Viestin lähetti dana77
Olisko jollain muulla tarkempia tietota joistain joukkueista?
Caps tekee Washington Postin jutun mukaan 30 miljoonaa dollaria tappiota tänä vuonna, huolimatta pelaajabudjetin huikeasta trimmaamisesta. Samassa jutussa mainitaan myös, että kaksi kolmas osaa liigan joukkueista tekee tappiota.
Allaolevista Wash-Postin pätkistä (en laittanut linkkiä, kun vaatii rekisteröinnin) käy selville, että NHL-joukkueet ovat alkaneet trimmata henkilöstöään myös kentän ulkopuolella. Lisäksi puolet NHL-joukkueista laskevat lippujensa hintoja ensi kaudelle, vain kuusi joukkuetta nostaa hintoja.
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The Capitals are not the only team trimming staff, according to an NHL official who declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the subject. Even as the Stanley Cup playoffs are being contested, many teams, including Carolina, Dallas, Florida, Edmonton, St. Loius, Anaheim and Phoenix, have either laid off -- or are planning to -- a substantial number of employees, he said.
Carolina's staff has been hardest hit, with 15 percent of the Hurricanes' full-time staff getting laid off three days after the regular season ended, according to a report in the Raleigh News & Observer.
In the event of a protracted lockout, most teams are expected to use layoffs as a way to save money, the NHL official said.
In Washington's hockey operations department, those dismissed include Archie Henderson, the team's longest tenured NHL scout, Todd Warren, the director of team services who was with the Capitals for 14 years, Ted Dent, the video coordinator, and Jim Fox, the strength and conditioning coach. In October, Declan Bolger, the Capitals' fourth-highest-ranking front-office official, left for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers and also has not been replaced.
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The Capitals are one of 15 teams that have announced a reduction in ticket prices for next season, according to Bernadette Mansur, the NHL group vice president of communications, a trend that underscores assertions by the league, many of its owners and sports analysts that the NHL's business model has gotten out of whack.
Team owners, faced with rising player salaries and relatively little television revenue, have raised ticket prices in recent years to meet costs. By lowering prices, at least half of the league's franchises appear to have acknowledged that attending games has become too expensive for many fans.
The league is already in a financial crisis, with two-thirds of its teams losing money. The Capitals say they will lose more than $30 million in the fiscal year ending June 30.
"The huge question is whether there is a pool of fans waiting to be activated if the price goes lower or if there is a fixed number of fans and the Capitals are just cannibalizing revenues," said James Chung, president of Reach Advisors, a Boston-based sports marketing strategy firm. Chung said lowering ticket prices is also occurring in other sports, except for the profitable NFL.
Six teams will raise ticket prices next season, and nine have not announced their plans, according to the NHL. Of the teams cutting prices, the Capitals will pass along some of the biggest savings. The New York Rangers are cutting prices by 10 percent for all seats, and the Florida Panthers are planning to reduce prices from 5 to 33 percent for all tickets.