Minnesota does lose money! Just reference the interview their owner gave in April that the reason the Wild lose money is because of high player costs.
Winnipeg has the richest individual owner in the NHL, David Thompson is woth more than $19 billion. Murray Edwards (the leader of the rich oil men who own the Flames) is worth $2.2 billion personally. Darrel Katz is worth $2 billion…all in the top 10 amongst owners wealth (amongst non corporate owned) in the NHL.
Calgary sells out every single game 19,289 which is 7th in the league in attendance (they have for every year since the lockout) they also have a wait list for ticket holders. Edmonton also sells out every single game and have for years, they also have a new arena approved. Winnipeg…yep sellouts. Actually every single Canadian team sold every single ticket for every single game last year! Let’s not forget all 3 of these teams also have regional tv contracts worth more than most American teams.
The problem with the NHL has nothing to do with Canada, it’s got to do with bad American markets where people don’t care. It’s great you value Dallas so much they had 14,000 fans per game who agreed with you.
As for your “who cares about Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Ottawa.” arguement, watch any game they play in a US arena and you’re bound to see a lot of their jerseys, way more than you’d expect.
It’s great that you’re Captain America here, unfortunately for you and your argument Canada carries the NHL, you get rid of most Canadian teams and the league struggles.
