The Toronto Maple Leafs By Alex Nevison The Toronto Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs Player Salaries: FORWARDS Grabovski, M 5,500,000 Kessel, Phil 5,400,000 Lupul, Joffrey 4,250,000 Van Riemsdyk, J. 4,250,000 MacArthur, Clarke 3,250,000 Kulemin, Nikolai 2,800,000 Kadri, Nazem 1,720,000 Bozak, Tyler 1,500,000 McClement, Jay 1,500,000 Komarov, Leo 1,200,000 Orr, Colton 1,000,000 Frattin, Matt 925,000 McLaren, Frazer 632,500 Hamilton, Ryan 600,000 DEFENSEMEN Phaneuf, Dion 6,500,000 Liles, J. 3,875,000 O'Byrne, Ryan 1,800,000 Gunnarsson, Carl 1,325,000 Franson, Cody 1,200,000 Gardiner, Jake 1,116,667 Kostka, Mike 600,000 Fraser, Mark 600,000 GOALTENDERS Reimer, James 1,800,000 Scrivens, Ben 612,500 BURIED PLAYERS Connolly, Tim 4,750,000 Komisarek, Mike 4,500,000 RETAINED SALARY TRANSACTIONS Lombardi, Matthew 1,500,000 BUYOUTS Armstrong, Colby 1,000,000 Tucker, Darcy 1,000,000

The Number Break Down Average Ticket Price Air Canada Centre Max Capacity Average Game Profit Profit For Season $123.77 US 19,800 2’450’646 Before: $500,000,000 After: $200,000,000

tHe PoSiTivEs AnD tHe Negatives Team has a successful year and makes the playoffs, there fans will increase(ban-wagons), also all the games are bonus profits Lock out: Player are unable to play,(but are still being paid) and league in unable to hold games to collect profit. Sponsors, Old Milwaukie, Bridge Stone, Audi, Pamers, Shreedies, Nike, Coke, Best Buy, Sony, ect. Sports team has a loosing streak due changes (Such as injury, new players, bad chemistry/ coaching, ect.)so they loose many fans. Team name sales rights on merchandise Traveling fees because of rural location

Loss of Money? It is very easy for a professional sports team to loose money. With player salaries at an extremely high rate, teams have to keep making more money each year to keep up with rising costs. This means arena's must get bigger and other costs, like food and merchandise must also rise. The problem with this if getting the people to still buy the products and to keep fans support with rising prices. Teams that struggle and don’t have the much success have troubles keeping steady profits, because of such low fan bases. The Toronto maple leafs have the most expensive regular season ticket price with an average of roughly $125. Compared to the NHL average ticket price of $61, and The Dallas Stars cheapest ticket price of $36. It Is very clear that teams with a bad location can really affect the money the team generates.