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Originally posted by skkrrt
cheap bastard....
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Cheap eh?
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NHL 2002-03 Payrolls
Team Payroll Rank
New York Rangers $79,686,085 1
Detroit Red Wings $68,785,506 2
Dallas Stars $66,110,169 3
St. Louis Blues $62,852,500 4
Colorado Avalanche $61,744,426 5
Philadelphia Flyers $57,108,333 6
Toronto Maple Leafs $53,704,100 7
New Jersey Devils $51,847,626 8
Washington Capitals $48,648,058 9
Los Angeles Kings $48,012,434 10
San Jose Sharks $47,690,000 11
Montreal Canadiens $44,219,795 12
Chicago Blackhawks $43,050,000 13
Phoenix Coyotes $42,956,735 14
Anaheim Mighty Ducks $42,519,500 15
New York Islanders $40,940,935 16
Boston Bruins $40,775,000 17
Carolina Hurricanes $36,471,287 18
Vancouver Canucks $32,875,000 19
Calgary Flames $31,632,500 20
Buffalo Sabres $31,179,166 21
Edmonton Oilers $30,607,500 22
Ottawa Senators $30,225,000 23
Tampa Bay Lightning $28,508,439 24
Atlanta Thrashers $26,822,500 25
Pittsburgh Penguins $26,724,500 26
Columbus Blue Jackets $26,597,500 27
Florida Panthers $25,573,000 28
Nashville Predators $22,466,500 29
Minnesota Wild $20,743,750 30
Source: SBN The Tuesday DailyDose -- May 13, 2003, www.sportsbusinessnews.com, gleaned 5/11/03.
And with this whole Dominator/Cujo fiasco, their payroll is reported to now be around 80M$. Yeah, he's cheap alright.
And if you'll say, well they're making lots of money, well even Forbes, who loves to disagree with the leagues over their numbers, says Detroit is losing money.
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Forbes Magazine's 2002-03 Evaluation of NHL franchises
TEAM_ REVENUES Expenses OPERATING Rank
($MIL) INCOME****
($MIL)
DETROIT RED WINGS_ $114 117.4 -3.4 20
NEW YORK RANGERS_ 103 105.3 -2.3 19
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS_ 97 92.3 4.7 11
DALLAS STARS_ 96 89.7 6.3 8
COLORADO AVALANCHE_ 93 87.8 5.2 10
BOSTON BRUINS_ 87 80.3 6.7 5
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS_ 112 87.8 24.2 1
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS_ 78 71.3 6.7 5
LOS ANGELES KINGS_ 81 73.9 7.1 4
MONTREAL CANADIENS_ 75 68.6 6.4 7
NEW JERSEY DEVILS_ 61 64.6 -3.6 21
SAN JOSE SHARKS_ 71 71.8 -0.8 15
NEW YORK ISLANDERS_ 51 55.5 -4.5 23
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS_ 64 58.0 6 9
ST LOUIS BLUES_ 70 88.0 -18 29
WASHINGTON CAPITALS_ 61 86.4 -25.4 30
MINNESOTA WILD_ 61 48.9 12.1 2
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS_ 59 56.0 3 12
ATLANTA THRASHERS_ 58 55.1 2.9 13
NASHVILLE PREDATORS_ 53 44.0 9 3
CAROLINA HURRICANES_ 67 71.6 -4.6 24
FLORIDA PANTHERS_ 67 73.5 -6.5 25
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING_ 59 60.3 -1.3 18
PHOENIX COYOTES^_ 42 51.6 -9.6 26
MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM_ 48 61.7 -13.7 28
VANCOUVER CANUCKS_ 56 56.8 -0.8 15
OTTAWA SENATORS_ 57 55.0 2 14
CALGARY FLAMES_ 47 50.7 -3.7 22
BUFFALO SABRES^^_ 46 57.5 -11.5 27
EDMONTON OILERS_ 43 43.8 -0.8 15
Revenues and operating income are for 2001-02 season. NA: Not applicable.
****Earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation.
^Value adjusted for pending new arena.
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http://users.pullman.com/rodfort/PHS...Directory.html