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Originally Posted by Puckschmuck
I get where this is really coming from, but can you please name me a team in the league that doesn't have these kinds of similar standard deals? Seriously, I want to know. Did Atlanta recieve any kind of subsidies from govt? Please educate me.
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I think what btn was trying to point out was that Phoenix was deemed only viable through public subsidies, implication being that none of the Canadian markets received nor relied on such 'grants'.
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Originally Posted by rt
In the first year? Hmmm...no wonder they are "notorious".
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Originally Posted by Whileee
If I misinterpreted your post by assuming that you meant to imply that the success in the first year was not necessarily an indicator that this would be a long term success, then I apologize for my intemperate response.
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My response, rt, was the opposite of what Whileee assumed. I went in the opposite direction to point out that some claimed the city could not possibly have an NHL-ready arena even if an owner with deep pockets could be found, which was an unlikely scenario as well. Entire lists were drawn up to prove there was no such deep-pocketed individual there, not enough corporations to support an NHL team, and soforth. Thus the entire premise of an NHL team in Winnipeg was dismissed. Those posters would never have considered your year one even a remote possibility.
Why so grumpy? Those of us up north are the one lacking in sunshine at this time of year. We're legitimately grumpy.
