Jim: BPL, I’m guessing, means British Premier League?

i could have taken the five seconds to google the exact title of nolan, but really, who cares? lighting rod is the most accurate description anyway.

in addition, while comparisons between the NHL and the BPL are almost worthless, as you might know, there is no playoff system in the BPL.

so a more accurate comparison would be final regular season standings. the stars were THIRD in their division. with only the FIFTH highest point total in the 15 team conference.

in the NHL, mediocre regular season teams can have great stanley cup runs- i remember “my” team, the North Stars, doing just that in 1991, when they were quite poor in the regular season, but managed to get to the finals. that model doesn’t work in the BPL.

and if you want to dispute whether or not hicks said the you dont need to create winning teams, please do that. otherwise, as hicks’ statement implicitly says, winning is basically serendipity, with the bottom line being his measure of a sporting team.

my battalions operation officer had a great way of lampooning bullshit talkers (well, posters) such as yourself. he would impersonate obi won tricking the stormtroopers in the first star wars movie, saying “these are not the droids you are looking for.” i wonder if you think anyone is falling for your attempted jedi mind trick? dont get me wrong, i value your posts as “strawmen,” so keep them up.

PS- tell tom o to give minnesota back the north stars after he sells up to DIC, and then ill forget my grudge against him. he can have the wild.

@Jim. From what you know, Hicks or otherwise, do you think that the transfer budget might change if an ownership resolution is met?

he says you don’t need to win to make money, and I agree. you don’t have to win but if you’re making money, it certainly makes it easier too…

and anyway, I’d want my club to be turning a profit.
If it can turn a profit WITHOUT winning then that is ideal. it means the club is strong and self-suffficient…..something that EVERY club in the land is aiming to be….

Tom has been on record as saying that you don’t need to build a winning team in order to make money, and he’s doing that with all three of the teams that he owns. That’s just a fact, whatever stooges like “Georgia Peach” might say.

1) Nolan Ryan is the President of the Rangers.
2) Ummm… the Dallas Stars are in the Western Conference finals, genius.

We generated £54m in prize money alone last year and something similar this year. That is money that should be made available to the club and Rafa not to Hicks and Gillett’s bankers. Its our money they are using!!