![]() “It’s just a matter of working through some things, as David mentioned, that we needed to work through.” Some NHL teams own their AHL affiliates. “This relationship is very, very strong,” Greenberg said. The most recent agreement was extended by a year, Greenberg said, to account for the COVID year when the Admirals were idle. “We want to prove to Barry as well as prove to the new ownership in Nashville that this is indeed the place to have players and then continue a long-term relationship for many years to come,” Greenberg said. Haslam is the younger brother of Jimmy Haslam, whose Haslam Sports Group recently purchased a 25% stake in the Milwaukee Bucks. The deal will be completed in parts over the next two years. Bill Haslam is in the process of buying the 60% share of the franchise owned by Herbert Fritsch, pending the approval of the NHL board of governors. “The bottom line is we’re very happy.”įormer Tennessee Gov. “(There’s) a little bit of transition, to be honest with you, between Barry and myself and ownership is also transitioning in Nashville,” Poile said. Given their history and praise all parties have had for the relationship, two years doesn’t sound like a long time.ĭon’t read too much into the term, or the fact that the deal getting done mere months before training camp opens again, both Poile and Greenberg said. Why doesn’t the Predators-Admirals affiliate extension run beyond 2024-25? Only the Boston and Providence Bruins and the New York Rangers and Hartford Wolf Pack have longer-standing NHL-AHL relationships than Nashville and Milwaukee.ĭuring and after a news conference, outgoing Predators general manager David Poile, who signed the original affiliate agreement with the Admirals, as well as incoming GM Barry Trotz and Admirals President Jon Greenberg, spoke about the relationship. The Admirals also won the 2019-20 regular-season title before the season was shut down, and they in the midst of their playoff series with the Manitoba Moose. Over the 24 seasons together – the Admirals sat out 2020-21 due to COVID-19 restrictions – Milwaukee has won five American Hockey League division titles and the 2004 Calder Cup championship. The Admirals have had 172 players called up by the Predators – including 15 this season – as well as seven head coaches and assistants ascend to positions in the NHL. The arrangement, which began with the Predators’ launch for the 1998-99 season, continues through 2024-25. The Milwaukee Admirals and Nashville Predators extended the third-longest affiliate relationship in top-level hockey during a signing Wednesday at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. ![]() Dave Kallmann and Lou Saldivar, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ![]()
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