coletron3000 t1_jari4ew wrote
Reply to comment by NiceShotMan in [Sportsnet] History has been made! After beating the Buffalo Sabres tonight, the Boston Bruins have become the fastest team in NHL history to reach 100 points in a single season (61 GP). by BCLetsRide69
A lot of it’s just luck, but it helps that Boston has the entire New England market to draw from. Big, passionate fanbases mean high revenue and a strong incentive to spend money on quality players and coaches.
NiceShotMan t1_jarisax wrote
> it helps that Boston has the entire New England market to draw from
Doesn’t seem to help the Leafs though….
HoNose t1_jarsoj9 wrote
Considering the performance of Canadian teams, the obvious conclusions is that Canadians aren't big hockey fans.
NiceShotMan t1_jart1ud wrote
Clearly.
Chickachic-aaaaahhh t1_jaughy0 wrote
Management is also shit but canadians do hate hokey
walkingstereotype t1_jativc5 wrote
economics mean nothing to generational curses
chris92315 t1_jarsssw wrote
The NHL is a hard cap league. There aren't the same ways to pay players more and push the "cap hit" to further years like you can in the NFL.
Matrix17 t1_jast5rp wrote
Are you forgetting the cap?
coletron3000 t1_jasu6qo wrote
I was talking about all Boston sports, not just the NHL, but even with a hard cap having a large fan base lets you spend money on facilities, coaching staffs, nutrition programs, trainers, etc. Big markets are also enticing to players, who can earn more money through endorsement deals than they would in smaller markets.
Roberto-Del-Camino t1_jav7ipn wrote
The Bruins have had the cheapest owner in the league for years. So when the NHL adopted a salary cap, they were kind of used to playing under an artificial salary cap and you could argue had an advantage over the rest of the league because of that.
mylarky t1_jat2r2k wrote
It's a national scene. They don't "pull" from a regional market.
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