistently lost money. They owned their own building and still lost money and now the islanders are closer and are a team finally with promise.
Tough to make an argument that the ny market should have 3 teams and TO 1. Quebec still does not have one. I would be a little hesitant about this ownership group. They have been an absolute train wreck so far with the Sixers and have not exactly been honest with their fan base.
Also, someone mentioned the Preds on here. I've been down there for a few games. Their fans are tremendous and do not have 3 cups in 18 years. |
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JAKEw1234
Philadelphia Flyers |
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Location: 2Spookyville, PA Joined: 03.09.2013
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Except the devils own their own arena that is very successful. Makes no sense to separate the two. - rmdevil313
I'm not advocating moving the Devils, but it does actually make sense to move them to a new market like Seattle, Portland, Quebec, Kansas City, etc. Markham actually wouldn't make sense, because a Markham team to Toronto would be like a Newark team to New York. They'd just be building on a market that they already have. |
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dmarsden2988
New Jersey Devils |
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Location: stafford is about equal to rya, NJ Joined: 03.07.2011
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And yet they continued to lose money. Even with 3 cups since 95 they have consistently lost money. They owned their own building and still lost money and now the islanders are closer and are a team finally with promise.
Tough to make an argument that the ny market should have 3 teams and TO 1. Quebec still does not have one. I would be a little hesitant about this ownership group. They have been an absolute train wreck so far with the Sixers and have not exactly been honest with their fan base.
Also, someone mentioned the Preds on here. I've been down there for a few games. Their fans are tremendous and do not have 3 cups in 18 years. - acmilano3
Fact the vast majority of the debt was for building the arena and interest payments the devils never lost a big amount of money any year since the move but several yrs of small losses but also some with positive income |
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blizzzard
New Jersey Devils |
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Location: Orillia, ON Joined: 07.02.2011
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Todd will you be able to post links to the press conference once it has ended I would love to see it but am not sure if i can get it or know where to find it if you could that would be greatly appreciated ! |
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devils2929
New Jersey Devils |
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Location: MD Joined: 03.11.2013
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Todd will you be able to post links to the press conference once it has ended I would love to see it but am not sure if i can get it or know where to find it if you could that would be greatly appreciated ! - blizzzard
It"ll be shown on the Devils website |
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blizzzard
New Jersey Devils |
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Location: Orillia, ON Joined: 07.02.2011
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It"ll be shown on the Devils website - devils2929
Thanks ! |
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Good to see the ownership stability for the devils, now I hope we kick you teams ass this season |
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acmilano3
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Location: lansdale, PA Joined: 10.03.2007
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Fact the vast majority of the debt was for building the arena and interest payments the devils never lost a big amount of money any year since the move but several yrs of small losses but also some with positive income - dmarsden2988
That's simply inaccurate. Their team debt in 2011 was over 80 million without the building. That does not include annual interest payments on the building of over 10 mill. They struggled to restructure debt incurred because of team opp ex.
They had another loan payment of 77 mill for the building. |
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Twist
New Jersey Devils |
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Joined: 04.10.2013
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Wait, does this mean no more NY Post articles about the Devils? Zomg, the rag fans have one less thing to troll us about. What are they ever going to do. |
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blizzzard
New Jersey Devils |
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Location: Orillia, ON Joined: 07.02.2011
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Wait, does this mean no more NY Post articles about the Devils? Zomg, the rag fans have one less thing to troll us about. What are they ever going to do. - Twist
Im pretty damn excited after watching that |
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acmilano3
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Location: lansdale, PA Joined: 10.03.2007
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Im pretty damn excited after watching that - blizzzard
Hopefully for devils fans these village idiots do a better job for the devils than they did with the Sixers.. |
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