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Money & Power 2020
The Hockey News second annual Money & Power special edition is packed with features exploring the financial side of the sport. Inside, you’ll find our annual Top 100 People of Power and Influence, NHL team reports including profiles of every team’s owner and top business and hockey rep and stories on the business of outdoor games, how Seattle is building its team, how the NHL is "going green" and much more.
NHL GENERAL MANAGERS
1. KEN HOLLAND AGE: 64 | TOP 100: 33 EDMONTON OILERS GM Enjoying a renaissance after shrewd moves in Edmonton, Holland generally speaks for the GMs as a group and is constantly thinking of ways to improve the game. 2. STEVE YZERMAN AGE: 54 | TOP 100: 34 DETROIT RED WINGS GM He’s not as publicly vocal as his Detroit predecessor, but Yzerman already has exalted status in his peer group. He’s also an influential part of the competition committee. 3. DAVID POILE AGE: 70 | TOP 100: 40 NASHVILLE PREDATORS GM The only accolade still eluding Poile is a Stanley Cup, but his sway in the NHL and USA Hockey is significant. Another competition committee member, Poile is the elder statesman. 4. DOUG WILSON AGE: 62 | TOP 100: 56 SAN JOSE SHARKS GM Never afraid to make bold moves, Wilson has created a…
NEW YORK RANGERS
OWNER JAMES DOLAN It’s a family affair in New York with the Dolans, the Rangers and the Knicks. The cable company has moved on, but sports and entertainment are still prime time THE PROSPEROUS DOLAN family has owned Madison Square Garden, the Rangers and Knicks, the MSG Network and other venues for almost 23 years. Since the Long Island family, whose core business was Cablevision Corp., one of the largest cable providers in the U.S., gained complete control of the teams in 1997, the most visible presence at Blueshirts games has been James L. Dolan, 63, who is executive chairman of the MSG companies and a son of the patriarch, Charles Dolan. Cablevision was sold to Altice, a Netherlands-based telecom giant, for $17.7 billion several years ago, but the Dolans retained the key sports-and-entertainment…
RECYCLING THE PUCK
MANY NHL players learned to skate and play hockey on frozen lakes and ponds. Their outdoor enjoyment of the game was possible because freshwater bodies were plentiful and a cold winter climate was virtually guaranteed. That is not the case in today’s world, and the NHL is concerned. So much so that it is taking steps to combat climate change to protect the future of the game. In July 2014, the NHL submitted its first-ever sustainability report. The brief was the league’s attempt to formally document the impact of its operations on the environment, society and the financial well-being of their member-team marketplaces. “The 2014 NHL sustainability report is the first of its kind in major professional sports, and its scope and ambition are impressive,” wrote Michael Kourabas, a social-advocacy lawyer,…
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
OWNER HARRIS & BLITZER Josh Harris and David Blitzer have provided stability and cash to a team that’s missed that at the top for a number of years. And the pair are big hockey fans, too PATIENCE wasn’t always a word that came to mind when talking about New Jersey Devils’ ownership and management during the two-and-a-half decades starting in the late 1980s. A succession of head coaches can attest to that. Current managing partners Josh Harris and David Blitzer, however, have remained resolute and committed to spending despite seeing their team missing the playoffs six of the past seven seasons while winning a total of one post-season game in that span. GM Ray Shero, who signed an extension in April, was allowed to bring in high-priced talent like P.K. Subban. Clearly, Harris and Blitzer…
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