Calgary and the Flames Play a High-Stakes Game of Chicken Ryan Pike | September 29, 2017 The month of September is often a time of optimism in the National Hockey League’s 31 markets, as training camps open and the possibilities of a brand-new season are still…
Entry-Level Contracts Help Teams Stay Competitive Leah Dyck | September 26, 2017 Ever since the NHL’s salary cap was invoked, the league and its 31 teams have been working on strategies to become more salary cap efficient via hunting for marginal value.…
Erie Otters Coping with Dynamism of OHL Hali Hetz | September 14, 2017 The Ontario Hockey League is far from stagnant, something the reigning league champions, the Erie Otters, are acutely aware of. There are management obstacles that arise in the Canadian Hockey…
Branding the Golden Knights "Downtown" Ricky Brown | September 10, 2017 The first task of any marketer is to find the starving crowd. This applies to every business, from the local sandwich shop to the billion-dollar sports franchise, because no matter…
Young Money: The Best Paid ELC Players of 2016-17 Alex Krieckhaus | August 1, 2017 Players on an NHL Entry Level Contract (ELC) are capped at a $925,000 salary, but can earn millions more in bonuses if they perform, launching them into veteran-like pay brackets.…
The Hockey Fans Guide to the Offseason Desert: Erie Otters Edition Hali Hetz | July 30, 2017 Every hockey team, no matter the league, is always in some state of perpetual flux from season to season. For fans, the offseason seems like the inevitable desert that one…
NHL’s Salary Cap Increases Product Value Leah Dyck | July 27, 2017 The sale of exclusive media rights for professional sports entertainment is a global phenomenon. Sports being played at the highest levels around the world are drawing enormous crowds and so…
Should NHL Consider a Shorter Season? The Hockey Writers | July 17, 2017 Since the 1967-68 season, the NHL has played at least 74 regular-season games, apart from lockout years. But should the NHL think about shortening the schedule? Here is a radical proposal…
Where Are NHL Salaries Going? Alex Krieckhaus | June 22, 2017 NHL players are unlikely to receive the headline contract salaries you see proposed, traded and debated this week because the actual cash players receive is subject to a higher power: NHL revenues.…
Show Me the Money! Are NHL Players Paid to Play or to Win? Alex Krieckhaus | June 10, 2017 NHL players, with few exceptions, are paid fixed salaries regardless of their performance and are not allowed to be financially incentivized to win. This is true even in the Stanley Cup…
Why Did the Senators Have Empty Playoff Seats? The Hockey Writers | May 29, 2017 The Ottawa Senators were one game away from the Stanley Cup Finals, but a lot of talk surrounding the team was about the empty seats in Ottawa. Ticketmaster map for…
Religion In Hockey Part One: NHL Players Daniel Schöpf | May 21, 2017 Besides being some of the best in their chosen sport, hockey players such as Jarome Iginla, Shane Doan, Mike Fisher, Cam Ward, David Booth, Wayne Gretzky and Markus Naslund…