A Nice Lockout So even if the Penguins win the Stanley Cup, they still won't make any money So I'm no economist (although I played one for three seasons on WEBSTER ), but maybe player salaries aren't the only problem with certain teams. How exactly could the Penguins make money? If the players paid to play? If they charged $500 a ticket? If they sold their own pucks to visiting teams? If they put a toll on both blue lines? I'm just trying to figure out finance. I don't know. Maybe I should start with my checkbook. Posted by Steven Ovadia on Thursday, September 15, 2005, 06:40 AM Who Misses Mess? Are you ready to hear the dirty little secret about Mark Messier? You're going to be shocked. Seriously. If you're pregnant or nursing, I'm going to have to ask you to stop reading. Also, if you're under 5'2", my lawyers are also telling me to turn you away. OK. Good. Are you ready? The dirty little secret about Mark Messier is that a lot of New Yorkers don't like him. Now obviously I don't have the data to back this statement up, but I will tell you that if you talk hockey around New York and bring up Messier, you hear some interesting takes on him. Some people blame him for splitting for Vancouver in 1997. And then coming back three years later. A lot of people see it as a jerk move, like his only concern was a nice fat, paycheck. | |
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