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Originally Posted by The_Architect
When you say that keep in mind that in the early-mid 90's the Phoenixes of the NHL were pretty much every Canadian team except Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto.
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In comparison to other teams at the time, yes. But in absolute terms? Not even close.
No Canadian team went bankrupt, nor were pretty much kicked out of their arena, nor were owned by the NHL for years, nor were seeing under 10,000 fans per game in a city where you have to visit 10 sports stores before you can even find merchandise for sale, nor were any requiring tens of millions of dollars in government subsidies just to break even. What's happening now is just completely different than the 90s.
I've seen some comparisons in terms of losses and whatnot between Jets 1.0 and the Coyotes, and it's staggering. The Jets might lose $5 million in a season back then. The Coyotes are currently losing 6-8x as much. And inflation hasn't been THAT high.