Sportico, a relatively new business publication focusing on sports, has entered the franchise valuation game. They’ve produced an article and an interactive visualization of the NHL team values.
The headline is the Toronto Maple Leafs are valued at over $2 billion, the highest of all 32 franchises. And you know who is last, as they always are. Sportico’s Kurt Badenhausen has this to say about the team everyone is talking about right now:
The NHL’s biggest unicorn—and not in a good way—is the Arizona Coyotes ($465 million), valued at more than 20% less than the Panthers [ranked 31st at $595 million].