City TV covered a story on Be Fair To The Fans last night, which was very well done, and clearly showed support for our cause.
A point that interests me was MLSE's response (read:excuse) to Be Fair To The Fans and the reason why prices are high... because Toronto is an expensive city.
MLSE, although you may be right that Toronto is an expensive city to be in, what is curious to me is how the average New York Rangers ticket is $21 dollars less than yours, the average Boston Bruins ticket is $15 less, the average Chicago Blackhawks ticket is $24 less, and the average Los Angeles Kings ticket is $29 less!... or are those not expensive cities to be in too?
The numbers don't lie, your ticket prices are ridiculously high in comparison to the rest of the league and completely unreasonable when compared to on-ice performance. $470 million value, $168 million revenue, and $78.9 million operating income.
MLSE, you can come up with all the excuses that you want, but at the end of the day the message is pretty clear... You take advantage of the most loyal fans in all of professional sports.
It's time that that loyalty be reciprocated!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Back To Reality
The team on the ice tonight against the Bruins certainly looked more like the team that in recent years I have learned to know and love. A disappointing game all around, especially for Kessel in his first game back in Boston. He was booed every time he touched the puck and it got to him, with no points and a -3 rating. But with his recent play, he deserves a mulligan on this one... next time we're in Boston the initial shock of returning to play against his first NHL team will be gone and he'll come through.
Really tough to find positives in this game. The Leafs penalty kill continues to struggle - they allowed 2 goals tonight while shorthanded, ranking last in the league with 72.5% kill rate. The 7-2 loss certainly did not help the goals against statistics, where the Leafs again rank last in the league with allowing an average of 3.57 goals/game.
Grabovski, Schenn, an Blake had good games on paper. the only Leafs with a +1 rating and Hagman continued his recent offensive touch with another goal.
The goaltending situation only seems to be getting worse. Joey Mac was pulled after playing well over the last few games, and Toskala made his return from injury, allowing 3 goals on only 10 shots.
As I said... looks like we're back to reality. Leafs take on Nik Antropov and the Thrashers on Monday night.
Really tough to find positives in this game. The Leafs penalty kill continues to struggle - they allowed 2 goals tonight while shorthanded, ranking last in the league with 72.5% kill rate. The 7-2 loss certainly did not help the goals against statistics, where the Leafs again rank last in the league with allowing an average of 3.57 goals/game.
Grabovski, Schenn, an Blake had good games on paper. the only Leafs with a +1 rating and Hagman continued his recent offensive touch with another goal.
The goaltending situation only seems to be getting worse. Joey Mac was pulled after playing well over the last few games, and Toskala made his return from injury, allowing 3 goals on only 10 shots.
As I said... looks like we're back to reality. Leafs take on Nik Antropov and the Thrashers on Monday night.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Kessel Is The Real Deal
Obviously, the trade for Kessel will spark debate for a long time. Did we give up too much for him? Are we sacrificing the future? And certainly there are arguments for both sides. When Burke came in we were led to believe that the team was going to take a whole new approach to create a winning team... build through the draft (as opposed to signing veteran's well past their prime).
The Keseel trade was Burke's first big move and seems to be the exact opposite of the goal of building through the draft. Because of this, there will always be people that say we gave up too much.
But man, this guy is good. The speed, the quick hands... really the only thing the Leaf have going for them (other than the sometimes productive Hagman). Kessel has now appeared in 14 games, has 13 points, and has done so with no stars (like Marc Savard) to help the production. Imagine his potential if the Leafs sign a legit first line centre.
I have to admit I was skeptical at first. I thought there was a chance he would pull a Raycroft and end up being useless. But this guy is legit. And watching him feed Matt Stajan a beauty pass to put the final nail in the coffin in a win over Montreal has made me a big fan.
- Daniel
The Keseel trade was Burke's first big move and seems to be the exact opposite of the goal of building through the draft. Because of this, there will always be people that say we gave up too much.
But man, this guy is good. The speed, the quick hands... really the only thing the Leaf have going for them (other than the sometimes productive Hagman). Kessel has now appeared in 14 games, has 13 points, and has done so with no stars (like Marc Savard) to help the production. Imagine his potential if the Leafs sign a legit first line centre.
I have to admit I was skeptical at first. I thought there was a chance he would pull a Raycroft and end up being useless. But this guy is legit. And watching him feed Matt Stajan a beauty pass to put the final nail in the coffin in a win over Montreal has made me a big fan.
- Daniel
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