time for a new thread for a new season that begins today. Canada Day. Free Agent Frenzy. 

Will the Jets trade Trouba?  Will they resign Scheif to an 8 year deal?  

Will Boston, as heavily rumoured, offer sheet Trouba?  What about the rumours of the Jets in a three way deal with Edmonton and Avs?

Stay tuned! 

Some rave reviews on the radio from the red deer pbp guy in regards to Spacek. Sounds like a solid prospect.

 

Probably not why the NHL wants to see in their tv ratings:

PS: the numbers for wrestling tell you everything you need to know about that industry too 

 

Not just an NHL problem, look at all those sports, most are trending older. 

It is a generational problem.   TV in general is in trouble.  

Most young people don't watch TV anymore.  It is youtube, Snapchat, and whatever other social site of the day. 

Media is changing.  Many people I know have cut their cable and subscribe only to the sports they want (NHL gamecenter, etc) or they use a streaming service like Kodi.  And why not?

Leagues are going to have to be creative and find new sources of revenue because this trend isn't going to reverse.

If the audience declines do salaries keep going up, I agree most of these sports are going to have fewer and fewer eyeballs less and less revenue, who knows what sports will  be like in 10 -20 years from now.

1 minute ago, bustamente said:

If the audience declines do salaries keep going up, I agree most of these sports are going to have fewer and fewer eyeballs less and less revenue, who knows what sports will  be like in 10 -20 years from now.

I don't think less people are watching.  They are just not watching on TV.

5 minutes ago, Atomic said:

I don't think less people are watching.  They are just not watching on TV.

People attending games seem to be trending down in all sports even the mighty NFL is seeing empty seats.

4 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

PS: the numbers for wrestling tell you everything you need to know about that industry too 

 

Wait a minute... weren't you the one who disagreed with me when I said wrestling is only watched by the little kids and the really old farts?  

2 hours ago, Brandon said:

Wait a minute... weren't you the one who disagreed with me when I said wrestling is only watched by the little kids and the really old farts?  

I don't recall that. It's been trending older for years. So unless there was a different context I don't know why I'd say that. 

WWE has a wide demo. But it trends older.  What made it explode in 97/98 was new teenage/young adult fans. 

One issue with wwe is that their TV demo and house show demo was generally at odds with one another. 

 

 

Strong argument

 

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Strong argument

 

"Over my series, I have suggested the Jets run a top-nine system while splitting their three best forwards: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele, and Mathieu Perreault "

Perreault's #3 huh?

this better just be a rumour 

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/are-the-flames-leaving-calgary~1141418

 

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6 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

"Over my series, I have suggested the Jets run a top-nine system while splitting their three best forwards: Blake Wheeler, Mark Scheifele, and Mathieu Perreault "

Perreault's #3 huh?

The fancy stats love Perreault

Yes, based on the article, the argument the writer is putting forth is Perreault is the Jets' 3rd most important forward.  We can argue that, of course.  But he drives a lot of the play.  He's probably a big part of a really good 3rd line...and if we have a really good 3rd line and a traditional checking 4th line, things probably look good.

Perreault I think is of more value for the Jets today then guys like Armia , Dano ,  Connor, Copp etc....      Our team needs to have some vets who can play at a consistent level...  

27 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Perreault I think is of more value for the Jets today then guys like Armia , Dano ,  Connor, Copp etc....      Our team needs to have some vets who can play at a consistent level...  

No question.... Connor still has huge potential so I wouldn't lump him in there because that's two different things... but if it came down to Perreault vs Copp/Armia/Dano... Perreault is better now and probably for at least a few years into the future as well.

 

47 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

THEY'RE STUPID!

Yeah I heard what he said he made an excellent point.

7 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Yeah I heard what he said he made an excellent point.

Who, Burke?

Manitoba did not pay towards MTSC what Burke wants Alberta to pay towards their new project.  Burke is either very uninformed or out and out lying.  Also, if he thinks the Flames can up and leave without telling anyone, Mr Bettman is on line 3.

No more how there is no economic impact if the team leaves and notion that there is no where for them to go.

Burke is a loud mouth dinosaur.

16 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

No more how there is no economic impact if the team leaves and notion that there is no where for them to go.

There is literally no where for them to go until the NHL decides they can leave, which they wont.  If the options are leave or build a $2 billion palace with public money, then they should start renting moving trucks.  The problem with Burke is, he assumes he's always right and allows no room for compromise or reason.  And the problem with that is, it makes your opposition dig in because he's so unlikable. 

The example about Mosaic and IGF also doesnt compute since 1) the values are completely different and 2) those teams are publicly owned.

And as the article points out, if the Flames were willing to accept the fraction of the cost that True North got to build MTSC, then Im sure Alberta would be on board.