Le premier ministre du Québec doit détester Bettman en toute discrétion
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Perftruj
@Ligue nationale de hockey
Le premier ministre du Québec doit détester Bettman en toute discrétion
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Perftruj
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Quebec does not have a prime minister.
Bettman knows. Bettman just doesn’t care.
The struggles of the Jets right now are sadly just going to reinforce the perceived negatives of a Canadian team in a small market.
The Jets simply put don’t have the corporate bandwidth in Winnipeg to make up for rising ticket costs that are pricing out the normal fan. And Quebec I fear would just be the same
Another team in Quebec doesn’t help grow the game which is Bettman’s goal.
Hot take: Both Quebec City and Hartford won’t get a team, nor should they.
I’m a Quebecer, and Quebec City has a huge uphill battle if they want a team, and no, having an arena isn’t enough. They have the highest taxes in North America, the Canadian dollar is very weak right now, it’s a very small market where more than half the population are already bonafide Habs fans, Quebec has a higher cost of living than competing American markets, and Quebec’s business laws are some of the most strict, overreaching and overwhelming business laws and bylaws in all of North America. All of this while being in a recession.
From a business perspective, I can totally understand why Bettman would be very slow to consider QC considering the factors above.
The fact that Salt Lake City and Atlanta have put up their hands is a death knell for expansion to Quebec City. The NHL owners and players would much prefer those locations and they have higher ceilings for profit. Hope is not lost though….. all Atlanta teams eventually relocate to Canada
You could tell me these are different people and I wouldn’t believe you.
The way to get an NHL team is to have a large population that doesn’t watch hockey.
NHL wants new fans.
Quebec City gets a team and instantly becomes the #1 destination free agents avoid.
Between the size, taxes and language barrier (this isn’t Montreal ok?), this place would be an absolute pariah in the NHL.
There’s no value in having the franchise there. Time to move on.
Strange how the NHL wants to expand to more US markets, but sucks ass at promoting the sport, which is putting out a fantastic product, night after night. Atlanta will not support a hockey team after the initial shine has worn off.
Pretty sure hating bettman is a mostly universal experience
Why do you think it’s lowkey? 😂
Good for him.
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Wait Quebec has a Prime Minister?
Guys for the 1000th time.
This isn’t a Bettman issue. This isn’t a personal spite against Quebec City. The fact of the matter is that the NHL, and any major professional sports league, is thoroughly uninterested.
Why?
Because it’s a very small market where you wouldn’t gain many fans, there is a language and cultural barrier, and players wouldn’t really be interested in playing there. Less so than any other team in the league.
We can talk about “oh they’d care more than these big places”. Caring isn’t enough when you don’t have the population numbers, sponsors, ownership etc. Not to mention that these markets can be built up. Carolina cares about as much as anyone. Tampa, Nashville, Dallas, Vegas all very passionate about hockey. Canada isn’t the only place where people really care about their NHL team.
That’s why these American markets like Houston, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Kansas City etc are far more attractive to the league as a target for expansion versus markets like Quebec, Hamilton, or heaven forbid anything like Halifax or an SK team that would be a complete joke to have as a market in any other major pro sport.
This has nothing to do with hockey and more to do with a provincial premier who can leave a legacy of bringing an NHL team back to Quebec. Not his problem if it fails 5 days after he leaves office, his legacy is intact.
I think EVERYONE high-key hates Bettman
Quebec City is 150 miles from Montreal, it has a population of 830k within the metro area, and presents a language barrier. Placing a team in a city in that proximity to Montreal, steals from their market share and develops practically zero new fans.
The whole fucking idea of an expansion team is to *expand* market share. That’s why the league wants Phoenix, SLC, Atlanta, etc to work. They have a much higher number of people who can increase the NHL’s market share. Shit, the Phoenix metro is 5 million people, a team would work if the ownership wasn’t fucking terrible
It’s not just about selling tickets to the games, sure a Quebec City team would sell out, but it’s about creating generations of fans for years and years. No one in the league wants a tiny fan base that provides no new market share.
I’m not sure how many times I have to explain this, but it’s the truth. The Nords aren’t coming back
the better question is, who doesn’t low key hate Bettman?
Bettman is a twat, phoenix should have been dead 10 years ago
They said that to be at a dinner
People need to stop acting like Bettman is some omnipotent dictator over the league, he works for 32 employers who tell him what to do. Quebec lost its team at a time when the Canadian dollar was at 63 cents for those of us who are old enough to remember, and paid salaries in US dollars. Any current day owner would face the facts that they would have the smallest market in the league and lose millions of dollars every season, no business person is dumb enough to do that despite the sentimentality. People need to get over it, the Nordiques are never coming back, no matter how awesome it would be.
With a quote like that there is nothing “low key” about his hatred.
I don’t think it’s very low key. I’m pretty sure it’s blatant. Bettman has been at the helm long enough, it’s time for fresh and new ideas for the future of hockey, not Gary’s delusions and dreams.
Bruh
I’d love to see Quebec get a team again but I understand why it’s not a priority. There’s just not much benefit to the league as a whole to put a team in a small Canadian market that’s already hockey crazy.
They might go back if there’s a team that has to relocate over night like Winnipeg but I can’t see them expanding there.
Bettman probably said « say that in American! »
Quebec not having a team is such a shame. But why go there when you can go to Atlanta again!
The owners of your most cherished teams are the ones who don’t want a team in Quebec City. Bettman just puts what they say into a single voice and lets the public blame him instead of the owners.
But they have 5000 seats in Arizona to fill
He knows, the board and Bettman also know their have to deal with PKP, something they don’t seem to want to do.
We can complain about the cities that did get a team all we want, it won’t make Quebec a more attractive destination. It’s a small market in a province that already has a big team in it. And this is going to be painful to hear for some, but the Coyotes have been in the NHL longer than the Nordiques were.
Gary Bettman doesn’t wipe his ass without approval from the 32 guys who own the NHL.
Bettman isn’t the reason Quebec City doesn’t have a team. The Habs are.
Aside from other factors, I’m curious if fans would still be able to support the Q league teams and an NHL franchise ?
I love Bettman’s face on the photo, it looks like he’s saying ‘’I…..don’t remember this at all….are you sure you told me?’’
League above the nhl. Original six only. Oh boy
That’s fine but he can’t just get what he wants because he told Bettman about it.
Is he expecting bettman to just say ‘okay fine we’ll move Winnipeg there tomorrow’
Lol people really dislike seeing Prime minister of Quebec, which is just a translation mistake because it is Premier Ministre in French.
Not sure how you feel attacked by that if you are remotely confident in Canadian unity but whatever
Bettman googled Montreal, and saw that Quebec already has a team.
Everyone in QC knows the Bettman will never agree to have another team in Quebec city, this is just political theater.
Maybe he should have said it in English?