Late Night Hockey Thoughts

2 years ago  /  Kuklas Korner

from Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet,


- Chicago’s known GM candidate list -- Peter Chiarelli, Mathieu Darche, incumbent Kyle Davidson, Cubs assistant GM Jeff Greenberg, Scott Mellanby and Eric Tulsky -- has to be the widest spectrum of candidates ever assembled. It’s like a Canadian election debate. You’ve got the conservative, the liberal, the new democrat, the green, the rhino, the bloc quebecois, you pick who is who. It’s led to speculation that the Blackhawks might be trying to hire more than one of them, which might not work because current teams could choose to block what wouldn’t be seen as a promotion. It’s also possible the team is trying to collect ideas of others’ best practices they can use themselves. It’s going to be interesting to see how the Blackhawks proceed in narrowing down the candidates, because it appears that some of the people doing the interviewing value things differently. That also might explain the eclectic mix.

- Arizona got its deal done with Arizona State. The revenue split looks as follows: ASU keeps arena naming rights and sponsorship revenue. The Coyotes keep the gate, their merchandising sales and a piece of concessions. Still no official word on seating. I’ve previously mentioned rumours of 3,200. My guess is somewhere between there and 4,000. But no certainty. What also isn’t known yet is average ticket price. I’ve heard there’s been a couple of different models with a higher average, but again, no certainty.


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