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Old Posted Sep 20, 2013, 12:18 AM
saffronleaf saffronleaf is offline
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Originally Posted by esquire View Post
^ I don't think it's much of a stretch to say that the Toronto Maple Leafs are essentially the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the NHL. In other words, a very, very enthusiastic hotbed of fan support despite the fact that virtually all other markets are more lukewarm.

There's a reason that Forbes values the Leafs at $1 billion with the next two teams being worth significantly less (NY Rangers, $750M; Montreal, $575M). Once you get beyond those 3 big-money teams, the range for the remaining 27 teams plummets to a comparatively meager $130M-$350M.
And the Rangers are only big because of the population of NYC. The Rangers have a proportionally small fanbase in NYC. It's just that even a tiny fraction of NY's population, combined with the corporate support available there, will result in massive revenues.
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