It is not far away that Sweden gets a KHL team.
A look at Jokerits fled to the league should be discouraging.
today revealed the Finnish Kauppalehti that the Finnish big club gone back 120 million during its first year in the league.
It was in 2013 that major Finnish club Jokerit declared that leaving the domestic league for the KHL.
When they presented it as a larger market opportunity and a sporting challenge. Sporting went the first season well with a quarterfinal place – but at the side of the ice ended in a minor disaster.
Spent double revenue
In today revealed the Finnish financial newspaper Kauppalehti that the club backed 120 million during its first season. Sales increased admittedly somewhat but it was not enough to cover anywhere near doubling payroll. In fact, the club spent twice as much as it brought in.
According to Ilta-Sanomat is the background to smash the loss primarily to the club not managed to sell sponsorships corresponding budgetary resources and to fill the stadium has been forced selling off cheap tickets .
Expected back almost as much this year
As if the most ominous reports would probably have been the majority owner Harry Harkimo earlier this year announced that the loss may also be in the neighborhood of 100 million .
The only Swedish player in this year’s Jokerit goalie Henrik Karlsson. During the first season 2014/15 was both Linus Omark and Johan Harju part of the team.
Earlier this week could Sportbladet reveal that a Swedish KHL teams named Crown’s getting closer. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Peter Andersson is intended as a coach at club-CEO Anders Svensson. Remains to be seen what the initiators think when they see Jokerits red numbers.
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