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Originally Posted by Tuna99
Do you honestly believe any owner is losing money? Where does this come from. The Florida Panthers get 200 fans a game and they increased their payroll by $15 million last season - make sense of that for me. You are losing money than you add $15 million more onto your payroll, what does that tell you?
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What's to "believe"? Facts are facts. Most teams run at a deficit and need auxillary income from other related ventures (like Melnyk owning the SBP) to yield anything at all.
Hell, the Sens as an organization would be ecstatic to make 5 million dollars a year when all is said and done...about one less million than the GUARANTEED 7 million that Jason Spezza will make.
I don't begrudge anyone for making that kind of money, but I find it hard to stomach that most teams make no money at all, yet every single player (whether injured, or lack of performance) gets a paycheque dropped in their account.