Their remarkable 16-0-2 unbeaten streak might have ended Thursday night, but the $975M Nashville Predators still rank among the hottest franchise in North American professional sport this week. The $4.7B Boston Celtics fall to an honourable mention outside of the Power Five. Also figuring in The Sport Market Power Rankings, which rate the combined franchise strength in terms of sport operations and business operations, are the $6.6B New York Knicks of the NBA (8-2 in their last 10); the $2.65B New York Rangers of the NHL (winners of four straight and the first to clinch an NHL playoff spot); the $4.5B Dallas Mavericks of the NBA (9-1 in their last 10); the streaking Houston Rockets ($4.4B) and the Predators and Dallas Stars, who tied in fifth place this week.
Their remarkable 16-0-2 unbeaten streak might have ended Thursday night, but the $975M Nashville Predators still rank among the hottest franchise in North American professional sport this week. The $4.7B Boston Celtics fall to an honourable mention outside of the Power Five. Also figuring in The Sport Market Power Rankings, which rate the combined franchise strength in terms of sport operations and business operations, are the $6.6B New York Knicks of the NBA (8-2 in their last 10); the $2.65B New York Rangers of the NHL (winners of four straight and the first to clinch an NHL playoff spot); the $4.5B Dallas Mavericks of the NBA (9-1 in their last 10); the streaking Houston Rockets ($4.4B) and the Predators and Dallas Stars, who tied in fifth place this week.